How do Aina and Ajer compare?

Ajer has more season points (40 vs 9), Ajer is more owned (4.1% vs 1.5%), Aina is cheaper (4.2m vs 4.5m), Ajer has the higher Start rate (100% vs 67%), but Ajer has more Bonus (1 vs 0).

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Comparing 2 defenders

Ajer wins most stats

Nott'm Forest

NFO · 4.2m

2 stats won

Brentford

BRE · 4.5m

26 stats won

Who wins more stats: Aina or Ajer?

Ajer wins 26 of 28 stats

Ajer wins 26 of the 28 stats with an outright best. Others: Aina 2.

Points: Aina: 9Ajer: 40
xGI (6 gw): Aina: 0.01Ajer: 0.07
Price: Aina: £4.2mAjer: £4.5m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Aina	Ajer
Price & ownership	0	3
Playing time	0	4
Recent form	1	5
Season totals	1	5
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	0	4
Fixtures	0	0
FPL ranks	0	5
Total	2	26

A stat counts when one player is strictly best. Ties and availability are not counted.

How do their key stats compare?

Each spoke is scaled against the best DEF in the game. Hover for values.

Aina: Points 9, xGI (6 gw) 0.01, BPS 54, Mins (6 gw) 36, DC (6 gw) 3.2, Upcoming FDR 3.60. Ajer: Points 40, xGI (6 gw) 0.07, BPS 143, Mins (6 gw) 90, DC (6 gw) 10.3, Upcoming FDR 3.60.

A tick marks the best value. Grey figures show how far each other player is from it.

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Ajer leads 3 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
Price	4.2m−0.3m vs best	4.5m(best)
Ownership	1.5%−2.6% vs best	4.1%(best)

Top 10k ownership	0.1%−8.7% vs best	8.8%(best)

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Ajer leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
Starts	6−3 vs best	9(best)

Start rate	67%−33% vs best	100%(best)

Minutes (season)	433−377 vs best	810(best)

Avg minutes	48−42 vs best	90(best)

Who has better recent form?

Ajer leads 5 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
Mins (6 gw)	36−54 vs best	90(best)

xG (6 gw)	0.00−0.03 vs best	0.03(best)

xA (6 gw)	0.00−0.04 vs best	0.04(best)

xGI (6 gw)	0.01−0.06 vs best	0.07(best)

DC (6 gw)	3.17−7.16 vs best	10.33(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.55(best)	1.49+0.94 vs best

Who has scored more this season?

Ajer leads 5 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
Points	9−31 vs best	40(best)

Goals	0−1 vs best	1(best)

Assists	0	0
Total xG	0.06−0.26 vs best	0.32(best)

Total xA	0.54(best)	0.27−0.27 vs best

DC (season)	33−61 vs best	94(best)

Clean sheets	1−2 vs best	3(best)

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
Corners & indirect FKs	—	—
Direct free kicks	—	—
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Ajer leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
BPS	54−89 vs best	143(best)

BPS (6 gw)	3.3−13.2 vs best	16.5(best)

Bonus	0−1 vs best	1(best)

Bonus (6 gw)	0.0−0.2 vs best	0.2(best)

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

No outright winner

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
Next 5 GWs	MCI (H) 10 BOU (A) 11 CHE (H) 12 HUL (A) 13 BHA (H) 14	BHA (A) 10 EVE (H) 11 MUN (A) 12 ARS (H) 13 MCI (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.60	3.60

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Ajer leads 5 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Aina	Ajer
Form	0.2 124th DEF · 362nd overall	4.8(best) 14th DEF · 35th overall
ICT index	16.0 82nd DEF · 228th overall	35.7(best) 21st DEF · 79th overall
Selected	55th DEF 145th overall	31st DEF(best) 84th overall
Points per game	1.5 113th DEF · 314th overall	4.4(best) 25th DEF · 57th overall
Cost rank	158th DEF 584th overall	91st DEF(best) 444th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

AinaNFO
1. NFO v MCI home, gameweek 10: 1.02 projected goals, 18% clean sheet chance
2. NFO v BOU away, gameweek 11: 0.95 projected goals, 21% clean sheet chance
AjerBRE
1. BRE v BHA away, gameweek 10: 1.17 projected goals, 19% clean sheet chance
2. BRE v EVE home, gameweek 11: 1.53 projected goals, 38% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Ajer (BRE) 0.6 expected clean sheets, Aina (NFO) 0.4 expected clean sheets.

Team projections from bookmaker odds; shaded by clean sheet chance. All projections

Who is over- or under-performing their expected stats?

