Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Foden and 17 for Tavernier, so Foden 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 Tavernier

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Foden by 2 projected points.

Foden

MAN CITY · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Tavernier

BOURNEMOUTH · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Stat by stat

£7.0Price£6.0

10Total points13

5.0Form6.5

5.0Points / game6.5

4.2%Owned2.6%

171Minutes180

0Goals1

2Assists0

0.99xG0.50

0.85xA0.43

7.5ICT7.5

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

19Projected pts17

The verdict

Foden comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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