Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 24 points for Tarkowski and 16 for Ajayi, so Tarkowski 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.

Tarkowski vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Tarkowski by 7 projected points.

Tarkowski

EVERTON · DEF · £6.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (A)CHE (H)ARS (A)NEW (A)COV (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

£6.2Price£4.2

43Total points27

11.0Form1.0

8.6Points / game5.4

17.0%Owned13.9%

450Minutes423

1Goals1

1Assists0

0.18xG0.66

0.04xA0.01

20.5ICT14.1

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

24Projected pts16

The verdict

Tarkowski comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (24 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — Tarkowski 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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