Esse vs Rice
Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Rice by 15 projected points.
Esse
Esse
Crystal Palace · MID · £5.0
2
projected points / 5 GW
EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)
Stat by stat
£5.0Price£7.5
4Total points184
0.0Form0.0
1.0Points / game5.1
0.1%Owned22.1%
40Minutes3093
0Goals4
0Assists9
0.00xG3.15
0.04xA7.32
1.5ICT215.4
3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2
2Projected pts17
The verdict
Rice comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 2), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.
Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Esse.
Hold — Rice is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.