Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 31 points for Tavernier and 38 for Saka, so Saka 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.

Tavernier vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 7 projected points.

Tavernier

Bournemouth · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MCI (A)EVE (H)NEW (A)BRE (H)LIV (H)

Saka

Arsenal · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£9.5

10Total points9

10.0Form9.0

10.0Points / game9.0

1.6%Owned9.8%

90Minutes67

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.40xG0.64

0.03xA0.08

0.0ICT0.0

3.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

31Projected pts38

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (38 vs 31), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

More MID comparisons

Tavernier vs Hinshelwood Tavernier vs M.Sangaré Tavernier vs Stach Tavernier vs Ødegaard Tavernier vs Dewsbury-Hall Tavernier vs Lewis-Potter