Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Bentancur and 29 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.

Bentancur vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 17 projected points.

Bentancur

SPURS · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

MUN (A)COV (H)CHE (A)CRY (H)LEE (A)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£9.5

15Total points32

4.0Form5.8

3.0Points / game6.4

0.2%Owned13.7%

370Minutes416

0Goals3

0Assists0

0.02xG3.22

0.12xA0.98

12.6ICT52.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

12Projected pts29

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (29 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Buy — Bentancur 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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