Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Gabriel and 16 for Ajayi, so Gabriel 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.

Gabriel vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gabriel by 4 projected points.

Gabriel

ARSENAL · DEF · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

£8.0Price£4.2

27Total points27

4.0Form0.7

4.5Points / game5.4

22.4%Owned14.0%

540Minutes423

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.51xG0.66

0.21xA0.01

20.0ICT14.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

20Projected pts16

The verdict

Gabriel comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Buy — Gabriel 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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