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Elanga or Rice: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Elanga

Newcastle, NEW

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Elanga wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

6.0M

Cost

7.5M

Total Points

9.0

Points Per Game

3.0

1.4%

Selected By

17.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

9.0

Form

3.0

💰 Elanga is the value pick - 1.5 pts per £m (Elanga 1.5 vs Rice 0.4)

🎯 Elanga is your differential (1.4% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 17.7%

Fixtures

Newcastle

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-14
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-12

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

📅 Elanga has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Elanga

65.7

Rice

37.8

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Elanga

Key Factors:

Better current form (9.0 vs 3.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Elanga (Newcastle, £6.0m, 9 points) is the better FPL pick over Rice (Arsenal, £7.5m, 3 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Elanga also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).