Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Barnes and 15 for Gomez, so Barnes 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 Barnes by 1 projected points.

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)BHA (A)

Gomez

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)NEW (H)

Stat by stat

£6.1Price£5.0

40Total points39

4.0Form5.0

5.0Points / game4.9

7.4%Owned4.0%

706Minutes700

2Goals1

3Assists3

1.52xG1.16

0.89xA0.95

45.3ICT44.5

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

16Projected pts15

The verdict

Barnes comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) 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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