Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Bassey and 14 for Ajer, so Bassey 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.

Bassey vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Bassey by 1 projected points.

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)BOU (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.5

33Total points30

6.0Form3.0

4.1Points / game4.3

1.1%Owned4.2%

720Minutes630

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.33xG0.32

0.13xA0.26

21.6ICT30.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts14

The verdict

Bassey comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — Bassey 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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