Gakpo or Rice?
On projected points alone, Gakpo is ahead by 3.9 over the next six gameweeks. That is not the whole answer.
Gakpo
Liverpool · MID · £7.2m
Thigh injury - 75% chance of playing
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 30.8
- Chance of starting
- 68%
- Owned by
- 13.3%
- Points this season
- 28
- Minutes
- 250
Set-piece taker
Rice
Arsenal · MID · £7.4m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 26.9
- Chance of starting
- 92%
- Owned by
- 13.2%
- Points this season
- 13
- Minutes
- 241
Set-piece taker
The answer nobody else gives you
Rice is owned by 13.2% of managers, against 13.3% for Gakpo.
If you are chasing someone in your mini-league, the less-owned player is usually the right pick even when he projects slightly lower — points from a player your rival also owns cancel out and cannot close the gap. If you are defending a lead, take the one your rival already has: matching them removes their chance to gain on you.
Global ownership is only a proxy. What actually matters is whether the specific people in your league own him.
Check who owns them in my leagueProjected by gameweek
| GW | Gakpo | Rice | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5.8 | 4.4 | +1.5 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | +0.5 |
| 6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | −0.4 |
| 7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | +0.5 |
| 8 | 5.8 | 4.7 | +1.2 |
| 9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | +0.7 |
Projections are ours, not FPL's. Measured error 1.29 points per player per gameweek over the last 3. How we calculate them