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

McGinn vs Iwobi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Iwobi by 1 projected points.

McGinn

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Iwobi

FULHAM · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)BOU (H)

Stat by stat

£5.4Price£5.4

34Total points29

5.7Form5.0

4.2Points / game4.1

2.8%Owned1.4%

634Minutes584

1Goals1

3Assists0

1.64xG0.67

0.40xA2.34

30.7ICT49.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts18

The verdict

Iwobi 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 — McGinn is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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

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