Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Schade and 16 for Wirtz, so Wirtz 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.

Schade vs Wirtz

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

Schade

BRENTFORD · MID · £6.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)EVE (H)MUN (A)

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£6.2Price£7.2

42Total points31

1.0Form4.3

5.2Points / game3.9

15.1%Owned5.1%

604Minutes621

3Goals0

2Assists4

2.11xG1.19

0.34xA0.94

39.0ICT50.6

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

15Projected pts16

The verdict

Wirtz comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

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

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

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