Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Botman and 15 for Ajer, so Botman 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.

Botman vs Ajer

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

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

TOT (A)BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)COV (A)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (A)SUN (H)BOU (A)CHE (H)AVL (A)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.5

8Total points11

4.0Form5.5

4.0Points / game5.5

0.6%Owned4.3%

180Minutes180

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.01xG0.11

0.01xA0.03

3.3ICT5.6

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts15

The verdict

Botman comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (15 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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