Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Jacquet and 15 for Ajayi, so Jacquet 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.

Jacquet vs Ajayi

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

Jacquet

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £5.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)BHA (H)CRY (A)

Stat by stat

£5.1Price£4.2

36Total points34

4.0Form2.3

4.5Points / game4.2

4.2%Owned13.0%

682Minutes693

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.30xG0.66

0.19xA0.03

24.3ICT16.5

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts15

The verdict

Jacquet comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

Buy — Jacquet is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — Ajayi is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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