Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Barnes and 17 for Gomez, so Gomez is the pick.

What does this comparison account for?

Price, ownership, form, expected goals and assists per 90, minutes reliability, and the difficulty of each player's next five fixtures.

Barnes vs Gomez

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gomez by 1 projected points.

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (H)

Gomez

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

LEE (H)COV (A)ARS (H)SUN (A)CRY (H)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£5.0

13Total points11

4.3Form3.7

4.3Points / game5.5

1.2%Owned5.0%

245Minutes175

1Goals0

0Assists2

0.16xG0.56

0.03xA0.65

5.3ICT16.6

2.6Avg FDR (5)2.8

16Projected pts17

The verdict

Gomez comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Barnes is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — Gomez is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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