Rice or Wirtz?
On projected points they are within 0.8 of each other over six gameweeks — close enough that points are not the thing that should decide it.
Rice
Arsenal · MID · £7.5m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 30.8
- Chance of starting
- 97%
- Owned by
- 13.7%
- Points this season
- 50
- Minutes
- 822
Set-piece taker
Wirtz
Liverpool · MID · £7.2m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 31.6
- Chance of starting
- 97%
- Owned by
- 5.5%
- Points this season
- 46
- Minutes
- 791
Set-piece taker
The answer nobody else gives you
Wirtz is owned by 5.5% of managers, against 13.7% for Rice.
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 | Rice | Wirtz | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5.1 | 5.4 | −0.3 |
| 12 | 5.0 | 5.0 | level |
| 13 | 4.6 | 5.9 | −1.2 |
| 14 | 5.1 | 4.5 | +0.6 |
| 15 | 5.5 | 5.4 | +0.1 |
| 16 | 5.5 | 5.4 | +0.1 |
Projections are ours, not FPL's. Measured error 1.13 points per player per gameweek over the last 5. How we calculate them