Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 55 points for Ajayi and 42 for Mendy, 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 Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 13 projected points.

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

14Total points15

14.0Form15.0

14.0Points / game15.0

1.1%Owned1.3%

63Minutes63

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.81xG0.28

0.00xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

55Projected pts42

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (55 vs 42), 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 — Mendy is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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