Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Cherki and 27 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.

Cherki vs Saka

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

Cherki

MAN CITY · MID · £7.8

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

LIV (A)IPS (H)AVL (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)

Stat by stat

£7.8Price£9.6

44Total points34

6.3Form2.0

7.3Points / game5.7

30.8%Owned16.8%

392Minutes506

4Goals3

2Assists0

1.30xG3.63

1.70xA1.04

47.3ICT52.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

22Projected pts27

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 22), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Cherki 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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