Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Affengruber and 16 for Ajer, so Affengruber 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.

Affengruber vs Ajer

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

Affengruber

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.5

21Total points30

4.3Form5.3

5.2Points / game4.3

0.7%Owned3.9%

360Minutes630

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.08xG0.32

0.04xA0.26

8.9ICT26.6

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts16

The verdict

Affengruber comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Affengruber 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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