Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Ajer and 19 for Gabriel, so Gabriel 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 Gabriel

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

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Gabriel

ARSENAL · DEF · £7.9

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£7.9

29Total points27

5.0Form1.0

4.1Points / game4.5

3.8%Owned21.2%

592Minutes540

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.32xG0.51

0.26xA0.21

26.6ICT21.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

16Projected pts19

The verdict

Gabriel comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

Hold — Gabriel is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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