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In this thread, he will be focusing on the biggest dilemma for FPL managers in this gameweek...

Whom to Captain?

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Option 1: Marcus Rashford – Man Utd

Fixtures: NEW (A), BRE (H)

There’s some doubt regarding Rashford’s fitness at the moment, & if he looks likely to miss the first game of the DGW that would obviously rule him out as a captaincy option. However, a fully fit Rashford would be…

…a standout captaincy pick this week, for a number of reasons. He’s got 10 goals in 12 PL games since the restart and the DGW consists of 2 games that you would expect Man Utd to win. Fitness issues aside, Rashford is both a solid and reliable option and a high upside pick.

Option 2: Kaoru Mitoma – Brighton

Fixtures: BRE (H), BOU (A)

Brighton have one of the best doubles this week looking at just the fixtures. BRE (H) and BOU (A) are two games in which Brighton no doubt have the potential of scoring big given how good they’ve been offensively.

Mitoma has 9 attacking returns (5 goals and 4 assists) in his last 10 games and has proven to be very reliable and consistent lately. His underlying stats are fine so we can expect him to continue delivering, albeit likely not at close to a 1 G/A per game rate.

An issue with Brighton is that they spread out attacking returns between their attackers, making it hard to predict who will score most. That of course means that players like Mac Allister and March are also fine captaincy picks this week, perhaps as more differential options.

Option 3: Mohamed Salah – Liverpool

Fixtures: MCI (A), CHE (A)

Liverpool have a very tough double on paper with away games against Man City & Chelsea, but Salah is a ‘big game player’ with 6 of his 11 goals this season coming against ‘Big Six’ teams. The fact that both games…

…this GW are away from home is obviously not ideal but it’s still entirely possible that they manage to get some decent results out of these away games. It doesn’t happen often that you get the opportunity to captain a low-owned Mo Salah in a DGW, but this is one of those weeks.

Option 4: James Maddison – Leicester

Fixtures: CRY (A), AVL (H)

Captaining Maddison is a move for people in need of making up lost ground, for those willing to gamble. Yes it is a gamble, LEI are far from the most reliable team in the league, but Maddison as an FPL asset…

…has a very high ceiling and could easily haul in DGW 29. The fixtures in the double are good, but ultimately it comes down to the fact that Leicester as a team have the potential to go big, as much as there’s a risk that they fail to deliver. A gamble that could pay off.

Option 5: Bruno Fernandes – Man Utd

Fixtures: NEW (A), BRE (H)

If Marcus Rashford stays a fitness doubt and captaining him seems a bit too risky, then going for Bruno (C) makes sense for those that like MUN’s fixtures. Bruno is nailed to play close to 180 minutes this GW,…

…is a key part of the United attack and takes penalties, which offers an additional route to points that can potentially be accessed even if his team isn’t performing in a specific game, which is a big advantage with captaining penalty takers like Bruno Fernandes.

My ranking:

1️⃣ Rashford (if fit)
2️⃣ Mitoma / Other BHA mid
3️⃣ Fernandes
4️⃣ Salah
5️⃣ Maddison