Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Barnes and 19 for Cunha, so Cunha 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 Cunha

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Cunha by 3 projected points.

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Cunha

MAN UTD · MID · £7.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)TOT (H)LEE (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£7.9

13Total points11

4.3Form3.7

4.3Points / game5.5

1.2%Owned7.8%

245Minutes158

1Goals0

0Assists2

0.16xG0.35

0.03xA0.36

5.3ICT14.5

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts19

The verdict

Cunha comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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