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Rice or Schade | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 15× this gameweek · last compared 1 minute ago

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Schade

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Schade wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

7.3M

Cost

6.2M

Total Points

4.5

Points Per Game

6.7

10.8%

Selected By

15.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

501

Minutes Played

498

29.4

ICT Index

38.4

4.0

Form

5.0

💰 Schade is the value pick - 6.45 pts per £m (Rice 3.7 vs Schade 6.45)

🎯 Rice is your differential (10.8% owned) - Schade is the template pick at 15.0%

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

Brentford

LIV 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-25
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-23

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rice

53.4

Schade

62.2

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Schade

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.0 vs 4.0)
Better value for money

Other Considerations:

⚠️Schade: Shoulder injury - 75% chance of playing

Schade (Brentford, £6.2m, 40 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).