Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Botman and 21 for Ajayi, 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.

Botman vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 6 projected points.

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.0

8Total points20

4.0Form10.0

4.0Points / game10.0

0.5%Owned2.5%

180Minutes153

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.01xG0.52

0.01xA0.00

3.3ICT7.9

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

15Projected pts21

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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