Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Mitchell and 18 for Ajayi, 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 Ajayi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mitchell by 1 projected points.

Mitchell

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Ajayi

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.1

16Total points21

5.3Form7.0

5.3Points / game7.0

4.7%Owned9.6%

253Minutes161

2Goals1

0Assists0

0.85xG0.52

0.18xA0.00

6.7ICT9.5

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.2

19Projected pts18

The verdict

Mitchell comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Mitchell 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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