Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 42 points for Mendy and 55 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.

Mendy vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 13 projected points.

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

15Total points14

15.0Form14.0

15.0Points / game14.0

1.2%Owned1.1%

63Minutes63

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.28xG0.81

0.00xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

42Projected pts55

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (55 vs 42), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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