Barnes vs Rice
Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Barnes by 1 projected points.
Barnes
Barnes
NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1
17
projected points / 5 GW
COV (A)AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)
Stat by stat
£6.1Price£7.4
28Total points22
3.7Form3.0
5.6Points / game3.7
8.1%Owned10.7%
450Minutes456
1Goals0
3Assists2
0.62xG0.12
0.48xA0.71
28.2ICT23.4
2.8Avg FDR (5)3.0
17Projected pts16
The verdict
Barnes comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.
Buy — Barnes is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.
Hold — Rice is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.