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Johnson or Rice: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 9 hours ago

Midfielder

Johnson

Everton, EVE

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Rice wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

6.0M

Cost

7.5M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

3.0

0.2%

Selected By

17.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

1.0

Form

3.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 0.4 pts per £m (Johnson 0.17 vs Rice 0.4)

🎯 Johnson is your differential (0.2% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 17.7%

Fixtures

Everton

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
HUL 2 (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

📅 Johnson has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Johnson

26.7

Rice

37.8

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Rice (Arsenal, £7.5m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Johnson (Everton, £6.0m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Johnson also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).