Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for Ajayi and 14 for Ballard, 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 Ballard

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 7 projected points.

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Ballard

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£5.0

20Total points8

10.0Form4.0

10.0Points / game4.0

4.1%Owned4.7%

153Minutes180

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.52xG0.03

0.00xA0.01

7.9ICT1.9

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

21Projected pts14

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 14), 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 — Ballard is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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