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Rice or Merino: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Merino

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Rice wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

7.5M

Cost

6.0M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

1.0

17.7%

Selected By

0.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

1.0

💰 Rice is the value pick - 0.4 pts per £m (Rice 0.4 vs Merino 0.17)

🎯 Merino is your differential (0.6% 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

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

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.2 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rice

37.8

Merino

23.2

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Rice (Arsenal, £7.5m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Merino (Arsenal, £6.0m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2.

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