Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Ajer and 17 for Mitchell, so Mitchell 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 Mitchell

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mitchell by 2 projected points.

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mitchell

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

NFO (H)BHA (A)NEW (H)TOT (A)LIV (H)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.5

27Total points24

4.7Form2.7

4.5Points / game4.8

3.7%Owned6.0%

540Minutes419

1Goals2

0Assists0

0.38xG0.77

0.08xA0.26

18.8ICT25.8

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

15Projected pts17

The verdict

Mitchell comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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