Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Rogers and 16 for Wirtz, so Rogers 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.

Rogers vs Wirtz

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

Rogers

CHELSEA · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

TOT (H)MUN (H)SUN (A)LEE (H)NFO (A)

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£8.0Price£7.2

41Total points31

4.0Form4.3

5.1Points / game3.9

49.9%Owned5.1%

700Minutes621

4Goals0

1Assists4

2.13xG1.19

1.39xA0.94

57.0ICT50.6

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

19Projected pts16

The verdict

Rogers comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Rogers 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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