Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for King and 27 for Palmer, so Palmer 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 Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 12 projected points.

King

Fulham · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Palmer

Chelsea · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Stat by stat

£5.5Price£9.5

7Total points13

7.0Form13.0

7.0Points / game13.0

0.2%Owned11.1%

85Minutes82

1Goals1

0Assists1

0.16xG0.24

0.04xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

3.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

15Projected pts27

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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