Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Ajayi and 15 for Kayode, 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 Kayode

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 2 projected points.

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Kayode

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

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

Stat by stat

£4.2Price£4.6

27Total points23

2.3Form2.7

5.4Points / game4.6

14.0%Owned7.6%

423Minutes294

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.66xG0.55

0.01xA0.43

14.1ICT15.3

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts15

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 15), 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 — Kayode is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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