Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 9 points for O'Nien and 17 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.

O'Nien vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 8 projected points.

O'Nien

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £3.9

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

BHA (H)BOU (A)LEE (H)COV (A)CHE (H)

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£3.9Price£4.2

1Total points27

0.0Form2.3

1.0Points / game5.4

2.5%Owned14.0%

66Minutes423

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.01xG0.66

0.01xA0.01

1.7ICT14.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

9Projected pts17

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 9), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Hold — O'Nien is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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

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