Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 13 points for Jair Cunha 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.

Jair Cunha vs Ajayi

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

Jair Cunha

NOTT'M FOREST · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

CRY (A)ARS (H)IPS (A)BRE (A)MCI (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

11Total points27

3.0Form2.3

2.8Points / game5.4

0.2%Owned14.0%

360Minutes423

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.05xG0.66

0.02xA0.01

8.6ICT14.1

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

13Projected pts17

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Jair Cunha 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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