Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Virgil and 15 for Ajer, so Virgil 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.

Virgil vs Ajer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Virgil by 3 projected points.

Virgil

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Ajer

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£6.5Price£4.5

25Total points21

7.3Form3.3

5.0Points / game4.2

16.2%Owned3.9%

450Minutes450

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.25xG0.13

0.08xA0.08

17.4ICT18.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts15

The verdict

Virgil comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

Buy — Virgil 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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