Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 42 points for Ajayi and 13 for Diop, 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 Diop

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 29 projected points.

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Diop

Ipswich Town · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

SUN (H)MUN (A)LIV (H)CRY (A)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

14Total points2

14.0Form2.0

14.0Points / game2.0

1.2%Owned18.4%

63Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.81xG0.00

0.00xA0.01

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

42Projected pts13

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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