Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Castagne and 14 for Ajer, so Castagne 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.

Castagne vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Castagne by 4 projected points.

Castagne

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)BOU (H)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)EVE (H)MUN (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.5

36Total points30

5.3Form3.0

5.1Points / game4.3

1.2%Owned4.2%

578Minutes630

0Goals1

2Assists0

0.71xG0.32

0.52xA0.26

24.6ICT30.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts14

The verdict

Castagne comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — Castagne 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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