Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Mukiele and 21 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.

Mukiele vs Ajayi

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

Mukiele

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)BHA (H)

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.0

11Total points20

5.5Form10.0

11.0Points / game10.0

2.4%Owned3.3%

90Minutes153

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.52

0.01xA0.00

0.0ICT7.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

20Projected pts21

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 20), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Mukiele 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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