Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Ødegaard and 17 for Ayari, 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 Ayari

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ødegaard by 3 projected points.

Ødegaard

ARSENAL · MID · £6.8

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)

Ayari

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)

Stat by stat

£6.8Price£5.4

33Total points31

2.0Form6.3

4.7Points / game5.2

19.0%Owned0.4%

556Minutes500

2Goals2

0Assists1

1.90xG1.10

1.56xA0.20

43.5ICT17.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

20Projected pts17

The verdict

Ødegaard comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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