Ødegaard vs Rice

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

Ødegaard
Ødegaard
ARSENAL · MID · £6.8
19
projected points / 5 GW
Buy71%
LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)
Rice
Rice
ARSENAL · MID · £7.4
16
projected points / 5 GW
Hold64%
LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)
Stat by stat
£6.8Price£7.4
30Total points22
2.0Form3.0
5.0Points / game3.7
20.4%Owned10.7%
422Minutes456
2Goals0
0Assists2
1.08xG0.12
1.37xA0.71
36.2ICT23.4
3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0
19Projected pts16
The verdict

Ødegaard comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Ødegaard 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.