Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for McGinn and 27 for Saka, so Saka 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 Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 11 projected points.

McGinn

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

BRE (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)

Stat by stat

£5.4Price£9.6

26Total points34

7.0Form4.0

4.3Points / game5.7

2.2%Owned17.1%

524Minutes506

1Goals3

2Assists0

1.44xG3.52

0.32xA1.04

14.8ICT52.1

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

17Projected pts27

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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