Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Belloumi and 16 for Wirtz, so Wirtz 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.

Belloumi vs Wirtz

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Wirtz by 1 projected points.

Belloumi

HULL CITY · MID · £5.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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Stat by stat

£5.2Price£7.2

43Total points31

4.0Form4.3

5.4Points / game3.9

9.3%Owned5.1%

595Minutes621

3Goals0

2Assists4

1.16xG1.19

0.83xA0.94

41.1ICT50.6

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

15Projected pts16

The verdict

Wirtz comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

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

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

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