Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Barnes and 17 for Ayari, 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 Ayari

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Barnes by 0 projected points.

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ayari

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£6.1Price£5.4

32Total points31

4.3Form6.3

4.6Points / game5.2

7.9%Owned0.4%

630Minutes500

1Goals2

3Assists1

1.24xG1.10

0.87xA0.20

37.8ICT17.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts17

The verdict

Barnes comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 17), 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 — Ayari is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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