Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Cherki and 17 for Ayari, 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 Ayari

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Cherki by 7 projected points.

Cherki

MAN CITY · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ayari

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)

Stat by stat

£8.0Price£5.4

44Total points31

6.0Form6.3

7.3Points / game5.2

37.0%Owned0.4%

392Minutes500

4Goals2

2Assists1

1.30xG1.10

1.70xA0.20

62.0ICT17.2

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

23Projected pts17

The verdict

Cherki comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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