Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Goretzka and 18 for Barnes, so Barnes 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.

Goretzka vs Barnes

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Barnes by 15 projected points.

Goretzka

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Sell92%

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

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

COV (A)AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£6.1

0Total points30

0.0Form4.3

0.0Points / game5.0

0.0%Owned8.2%

0Minutes540

0Goals1

0Assists3

0.00xG1.00

0.00xA0.59

0.0ICT28.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.8

3Projected pts18

The verdict

Barnes comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Goretzka.

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

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