Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Silva and 36 for Ajayi, so Ajayi 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.

Silva vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 34 projected points.

Silva

Bournemouth · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

MCI (A)EVE (H)NEW (A)BRE (H)LIV (H)

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.0

2Total points14

2.0Form14.0

2.0Points / game14.0

0.3%Owned1.2%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.52

0.00xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

3Projected pts36

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (36 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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