Rice or Longstaff?
On projected points alone, Rice is ahead by 20.9 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
Longstaff
Leeds · MID · £4.8m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 1.6
- Chance of starting
- 10%
- Owned by
- 0.1%
- Points this season
- 4
- Minutes
- 20
The answer nobody else gives you
Longstaff is owned by 0.1% 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 | Longstaff | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3.4 | 0.3 | +3.1 |
| 10 | 4.4 | 0.3 | +4.1 |
| 11 | 3.7 | 0.3 | +3.5 |
| 12 | 3.6 | 0.3 | +3.3 |
| 13 | 3.7 | 0.2 | +3.5 |
| 14 | 3.7 | 0.3 | +3.4 |
Projections are ours, not FPL's. Measured error 1.20 points per player per gameweek over the last 5. How we calculate them