Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Slater and 27 for Palmer, so Palmer 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 Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 13 projected points.

Slater

Hull City · MID · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Palmer

Chelsea · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

FUL (A)BHA (H)ARS (A)HUL (H)BRE (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£9.5

6Total points13

6.0Form13.0

6.0Points / game13.0

3.4%Owned11.2%

90Minutes82

0Goals1

1Assists1

0.00xG0.24

0.44xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

14Projected pts27

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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