Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Thiago and 20 for Isak, so Isak 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.

Thiago vs Isak

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

Thiago

BRENTFORD · FWD · £7.8

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Isak

LIVERPOOL · FWD · £9.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Stat by stat

£7.8Price£9.1

10Total points33

2.7Form7.7

2.0Points / game6.6

9.1%Owned22.4%

442Minutes413

1Goals4

0Assists0

3.13xG3.54

0.16xA0.08

23.6ICT40.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

20Projected pts20

The verdict

Isak comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 20), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

Hold — Thiago is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

Hold — Isak is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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