Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 31 points for Tavernier and 23 for Xhaka, 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 Xhaka

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

Tavernier

Bournemouth · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Xhaka

Sunderland · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

IPS (A)FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£5.5

10Total points9

10.0Form9.0

10.0Points / game9.0

1.6%Owned4.4%

90Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.40xG0.00

0.03xA0.09

0.0ICT0.0

3.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

31Projected pts23

The verdict

Tavernier comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (31 vs 23), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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