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Mbeumo or Rice: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Mbeumo

Man Utd, MUN

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Rice wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

8.0M

Cost

7.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

3.0

37.2%

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 (Mbeumo 0.25 vs Rice 0.4)

🎯 Rice is your differential (17.7% owned) - Mbeumo is the template pick at 37.2%

Fixtures

Man Utd

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-06
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-09-13
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Mbeumo

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 Mbeumo (Man Utd, £8.0m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Mbeumo also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).