Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Milenković and 14 for Ajer, so Milenković 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.

Milenković vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Milenković by 1 projected points.

Milenković

NOTT'M FOREST · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

TOT (H)AVL (A)COV (H)CRY (A)ARS (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

SUN (H)BOU (A)CHE (H)AVL (A)LIV (H)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.5

12Total points13

4.0Form4.3

4.0Points / game4.3

1.6%Owned5.2%

270Minutes270

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.11xG0.11

0.03xA0.03

3.9ICT11.7

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

15Projected pts14

The verdict

Milenković comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (15 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Milenković 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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