Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Manzambi and 16 for Wirtz, so Manzambi 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.

Manzambi vs Wirtz

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

Manzambi

ASTON VILLA · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)IPS (A)

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£7.2

31Total points31

5.7Form4.3

6.2Points / game3.9

3.6%Owned5.1%

319Minutes621

2Goals0

2Assists4

1.50xG1.19

0.57xA0.94

37.1ICT50.6

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

18Projected pts16

The verdict

Manzambi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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