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GW7 data · compared 10× this gameweek · last compared 2 hours ago

Midfielder

Manzambi

Aston Villa, AVL

7.3M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

4.5

Points Per Game

6.3

10.8%

Selected By

1.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

501

Minutes Played

183

29.4

ICT Index

25.7

4.0

Form

9.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 3.7 pts per £m (Rice 3.7 vs Manzambi 3.22)

🎯 Manzambi is your differential (1.1% 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

Manzambi

60.1

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Manzambi

Key Factors:

Better current form (9.0 vs 4.0)
Better value for money

Manzambi (Aston Villa, £5.9m, 19 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).