Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Foden and 23 for Saka, so Saka 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.

Foden vs Saka

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

Foden

MAN CITY · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

CRY (A)COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)LIV (A)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)LEE (H)

Stat by stat

£7.0Price£9.5

10Total points9

5.0Form4.5

5.0Points / game9.0

4.1%Owned10.4%

171Minutes67

0Goals1

2Assists0

0.48xG0.64

0.83xA0.08

7.5ICT10.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts23

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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