Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 10 points for Barkley and 23 for Groß, so Groß 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.

Barkley vs Groß

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

Barkley

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

BRE (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)

Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.8

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

SUN (A)CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£5.8

10Total points47

2.0Form10.7

2.0Points / game9.4

0.3%Owned28.8%

308Minutes450

0Goals3

0Assists4

0.38xG1.77

0.14xA0.86

15.6ICT50.8

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

10Projected pts23

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 10), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Hold — Barkley is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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

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