Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Cunha and 28 for Palmer, so Palmer 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.

Cunha vs Palmer

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

Cunha

MAN UTD · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

IPS (H)EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)TOT (H)

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

BHA (H)ARS (A)HUL (H)BRE (A)BOU (H)

Stat by stat

£8.0Price£9.6

11Total points20

5.5Form10.0

5.5Points / game10.0

8.9%Owned17.5%

158Minutes172

0Goals2

2Assists1

0.35xG0.94

0.36xA0.37

6.9ICT16.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

20Projected pts28

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (28 vs 20), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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