Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 55 points for Ajayi and 9 for Thomas, 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 Thomas

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 46 projected points.

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Thomas

Coventry City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

ARS (A)HUL (H)MCI (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

14Total points3

14.0Form3.0

14.0Points / game3.0

1.1%Owned8.1%

63Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.81xG0.02

0.00xA0.01

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

55Projected pts9

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (55 vs 9), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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