Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Ødegaard and 15 for King, 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 King

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

Ødegaard

Arsenal · MID · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

King

Fulham · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CHE (H)SUN (A)CRY (H)LIV (A)MUN (H)

Stat by stat

£6.5Price£5.5

11Total points7

11.0Form7.0

11.0Points / game7.0

10.0%Owned0.2%

75Minutes85

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.21xG0.16

0.10xA0.04

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.6

20Projected pts15

The verdict

Ødegaard comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 15), 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 — King is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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