Rice vs Xhaka
Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Xhaka by 7 projected points.
Stat by stat
£7.5Price£5.5
3Total points9
3.0Form9.0
3.0Points / game9.0
17.9%Owned4.5%
67Minutes90
0Goals0
0Assists1
0.07xG0.00
0.08xA0.09
0.0ICT0.0
3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2
16Projected pts23
The verdict
Xhaka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.
Hold — Rice is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.
Buy — Xhaka is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.