Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for Ajayi and 19 for Dedić, 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.

Ajayi vs Dedić

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 3 projected points.

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Dedić

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

TOT (A)BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)COV (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

20Total points12

10.0Form6.0

10.0Points / game6.0

2.4%Owned0.5%

153Minutes180

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.52xG0.03

0.00xA0.06

7.9ICT2.3

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.6

21Projected pts19

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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