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Rice or Barnes: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Barnes

Newcastle, NEW

🏆 Rice wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

7.5M

Cost

6.0M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

2.0

17.7%

Selected By

1.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

2.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 0.4 pts per £m (Rice 0.4 vs Barnes 0.33)

🎯 Barnes is your differential (1.1% owned) - Rice is the template pick at 17.7%

Fixtures

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

Newcastle

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-14
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-12

📅 Barnes has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rice

37.8

Barnes

36.0

Low 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 Barnes (Newcastle, £6.0m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Barnes also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).