Esse vs Xhaka
Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Xhaka by 11 projected points.
Esse
Esse
Crystal Palace · MID · £5.0
2
projected points / 5 GW
EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)
Xhaka
Xhaka
Sunderland · MID · £5.5
13
projected points / 5 GW
IPS (A)FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)
Stat by stat
£5.0Price£5.5
4Total points124
0.0Form0.0
1.0Points / game3.6
0.1%Owned6.2%
40Minutes2901
0Goals1
0Assists6
0.00xG1.01
0.04xA3.73
1.5ICT138.1
3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2
2Projected pts13
The verdict
Xhaka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (13 vs 2), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.
Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Esse.
Hold — Xhaka is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.