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GW6 data · compared 641× this gameweek · last compared 6 hours ago

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Buendía

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Buendía wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

7.4M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

4.0

Points Per Game

4.2

11.0%

Selected By

1.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

411

Minutes Played

401

23.4

ICT Index

19.6

3.5

Form

7.0

💰 Buendía is the value pick - 3.56 pts per £m (Rice 2.7 vs Buendía 3.56)

🎯 Buendía is your differential (1.1% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 11.0%

Fixtures

Arsenal

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

Aston Villa

BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-10
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-24
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-08

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rice

48.7

Buendía

56.6

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Buendía

Key Factors:

Better current form (7.0 vs 3.5)
Better value for money

Buendía (Aston Villa, £5.9m, 21 points) is the better FPL pick over Rice (Arsenal, £7.4m, 20 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Rice also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).