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Elanga or Rice | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 23× this gameweek · last compared 43 minutes ago

Midfielder

Elanga 🏥

Newcastle, NEW

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Rice wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

6.1M

Cost

7.3M

Total Points

6.0

Points Per Game

4.5

3.0%

Selected By

10.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

232

Minutes Played

501

19.4

ICT Index

29.4

0.0

Form

4.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 3.7 pts per £m (Elanga 2.95 vs Rice 3.7)

🎯 Elanga is your differential (3.0% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 10.8%

Fixtures

Newcastle

AVL 3 (H) - 2026-10-17
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-10-25
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-02
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-21

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 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Elanga

28.4

Rice

53.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Rice (Arsenal, £7.3m, 27 points) is the better FPL pick over Elanga (Newcastle, £6.1m, 18 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Rice also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).