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Semenyo or Rice: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Semenyo

Man City, MCI

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Rice wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

8.5M

Cost

7.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

3.0

25.4%

Selected By

17.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

3.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 0.4 pts per £m (Semenyo 0.24 vs Rice 0.4)

🎯 Rice is your differential (17.7% owned) - Semenyo is the template pick at 25.4%

Fixtures

Man City

CRY 3 (A) - 2026-08-28
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-09-13
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Semenyo

32.3

Rice

37.8

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money

Rice (Arsenal, £7.5m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Semenyo (Man City, £8.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Semenyo also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).