Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Clarke and 18 for Slater, so Slater 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 Slater

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Slater by 2 projected points.

Clarke

Ipswich Town · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

SUN (H)MUN (A)LIV (H)CRY (A)EVE (A)

Slater

Hull City · MID · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.5

7Total points6

7.0Form6.0

7.0Points / game6.0

0.3%Owned3.2%

19Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.08xG0.00

0.00xA0.44

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts18

The verdict

Slater comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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