Rice vs Wirtz

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Rice by 4 projected points.

Rice
Rice
ARSENAL · MID · £7.4
20
projected points / 5 GW
Buy85%
EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)
Wirtz
Wirtz
LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2
16
projected points / 5 GW
Buy71%
BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)
Stat by stat
£7.4Price£7.2
39Total points31
6.3Form4.3
4.9Points / game3.9
12.4%Owned5.1%
670Minutes621
0Goals0
4Assists4
0.32xG1.19
1.65xA0.94
38.0ICT50.6
3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4
20Projected pts16
The verdict

Rice comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — Rice is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — Wirtz is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.