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

De Cuyper vs Ajer

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

De Cuyper

BRIGHTON · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

SUN (A)CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.5

38Total points21

8.5Form4.0

7.6Points / game4.2

28.2%Owned3.9%

423Minutes450

1Goals0

3Assists0

1.55xG0.13

0.67xA0.08

33.8ICT18.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

22Projected pts15

The verdict

De Cuyper 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 — De Cuyper 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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