Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Ajer and 16 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.

Ajer vs Ajayi

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

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.2

27Total points27

4.7Form0.7

4.5Points / game5.4

3.7%Owned14.0%

540Minutes423

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.38xG0.66

0.08xA0.01

18.8ICT14.1

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts16

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 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 — Ajayi is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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