Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Mateta and 16 for McBurnie, so Mateta 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.

Mateta vs McBurnie

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mateta by 7 projected points.

Mateta

Crystal Palace · FWD · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

McBurnie

Hull City · FWD · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£6.5Price£5.5

2Total points5

2.0Form5.0

2.0Points / game5.0

5.7%Owned1.4%

62Minutes90

0Goals0

0Assists1

0.77xG0.10

0.02xA0.01

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

23Projected pts16

The verdict

Mateta comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Mateta is one of the better FWD options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — McBurnie is one of the better FWD options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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