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GW6 data · compared 615× this gameweek · last compared 14 hours ago

Midfielder

Johnson

Everton, EVE

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Rice wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

5.9M

Cost

7.4M

Total Points

1.8

Points Per Game

4.0

0.1%

Selected By

11.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

238

Minutes Played

411

10.0

ICT Index

23.4

3.0

Form

3.5

💰 Rice is the value pick - 2.7 pts per £m (Johnson 1.53 vs Rice 2.7)

🎯 Johnson is your differential (0.1% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 11.0%

Fixtures

Everton

HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-11
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-10-24
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06

Arsenal

LEE 3 (H) - 2026-10-10
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-24
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-01
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-07

📅 Rice has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Johnson

38.4

Rice

48.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.5 vs 3.0)
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Other Considerations:

⚠️Rice: Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing

Rice (Arsenal, £7.4m, 20 points) is the better FPL pick over Johnson (Everton, £5.9m, 9 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Rice also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).