Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Ajer and 15 for Mendy, so Mendy 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 Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 0 projected points.

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mendy

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.1

27Total points25

4.7Form0.3

4.5Points / game6.2

3.7%Owned6.2%

540Minutes249

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.38xG0.32

0.08xA0.00

18.8ICT16.4

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts15

The verdict

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

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

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

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