Rice vs Barnes

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Rice by 2 projected points.

Rice
Rice
ARSENAL · MID · £7.3
18
projected points / 5 GW
Buy71%
NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)
Barnes
Barnes
NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1
17
projected points / 5 GW
Buy78%
AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)
Stat by stat
£7.3Price£6.1
34Total points32
5.0Form4.3
4.9Points / game4.6
10.9%Owned7.9%
591Minutes630
0Goals1
4Assists3
0.32xG1.24
1.15xA0.87
29.4ICT37.8
3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2
18Projected pts17
The verdict

Rice comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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