Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 13 points for Willock and 11 for Mainoo, so Willock 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.

Willock vs Mainoo

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

Willock

NEWCASTLE · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mainoo

MAN UTD · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

TOT (H)LEE (A)BOU (H)CHE (A)AVL (H)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£5.5

22Total points22

4.3Form5.7

4.4Points / game4.4

0.6%Owned1.6%

284Minutes354

2Goals0

0Assists1

0.81xG0.30

0.30xA0.52

19.4ICT19.3

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.0

13Projected pts11

The verdict

Willock comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (13 vs 11), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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