Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Vuskovic and 15 for Ajer, so Vuskovic 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.

Vuskovic vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Vuskovic by 7 projected points.

Vuskovic

BRIGHTON · DEF · £5.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)NEW (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.1Price£4.5

51Total points30

9.5Form4.5

7.3Points / game4.3

5.6%Owned4.0%

617Minutes630

1Goals1

1Assists0

1.10xG0.32

0.17xA0.26

34.4ICT30.9

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

22Projected pts15

The verdict

Vuskovic comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

Buy — Vuskovic 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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