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Scott or Rice: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 2× this week · last compared 2 minutes ago

Midfielder

Scott

Bournemouth, BOU

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Rice wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

6.0M

Cost

7.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

3.0

1.5%

Selected By

17.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

3.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 0.4 pts per £m (Scott 0.33 vs Rice 0.4)

🎯 Scott is your differential (1.5% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 17.7%

Fixtures

Bournemouth

EVE 3 (H) - 2026-08-29
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-09-12
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-09-20
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-10

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Rice has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Scott

29.1

Rice

37.8

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Rice (Arsenal, £7.5m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Scott (Bournemouth, £6.0m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Rice also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).