Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Munoz and 14 for Wharton, so Wharton 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.

Munoz vs Wharton

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Wharton by 2 projected points.

Munoz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

NFO (H)IPS (A)FUL (H)BOU (A)MCI (H)

Wharton

CRYSTAL PALACE · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)NFO (H)

Stat by stat

£6.5Price£5.5

10Total points6

5.0Form3.0

5.0Points / game3.0

0.7%Owned0.9%

117Minutes180

1Goals0

1Assists0

0.34xG0.00

0.23xA0.31

2.7ICT4.8

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.0

12Projected pts14

The verdict

Wharton comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (14 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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