Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Rice and 15 for Manzambi, so Rice is the pick.

What does this comparison account for?

Price, ownership, form, expected goals and assists per 90, minutes reliability, and the difficulty of each player's next five fixtures.

Rice vs Manzambi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Rice by 3 projected points.

Rice

ARSENAL · MID · £7.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)

Manzambi

ASTON VILLA · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

NEW (A)MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)

Stat by stat

£7.3Price£6.0

34Total points30

5.0Form9.7

4.9Points / game7.5

10.9%Owned2.5%

591Minutes254

0Goals2

4Assists2

0.32xG1.43

1.15xA0.57

29.4ICT25.7

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts15

The verdict

Rice comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

Hold — Manzambi is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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