Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Groß and 16 for Wirtz, so Groß 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.

Groß vs Wirtz

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Groß by 4 projected points.

Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £6.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£6.2Price£7.2

58Total points31

3.7Form4.3

7.2Points / game3.9

46.5%Owned5.1%

700Minutes621

3Goals0

6Assists4

2.16xG1.19

1.67xA0.94

62.8ICT50.6

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

20Projected pts16

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Groß 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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