Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Hume and 42 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.

Hume vs Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Ajayi by 30 projected points.

Hume

Sunderland · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

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

Ajayi

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.0

2Total points14

2.0Form14.0

2.0Points / game14.0

7.0%Owned1.2%

79Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.04xG0.81

0.27xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

12Projected pts42

The verdict

Ajayi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Hold — Hume is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

Hold — Ajayi is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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