Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Branthwaite and 16 for Ajer, so Branthwaite 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.

Branthwaite vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Branthwaite by 1 projected points.

Branthwaite

EVERTON · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.5

30Total points27

5.5Form6.5

5.0Points / game4.5

2.6%Owned3.8%

540Minutes540

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.22xG0.32

0.04xA0.08

26.9ICT26.6

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts16

The verdict

Branthwaite comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Branthwaite 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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