Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Thomas and 16 for Ajer, so Thomas 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.

Thomas vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Thomas by 3 projected points.

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy92%

TOT (A)FUL (H)SUN (H)EVE (A)CRY (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)EVE (H)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

28Total points27

6.5Form6.5

4.7Points / game4.5

8.8%Owned3.8%

527Minutes540

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.49xG0.32

0.31xA0.08

22.9ICT26.6

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

19Projected pts16

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and better current form.

Buy — Thomas is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — Ajer is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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