Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Calafiori and 16 for Ajayi, 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 Ajayi

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

Calafiori

ARSENAL · DEF · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

EVE (H)FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£4.2

29Total points27

3.5Form1.0

5.8Points / game5.4

50.6%Owned13.9%

416Minutes423

0Goals1

2Assists0

0.67xG0.66

0.62xA0.01

19.1ICT14.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

22Projected pts16

The verdict

Calafiori comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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