Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Methalie and 16 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.

Methalie vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 14 projected points.

Methalie

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Sell64%

BHA (H)BOU (A)LEE (H)COV (A)CHE (H)

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.2

-1Total points27

-0.5Form1.0

-1.0Points / game5.4

0.0%Owned13.9%

90Minutes423

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.03xG0.66

0.01xA0.01

1.2ICT14.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

3Projected pts16

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Methalie.

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

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