Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 24 points for Cherki and 14 for Wharton, so Cherki 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.

Cherki vs Wharton

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Cherki by 10 projected points.

Cherki

Man City · MID · £7.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Wharton

Crystal Palace · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)

Stat by stat

£7.5Price£5.5

8Total points4

8.0Form4.0

8.0Points / game4.0

8.3%Owned0.9%

27Minutes90

0Goals0

2Assists0

0.00xG0.00

0.47xA0.24

0.0ICT0.0

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.0

24Projected pts14

The verdict

Cherki comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (24 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

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

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

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