Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Tavernier and 22 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.

Tavernier vs Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 2 projected points.

Tavernier

BOURNEMOUTH · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CHE (A)SUN (H)MUN (A)LEE (H)IPS (A)

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BOU (H)EVE (A)TOT (H)MUN (H)SUN (A)

Stat by stat

£6.1Price£9.7

31Total points28

5.0Form3.5

6.2Points / game5.6

7.1%Owned24.2%

424Minutes442

3Goals2

0Assists2

1.70xG1.31

0.92xA0.79

45.5ICT44.1

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

20Projected pts22

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 20), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Tavernier 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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