Goals vs xG

Aina−0.1Aina: 0 goals from 0.06 xG (−0.1)
Ajer+0.7Ajer: 1 goals from 0.32 xG (+0.7)

Ajer has 0.7 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Aina−0.5Aina: 0 assists from 0.54 xA (−0.5)
Ajer−0.3Ajer: 0 assists from 0.27 xA (−0.3)

Aina has 0.5 fewer assists than xA.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

Aina+0.8Aina: 7 conceded from 6.22 xGC (+0.8)
Ajer−3.7Ajer: 9 conceded from 12.67 xGC (−3.7)

Aina has conceded 0.8 more than xGC; Ajer has conceded 3.7 fewer than xGC.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Aina · 9 pts100% from appearances
−1 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Ajer · 40 pts40% from appearances
−5 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Aina	Ajer
Appearances	10	18
Goals	0	6
Clean sheets	0	12
Defensive contribution	0	8
Bonus	0	1
Deductions	−1	−5
Total	9	40

Worked out match by match from FPL's scoring rules; deductions are what's left against FPL's total.

Who scores against good teams?

Easy (FDR 1–2)

Aina0.0(1)
Ajer2.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Aina2.7(3)
Ajer6.3(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Aina0.5(2)
Ajer3.7(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Ajer 3.7 points per game, Aina 0.5 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Aina3.0(2)
Ajer5.6(5)

Away

Aina0.8(4)
Ajer3.0(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Ajer 3.0 points per game, Aina 0.8 points per game.

Aina0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 5 NFO goals
Ajer6%
1 goal and 0 assists of 16 BRE goals

Ajer is involved in 6% of BRE's goals, against 0% for Aina.

Who is a rotation risk?

Aina1 of 9 full games
1 × 90 minutes, 3 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59, 3 × Didn't play
Ajer9 of 9 full games
9 × 90 minutes

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Aina77.2
Ajer229.6

Creativity

Aina66.9
Ajer47.1

Threat

Aina16.0
Ajer79.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Aina's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence; Ajer's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Aina−5.5k5.8k out261 in
Ajer−1.5k8.4k out6.9k in

Managers are selling all of them; Ajer the least (−1.5k net).

Which player gives more points per million?

Every DEF who has played, by price and season points. Above the line is better value than the median.

Of 159 defenders who have played: Aina 2.1 points per £m (99th), Ajer 8.9 points per £m (8th). Median 3.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Aina
Ajer

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Ajer 27, Aina 3.

How far ahead is Aina? Above zero Aina leads; below, Ajer.

Ajer is 24 points ahead of Aina over these gameweeks. Aina's biggest lead was 1 (GW 4); Ajer's was 24 (GW 9).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Aina, gameweek 4: 2 points v AVL away, 90 minutes
Ajer, gameweek 4: 1 points v BOU away, 90 minutes
GW 5
Aina, gameweek 5: 0 points v COV home, 0 minutes
Ajer, gameweek 5: 7 points v CHE home, 90 minutes
GW 6
Aina, gameweek 6: 0 points v CRY away, 82 minutes
Ajer, gameweek 6: 6 points v AVL away, 90 minutes
GW 7
Aina, gameweek 7: 0 points v ARS home, 0 minutes
Ajer, gameweek 7: 3 points v LIV home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Aina, gameweek 8: 0 points v IPS away, 0 minutes
Ajer, gameweek 8: 2 points v HUL away, 90 minutes
GW 9
Aina, gameweek 9: 1 points v BRE away, 45 minutes
Ajer, gameweek 9: 8 points v NFO home, 90 minutes

Aina: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2); Ajer: 0 hauls (10+), 2 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	2	1
5	0	7
6	0	6
7	0	3
8	0	2
9	1	8

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	90	90
5	0	90
6	82	90
7	0	90
8	0	90
9	45	90

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	0.00	0.02
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.02	0.19
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.00	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	0.01	0.00
5	0.00	0.05
6	0.01	0.00
7	0.00	0.18
8	0.00	0.01
9	0.00	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	0.01	0.02
5	0.00	0.05
6	0.03	0.19
7	0.00	0.18
8	0.00	0.01
9	0.00	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	8	9
5	0	9
6	9	9
7	0	13
8	0	8
9	2	14

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	0.82	1.75
5	0.00	0.83
6	2.35	2.28
7	0.00	1.64
8	0.00	1.57
9	0.15	0.86

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	1
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	2.6%	4.5%
5	2.6%	3.9%
6	2.1%	3.7%
7	1.9%	3.8%
8	1.7%	4.2%
9	1.5%	4.3%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	£4.5m	£4.5m
5	£4.5m	£4.5m
6	£4.4m	£4.5m
7	£4.4m	£4.5m
8	£4.3m	£4.5m
9	£4.3m	£4.5m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Aina	Ajer
4	—	—
5	1.9%	8.0%
6	0.8%	8.0%
7	0.4%	7.8%
8	0.2%	6.1%
9	0.1%	8.8%