Here’s our fantasy premier league captain picks article GW7. We look at the fixtures, the anytime goal scorer bookies odds, other FPL advice sites polls, the FFGeek choice and some basic stats of the players and the defences they face
fantasy premier league captain picks GW7
The fixtures:
Here’s the GW7 fixtures for some context:
So Liverpool, Man Utd and Chelsea have good fixtures. Man City have a tricky one against an improving defensive Spurs who have got 3 consecutive clean sheets. Recent captain favourite Aguero though has a good record against them scoring 4 last season at the Etihad
The Bookies odds
Here’s the anytime goal scoring odds from one bookie as of Friday morning:
£1.65 – Rooney
£1.73 – Martial
£1.91 – Sturridge
£1.95 – Depay
£2.00 – Aguero
£2.05 – Ings
£2.20 – Sanchez, Mata
£2.30 – Pedro
FPL advice sites captain polls
Here’s a summary of the captains polls of other advice sites as of Friday morning
| site 1 | site 2 | site 3 | site 4 | |
| Martial | 33% | 26% | 34% | 39% |
| Aguero | 20% | 16% | 27% | 33% |
| Payet | 10% | 16% | 8% | 7% |
| Mahrez | 7% | 6% | 9% | 1% |
Site 1 is the main FPL advice site
The FFGeek choice
I haven’t done my transfers yet and I wanted to see the results of the managers press conferences first so I’ve yet to decide who will be my captain. Once I’ve done my transfers and team selection article I will put the captain in that
Some basic stats
Martial Man Utd fwd £8.3m.
2 games 3 goals 0 assists. FPL point every 6.4 mins. Consistency return rate 2 returns from 2 games ie 100%. Too little data to comment on underlying stats but at the moment virtually every shot is a goal
Sunderland defence: 6 games 13 goals conceded 0 clean sheets. Underlying defensive stats are among the worst in the PL
Aguero Man City fwd £13.2m
6 games 1 goal 1 assist. FPL point every 23.2 mins. Consistency return rate 2 returns from 6 games ie 33%. Great shooting stats just can’t seem to put the ball into the net. Has pens
Spurs defence: 6 games 4 goals conceded 3 clean sheets. Underlying defensive stats are mid table
Payet West Ham mid £7.8m
6 games 3 goals 2 assists. FPL point every 13.1 mins. Consistency return rate 4 returns from 6 games ie 67%. Great creating chances stats shooting stats not so much. Has alot of set pieces.
Norwich defence: 6 games 10 goals conceded 0 clean sheets. Underlying defensive stats are lower mid table
Mahrez Leicester mid £6.4m
6 games 5 goals 3 assists. FPL point every 8.1 mins. Consistency return rate 5 returns from 6 games ie 83%. Great creating shooting and creating chances stats. Has pens.
Arsenal defence: 6 games 5 goals conceded 3 clean sheets. Underlying defensive stats are among the best in the PL although they have been susceptible to errors
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