Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Clarke and 40 for Gakpo, so Gakpo 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.

Clarke vs Gakpo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gakpo by 23 projected points.

Clarke

Ipswich Town · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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Stat by stat

£5.5Price£7.0

7Total points12

7.0Form12.0

7.0Points / game12.0

0.3%Owned3.7%

19Minutes90

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.10xG0.30

0.00xA0.15

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.6

17Projected pts40

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (40 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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