Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Hall and 16 for Ajer, so Hall 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.

Hall vs Ajer

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

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£5.3Price£4.5

31Total points27

4.3Form6.5

5.2Points / game4.5

20.7%Owned3.8%

539Minutes540

1Goals1

1Assists0

0.27xG0.32

0.83xA0.08

34.8ICT26.6

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts16

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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