Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Pivas 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.

Pivas vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 14 projected points.

Pivas

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.2

0Total points27

0.0Form2.3

0.0Points / game5.4

0.0%Owned14.0%

0Minutes423

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.66

0.00xA0.01

0.0ICT14.1

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.2

3Projected pts17

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Hold — Pivas 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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