Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Mitchell and 14 for Ajer, so Mitchell 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.

Mitchell vs Ajer

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

Mitchell

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.5

16Total points13

5.3Form4.3

5.3Points / game4.3

4.7%Owned5.2%

253Minutes270

2Goals0

0Assists0

0.85xG0.11

0.18xA0.03

6.7ICT11.7

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.4

19Projected pts14

The verdict

Mitchell comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

Buy — Mitchell 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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