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Semenyo or Rice | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · compared 1× this gameweek · last compared 11 hours ago

Midfielder

Semenyo 🏥

Man City, MCI

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

8.2M

Cost

7.3M

Total Points

5.3

Points Per Game

5.1

8.7%

Selected By

12.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

553

Minutes Played

591

46.3

ICT Index

38.0

1.3

Form

5.3

💰 Rice is the value pick - 4.93 pts per £m (Semenyo 4.51 vs Rice 4.93)

🎯 Semenyo is your differential (8.7% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 12.1%

Fixtures

Man City

BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-11-29
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-12-02

Arsenal

LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-01
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-07
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-21
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-11-29
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.2 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Semenyo

39.8

Rice

60.0

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.3 vs 1.3)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Rice (Arsenal, £7.3m, 36 points) is the better FPL pick over Semenyo (Man City, £8.2m, 37 points) as of Gameweek 9.

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