Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Ajer and 16 for Hume, so Hume 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 Hume

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

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (A)SUN (H)BOU (A)CHE (H)AVL (A)

Hume

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)BHA (H)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.5

11Total points8

5.5Form4.0

5.5Points / game4.0

4.3%Owned6.1%

180Minutes169

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.11xG0.04

0.03xA0.28

5.6ICT6.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts16

The verdict

Hume 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.

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

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