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GW7 data · compared 3× this gameweek · last compared 20 hours ago

Midfielder

Rice

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Tielemans

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Rice wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

7.3M

Cost

5.8M

Total Points

4.5

Points Per Game

2.8

10.8%

Selected By

1.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

501

Minutes Played

460

29.4

ICT Index

26.6

4.0

Form

3.5

💰 Rice is the value pick - 3.7 pts per £m (Rice 3.7 vs Tielemans 2.93)

🎯 Tielemans is your differential (1.4% 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

Man Utd

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22

📅 Rice has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rice

53.4

Tielemans

44.3

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rice

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 3.5)
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Rice (Arsenal, £7.3m, 27 points) is the better FPL pick over Tielemans (Man Utd, £5.8m, 17 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Rice also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).