Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Tarkowski and 36 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.

Tarkowski vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 16 projected points.

Tarkowski

Everton · DEF · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (H)BOU (A)MUN (H)TOT (A)IPS (H)

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£4.0

6Total points14

6.0Form14.0

6.0Points / game14.0

8.8%Owned1.3%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.05xG0.52

0.00xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

20Projected pts36

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (36 vs 20), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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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