Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Slater and 15 for King, so King 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 King

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours King by 3 projected points.

Slater

HULL CITY · MID · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

King

FULHAM · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

SUN (A)CRY (H)LIV (A)MUN (H)IPS (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.5

8Total points7

4.0Form3.5

4.0Points / game7.0

4.0%Owned0.6%

180Minutes90

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.00xG0.17

0.45xA0.04

3.8ICT9.8

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

12Projected pts15

The verdict

King comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (15 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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