Kovačić vs Rice
Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Rice by 12 projected points.
Kovačić
Kovačić
Man City · MID · £5.5
5
projected points / 5 GW
BOU (H)CRY (A)COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)
Stat by stat
£5.5Price£7.5
9Total points184
0.0Form0.0
1.5Points / game5.1
0.0%Owned22.1%
125Minutes3093
0Goals4
1Assists9
0.13xG3.15
0.42xA7.32
11.5ICT215.4
2.8Avg FDR (5)3.2
5Projected pts17
The verdict
Rice comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 5), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.
Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Kovačić.
Hold — Rice is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.