Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for Calafiori and 15 for Ajer, so Calafiori 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.

Calafiori vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Calafiori by 6 projected points.

Calafiori

ARSENAL · DEF · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£4.5

29Total points21

3.0Form4.0

5.8Points / game4.2

50.5%Owned3.9%

416Minutes450

0Goals0

2Assists0

0.67xG0.13

0.62xA0.08

19.1ICT18.8

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

21Projected pts15

The verdict

Calafiori comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Calafiori 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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