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<p>When selecting your team for Gameweek 1 you need to save some money to afford the heavy hitters, so I've decided to look at some popular budget midfielders. This price point is perfect for what I like to call 'the 7th attacker' in your squad. They're cheap enough to rotate them with a defender or forward but ideally, they'll turn into a consistent starter. I've decided to compare them over the period between Gameweek 30+ to Gameweek 38+.</p>
<p>To give you some context, over this period both clubs played the traditional 'top 6' on three occasions. Both players played a similar amount of minutes over this period with Armstrong appearing in every game but came off the bench twice. <strong>Allan Saint-Maximin</strong> (ASM) played one less game but never ventured off the bench. So from the get-go, we see <strong>Stuart Armstrong</strong> is likely to feature in every game but that may be from the bench. However, when both players started they averaged practically the same amount of time on the pitch (ASM 74.88 mins vs Armstrong 76.86 mins).</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-24456" class="wp-caption-text">Saint-Maximin vs Armstrong</p>
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<h2>Price</h2>
<p>Both the Newcastle and Southampton midfielders have remained unchanged this season. Armstrong has started the past three seasons at £5.5m and ended last seasons campaign at £5.2m. Saint-Maximin also ended the season at the lowly price of £5.2m but both have maintained their higher prices. I don't think either should have been priced any lower than this despite falling in price over the course of last season as there's definitely potential to find some value here during the season.</p>
<h2>Position</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-24668" class="wp-caption-text">Saint-Maximin Heatmap, Source - SofaScore</p>
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<p>The French winger was predominantly played on the left-hand side of the park last season. He is a versatile player and after lockdown, he was played in a number of different positions unlike the start of the season. He was played on the right-wing for three games and in one of these games he picked up his highest return over final nine Gameweeks. He also played as a shadow striker in one game and played as a centre forward on two occasions. That being said he likes to hug the touchline and use his fantastic dribbling ability to beat players. He's definitely more advanced than his opponent today but is slightly less central. He also doesn't seem to need to track as far back too.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-24669" class="wp-caption-text">Armstrong Heatmap, Source - SofaScore</p>
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<p>Southampton's Scottish midfielder was played on the right-hand side of midfield for all of the final games of the season. Over the course of the year, he was played in the centre of the park on three occasions and played on the opposite flank four times. The right-hand side suits him most as he's only returned in one game not playing in this position. Armstrong doesn't advance as far as the former but this is going to be the case as he starts off in a slightly deeper role.</p>
<h2>Goal Threat</h2>
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