Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Bassey and 17 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.

Bassey vs Ajayi

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

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy94%

IPS (A)HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (H)FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.2

15Total points27

4.3Form2.3

3.0Points / game5.4

0.7%Owned14.0%

450Minutes423

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.13xG0.66

0.08xA0.01

15.2ICT14.1

2.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts17

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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