Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for J.Cuenca and 17 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.

J.Cuenca vs Ajayi

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

J.Cuenca

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

IPS (A)HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (H)FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.2

3Total points27

0.0Form2.3

3.0Points / game5.4

0.0%Owned14.0%

90Minutes423

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.66

0.03xA0.01

5.4ICT14.1

2.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts17

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — J.Cuenca 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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