How do I choose which FPL player to buy?

Use our player comparison tools to review form, fixture difficulty, and historical performance. Get a clear recommendation for the best player to transfer or captain for this gameweek.

How can I find the best FPL captain pick?

FPL.my’s detailed stats and expected returns analysis help you choose the player with the highest upside for captaincy each gameweek.

Rice or Maddison | FPL PlayerComparison

Please select a player from the suggestions

GW7 data · compared 5× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Maddison

Spurs, TOT

🏆 Rice wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

7.3M

Cost

6.3M

Total Points

4.5

Points Per Game

1.0

10.8%

Selected By

0.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

501

Minutes Played

29.4

ICT Index

6.5

4.0

Form

1.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 3.7 pts per £m (Rice 3.7 vs Maddison 0.63)

🎯 Maddison is your differential (0.4% 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

Spurs

COV 2 (H) - 2026-10-19
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-24
CRY 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 Maddison has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rice

53.4

Maddison

29.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Rice (Arsenal, £7.3m, 27 points) is the better FPL pick over Maddison (Spurs, £6.3m, 4 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Maddison also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.0 average difficulty).