Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Tavernier and 15 for Barnes, 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 Barnes

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

Tavernier

BOURNEMOUTH · MID · £6.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

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

Stat by stat

£6.2Price£6.1

42Total points32

5.5Form2.0

6.0Points / game4.6

9.1%Owned7.8%

574Minutes630

4Goals1

0Assists3

2.89xG1.24

1.12xA0.87

59.3ICT45.3

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

22Projected pts15

The verdict

Tavernier comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 15), 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.

Hold — Barnes is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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