Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Ajayi and 17 for Schuster, 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 Schuster

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 0 projected points.

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Schuster

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£4.2Price£4.5

27Total points21

2.3Form7.0

5.4Points / game7.0

14.0%Owned0.3%

423Minutes253

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.66xG0.10

0.01xA0.54

14.1ICT12.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts17

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 17), 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.

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

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