Rice or Barnes?
On projected points alone, Barnes is ahead by 2.6 over the next six gameweeks. That is not the whole answer.
Rice
Arsenal · MID · £7.4m
Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 22.5
- Chance of starting
- 72%
- Owned by
- 12.5%
- Points this season
- 39
- Minutes
- 670
Set-piece taker
Barnes
Newcastle · MID · £6.1m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 25.1
- Chance of starting
- 95%
- Owned by
- 7.6%
- Points this season
- 40
- Minutes
- 706
The answer nobody else gives you
Barnes is owned by 7.6% of managers, against 12.5% 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 | Barnes | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | −1.1 |
| 10 | 4.4 | 4.2 | +0.2 |
| 11 | 3.7 | 4.1 | −0.4 |
| 12 | 3.6 | 3.8 | −0.2 |
| 13 | 3.7 | 4.1 | −0.4 |
| 14 | 3.7 | 4.5 | −0.7 |
Projections are ours, not FPL's. Measured error 1.19 points per player per gameweek over the last 5. How we calculate them