Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 24 points for Tavernier and 16 for Wirtz, so Tavernier 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 Wirtz

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Tavernier by 8 projected points.

Tavernier

BOURNEMOUTH · MID · £6.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MUN (A)LEE (H)IPS (A)NFO (H)FUL (A)

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£6.3Price£7.2

52Total points31

7.0Form4.3

6.5Points / game3.9

15.2%Owned5.1%

660Minutes621

5Goals0

0Assists4

3.61xG1.19

1.33xA0.94

59.3ICT50.6

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

24Projected pts16

The verdict

Tavernier comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (24 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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