How do Manzambi and Rice compare?

Rice has more season points (47 vs 38), Rice is more owned (12.5% vs 7.1%), Manzambi is cheaper (6.1m vs 7.4m), Rice has the higher Start rate (100% vs 56%), but Manzambi has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.40 vs 3.20).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Rice wins most stats

Aston Villa

AVL · 6.1m

7 stats won

Arsenal

ARS · 7.4m

22 stats won

Who wins more stats: Manzambi or Rice?

Rice wins 22 of 29 stats

Rice wins 22 of the 29 stats with an outright best. Others: Manzambi 7.

Points: Manzambi: 38Rice: 47
xGI (6 gw): Manzambi: 0.36Rice: 0.35
Price: Manzambi: £6.1mRice: £7.4m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Manzambi	Rice
Price & ownership	1	2
Playing time	0	4
Recent form	2	4
Season totals	2	4
Set pieces	0	2
Bonus	0	2
Fixtures	1	0
FPL ranks	1	4
Total	7	22

A stat counts when one player is strictly best. Ties and availability are not counted.

How do their key stats compare?

Each spoke is scaled against the best MID in the game. Hover for values.

Manzambi: Points 38, xGI (6 gw) 0.36, BPS 138, Mins (6 gw) 64, DC (6 gw) 4.7, Upcoming FDR 2.40. Rice: Points 47, xGI (6 gw) 0.35, BPS 203, Mins (6 gw) 87, DC (6 gw) 8.3, Upcoming FDR 3.20.

A tick marks the best value. Grey figures show how far each other player is from it.

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Rice leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
Price	6.1m−1.3m vs best	7.4m(best)
Ownership	7.1%−5.4% vs best	12.5%(best)

Top 10k ownership	34.6%(best)	1.0%−33.6% vs best

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Rice leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
Starts	5−4 vs best	9(best)

Start rate	56%−44% vs best	100%(best)

Minutes (season)	384−376 vs best	760(best)

Avg minutes	43−41 vs best	84(best)

Who has better recent form?

Rice leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
Mins (6 gw)	64−23 vs best	87(best)

xG (6 gw)	0.27(best)	0.06−0.21 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.10−0.19 vs best	0.29(best)

xGI (6 gw)	0.36(best)	0.35−0.01 vs best

DC (6 gw)	4.67−3.66 vs best	8.33(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.01+0.06 vs best	0.95(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Rice leads 4 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
Points	38−9 vs best	47(best)

Goals	2(best)	0−2 vs best

Assists	3−2 vs best	5(best)

Total xG	1.60(best)	0.44−1.16 vs best

Total xA	0.58−1.43 vs best	2.01(best)

DC (season)	28−46 vs best	74(best)

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Rice leads 2 of 2

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
Corners & indirect FKs	—	1st choice(best)
Direct free kicks	2nd choice	1st choice(best)
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Rice leads 2 of 2

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
BPS	138−65 vs best	203(best)

BPS (6 gw)	23.0−2.3 vs best	25.3(best)

Bonus	7	7
Bonus (6 gw)	1.2	1.2

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Manzambi leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
Next 5 GWs	MUN (A) 10 SUN (H) 11 IPS (A) 12 EVE (H) 13 CRY (H) 14	HUL (H) 10 NEW (A) 11 MCI (H) 12 BRE (A) 13 TOT (A) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	2.40(best)	3.20+0.80 vs best

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Rice leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Manzambi	Rice
Form	6.0 6th MID · 17th overall	6.8(best) 2nd MID · 10th overall
ICT index	43.6 34th MID · 51st overall	54.5(best) 19th MID · 26th overall
Selected	15th MID 49th overall	11th MID(best) 31st overall
Points per game	6.3(best) 2nd MID · 8th overall	5.2 15th MID · 35th overall
Cost rank	45th MID 65th overall	12th MID(best) 18th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

ManzambiAVL
1. AVL v MUN away, gameweek 10: 1.24 projected goals, 22% clean sheet chance
2. AVL v SUN home, gameweek 11: 1.44 projected goals, 38% clean sheet chance
RiceARS
1. ARS v HUL home, gameweek 10: 2.79 projected goals, 53% clean sheet chance
2. ARS v NEW away, gameweek 11: 1.80 projected goals, 41% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Rice (ARS) 4.6 projected team goals, Manzambi (AVL) 2.7 projected team goals.

Team projections from bookmaker odds; shaded by projected goals. All projections

Who is over- or under-performing their expected stats?

Goals vs xG

Manzambi+0.4Manzambi: 2 goals from 1.60 xG (+0.4)
Rice−0.4Rice: 0 goals from 0.44 xG (−0.4)

Everyone is within half a goal of expected.

