Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Van Hecke and 15 for Ajer, so Van Hecke 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.

Van Hecke vs Ajer

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

Van Hecke

SPURS · DEF · £4.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

MUN (A)COV (H)CHE (A)CRY (H)LEE (A)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£4.5

24Total points21

7.3Form3.3

4.8Points / game4.2

6.6%Owned3.9%

450Minutes450

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.69xG0.13

0.42xA0.08

31.6ICT18.8

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

19Projected pts15

The verdict

Van Hecke comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Buy — Van Hecke 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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