Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Hill and 14 for Ajer, so Hill 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.

Hill vs Ajer

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

Hill

BOURNEMOUTH · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

MUN (A)LEE (H)IPS (A)NFO (H)FUL (A)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.5

32Total points32

6.7Form3.7

4.0Points / game4.0

1.0%Owned4.2%

720Minutes720

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.04xG0.32

0.92xA0.27

26.7ICT30.9

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts14

The verdict

Hill comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Buy — Hill 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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