Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Ajer and 17 for Silva, so Silva 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.

Ajer vs Silva

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

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Silva

BOURNEMOUTH · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

MUN (A)LEE (H)IPS (A)NFO (H)FUL (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.0

32Total points29

3.7Form5.3

4.0Points / game3.6

4.2%Owned0.7%

720Minutes720

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.32xG1.30

0.27xA0.35

30.9ICT27.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

14Projected pts17

The verdict

Silva comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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