Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Ajer and 18 for Hill, so Hill 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 Hill

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Hill by 4 projected points.

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Hill

BOURNEMOUTH · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.5

32Total points32

3.7Form6.7

4.0Points / game4.0

4.2%Owned0.9%

720Minutes720

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.32xG0.04

0.27xA0.92

30.9ICT26.7

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

14Projected pts18

The verdict

Hill comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 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 — Hill is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

More DEF comparisons

Ajer vs De Cuyper Ajer vs Gabriel Ajer vs Vuskovic Ajer vs Tarkowski Ajer vs Calafiori Ajer vs Bogle