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Mbeumo or Rice | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 16× this gameweek · last compared 11 minutes ago

Midfielder

Mbeumo

Man Utd, MUN

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Mbeumo wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

7.9M

Cost

7.3M

Total Points

5.5

Points Per Game

4.5

19.9%

Selected By

10.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

501

53.4

ICT Index

29.4

5.0

Form

4.0

💰 Mbeumo is the value pick - 4.18 pts per £m (Mbeumo 4.18 vs Rice 3.7)

🎯 Rice is your differential (10.8% owned) - Mbeumo is the template pick at 19.9%

Fixtures

Man Utd

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22

Arsenal

NFO 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-24
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-01
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-07
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

📅 Rice has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Mbeumo

60.2

Rice

53.4

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Mbeumo

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.0 vs 4.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Mbeumo (Man Utd, £7.9m, 33 points) is the better FPL pick over Rice (Arsenal, £7.3m, 27 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Rice also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).