Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Ajayi and 14 for Botman, 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 Botman

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 1 projected points.

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)

Stat by stat

£4.2Price£5.0

30Total points26

1.3Form5.0

4.3Points / game3.7

13.6%Owned0.8%

603Minutes630

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.66xG0.21

0.03xA0.22

15.6ICT23.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts14

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (15 vs 14), 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 — Botman is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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