Assists vs xA

Manzambi+2.4Manzambi: 3 assists from 0.58 xA (+2.4)
Rice+3.0Rice: 5 assists from 2.01 xA (+3.0)

Rice has 3.0 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Manzambi · 38 pts29% from appearances
Rice · 47 pts38% from appearances
−1 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Manzambi	Rice
Appearances	11	18
Goals	10	0
Assists	9	15
Clean sheets	1	6
Defensive contribution	0	2
Bonus	7	7
Deductions	0	−1
Total	38	47

Worked out match by match from FPL's scoring rules; deductions are what's left against FPL's total.

Who scores against good teams?

Easy (FDR 1–2)

Manzambi7.0(1)
Rice6.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Manzambi7.5(4)
Rice5.3(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Manzambi1.0(1)
Rice4.7(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Rice 4.7 points per game, Manzambi 1.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Manzambi3.5(4)
Rice4.5(4)

Away

Manzambi12.0(2)
Rice5.8(5)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Manzambi 12.0 points per game, Rice 5.8 points per game.

Manzambi50%
2 goals and 3 assists of 10 AVL goals
Rice36%
0 goals and 5 assists of 14 ARS goals

Manzambi is involved in 50% of AVL's goals, against 36% for Rice.

Who is a rotation risk?

Manzambi0 of 9 full games
5 × 60–89, 1 × 1–59, 3 × Didn't play
Rice5 of 9 full games
5 × 90 minutes, 4 × 60–89

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Manzambi161.6
Rice242.2

Creativity

Manzambi106.7
Rice257.3

Threat

Manzambi168.0
Rice45.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Manzambi's biggest score is threat, a goal threat; Rice's biggest score is creativity, a creator.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Manzambi+96.4k6.0k out102k in
Rice+57.8k18.6k out76.4k in

Manzambi has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+96.4k).

Which player gives more points per million?

Every MID who has played, by price and season points. Above the line is better value than the median.

Of 218 midfielders who have played: Manzambi 6.2 points per £m (17th), Rice 6.4 points per £m (15th). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Manzambi
Rice

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Manzambi 38, Rice 34.

How far ahead is Manzambi? Above zero Manzambi leads; below, Rice.

Manzambi is 4 points ahead of Rice over these gameweeks. Manzambi's biggest lead was 7 (GW 5); Rice's was 5 (GW 4).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Manzambi, gameweek 4: 1 points v NFO home, 27 minutes
Rice, gameweek 4: 6 points v SUN away, 80 minutes
GW 5
Manzambi, gameweek 5: 13 points v TOT away, 71 minutes
Rice, gameweek 5: 1 points v BHA away, 90 minutes
GW 6
Manzambi, gameweek 6: 5 points v BRE home, 85 minutes
Rice, gameweek 6: 7 points v LEE home, 90 minutes
GW 7
Manzambi, gameweek 7: 11 points v NEW away, 71 minutes
Rice, gameweek 7: 9 points v NFO away, 90 minutes
GW 8
Manzambi, gameweek 8: 1 points v MCI home, 65 minutes
Rice, gameweek 8: 3 points v EVE home, 79 minutes
GW 9
Manzambi, gameweek 9: 7 points v FUL home, 65 minutes
Rice, gameweek 9: 8 points v LIV away, 90 minutes

Manzambi: 2 hauls (10+), 2 blanks (0–2); Rice: 0 hauls (10+), 1 blank (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	1	6
5	13	1
6	5	7
7	11	9
8	1	3
9	7	8

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	27	80
5	71	90
6	85	90
7	71	90
8	65	79
9	65	90

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.44	0.02
6	0.54	0.00
7	0.45	0.16
8	0.07	0.04
9	0.10	0.12

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	0.08	0.37
5	0.16	0.06
6	0.16	0.08
7	0.17	0.39
8	0.00	0.49
9	0.01	0.36

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	0.08	0.37
5	0.60	0.08
6	0.70	0.08
7	0.62	0.55
8	0.07	0.53
9	0.11	0.48

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	2	10
5	7	8
6	4	10
7	3	9
8	6	4
9	6	9

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	0	0
5	1	0
6	0	0
7	1	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	0	1
5	1	0
6	1	1
7	0	1
8	0	0
9	1	1

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	0.1%	12.9%
5	0.1%	12.4%
6	0.8%	10.5%
7	2.1%	10.9%
8	3.0%	12.1%
9	7.4%	11.8%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	£5.9m	£7.4m
5	£5.9m	£7.4m
6	£5.9m	£7.4m
7	£5.9m	£7.3m
8	£6.0m	£7.3m
9	£6.1m	£7.4m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Rice
4	—	—
5	0.0%	0.6%
6	0.4%	0.4%
7	6.4%	0.7%
8	7.8%	0.9%
9	34.6%	1.0%