Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Egan and 17 for Ajer, so Ajer 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.

Egan vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajer by 3 projected points.

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (A)SUN (H)BOU (A)CHE (H)AVL (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

9Total points8

4.5Form4.0

4.5Points / game8.0

2.0%Owned4.2%

135Minutes90

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.00xG0.11

0.00xA0.02

4.6ICT5.6

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts17

The verdict

Ajer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Egan 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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