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GW7 data · compared 6× this gameweek · last compared 10 hours ago

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Buendía

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Rice wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

7.3M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

4.5

Points Per Game

4.2

10.8%

Selected By

1.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

501

Minutes Played

464

29.4

ICT Index

24.6

4.0

Form

8.0

💰 Buendía is the value pick - 4.24 pts per £m (Rice 3.7 vs Buendía 4.24)

🎯 Buendía is your differential (1.2% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 10.8%

Fixtures

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

Aston Villa

NEW 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-24
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
SUN 3 (H) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rice

53.4

Buendía

58.1

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Buendía

Key Factors:

Better current form (8.0 vs 4.0)
Better value for money

Buendía (Aston Villa, £5.9m, 25 points) is the better FPL pick over Rice (Arsenal, £7.3m, 27 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Rice also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).