Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 38 points for Ødegaard and 23 for Xhaka, so Ødegaard 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.

Ødegaard vs Xhaka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ødegaard by 15 projected points.

Ødegaard

Arsenal · MID · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Xhaka

Sunderland · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£6.5Price£5.5

11Total points9

11.0Form9.0

11.0Points / game9.0

8.7%Owned4.4%

75Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.21xG0.00

0.10xA0.09

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

38Projected pts23

The verdict

Ødegaard comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (38 vs 23), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Ødegaard 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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