Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for O'Shea 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.

O'Shea vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 19 projected points.

O'Shea

Ipswich Town · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

SUN (H)MUN (A)LIV (H)CRY (A)EVE (A)

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

4Total points14

4.0Form14.0

4.0Points / game14.0

3.5%Owned1.3%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.52

0.16xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts36

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (36 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — O'Shea is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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

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