Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for King and 14 for Ndiaye, so King 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 Ndiaye

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

King

FULHAM · MID · £5.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Ndiaye

MAN CITY · MID · £5.8

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

AVL (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)FUL (H)ARS (A)

Stat by stat

£5.6Price£5.8

34Total points33

3.3Form3.7

4.2Points / game4.1

4.5%Owned5.4%

657Minutes598

2Goals0

1Assists4

1.86xG1.32

1.14xA1.03

50.9ICT33.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts14

The verdict

King comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

Hold — Ndiaye is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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