Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Slater and 14 for Wharton, so Slater 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.

Slater vs Wharton

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Slater by 4 projected points.

Slater

Hull City · MID · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Wharton

Crystal Palace · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.5

6Total points4

6.0Form4.0

6.0Points / game4.0

3.2%Owned0.9%

90Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists0

0.00xG0.00

0.44xA0.25

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

18Projected pts14

The verdict

Slater comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — Slater 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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