Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 31 points for Mendy and 31 for Ajer, so Mendy 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.

Mendy vs Ajer

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

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Ajer

Brentford · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

TOT (H)LEE (A)SUN (H)BOU (A)CHE (H)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

15Total points8

15.0Form8.0

15.0Points / game8.0

1.6%Owned3.6%

63Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.28xG0.11

0.00xA0.02

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

31Projected pts31

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (31 vs 31), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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