Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for King and 24 for Gakpo, so Gakpo 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.

King vs Gakpo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gakpo by 9 projected points.

King

Fulham · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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Stat by stat

£5.5Price£7.0

7Total points12

7.0Form12.0

7.0Points / game12.0

0.3%Owned4.4%

90Minutes90

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.16xG0.30

0.04xA0.15

0.0ICT0.0

3.6Avg FDR (5)2.6

15Projected pts24

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (24 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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