I find it worth checking the captain possibilities in the first 6 games or so to see how I’m covered in my squad. Here I go through the fixtures and look at the likely captain picks to see how my squad checks out
fantasy premier league tips – tracking the likely captains in the early gameweeks
You maybe the FPL manager who picks your captain based on form alone with no regard to fixtures. You may just pick Aguero every week or rotate Aguero and Ibrahimovic home and away. However I will generally take into account fixtures and also look to who the captain favourite will be through the polls.
I’ve said before that the captain choice can be looked at either as a sword or a shield. If you use it as a sword you’re looking to move your rank forward. You pick the player you will think will earn the most points no matter what. If you use it as a shield you are mindful of ownership and the captain polls so you can see who potentially can cause your rank the most damage. So for example if a player who has 40% ownership is the captain favourite and scores say 12 points and you don’t have him and captain someone else who scores 2 then I cannot emphasise how much damage that will do to your rank.
Those who know the site will know that I use it as a shield. Believe me there will be plenty of times when you can’t use it as a shield as the choice is 50/50 or 33/33/33 so you don’t need to go round seeking it in my view.
So we’ll now look at the fixtures for the first 6 game weeks and identify the fixtures and players who could be big captain choices in that game. It’s all pretty subjective so I’d welcome any views.
GW1
Hull v Leicester – Mahrez
Man City v Sunderland – Aguero
Bournemouth v Man Utd – Ibrahimovic
GW2
Watford v Chelsea – Hazard
Spurs v Palace – Kane
GW3
Hull v Man Utd – Ibrahimovic
Watford v Arsenal – Sanchez
Chelsea v Burnley – Hazard
Leicester v Swansea – Mahrez
GW4
No standout fixtures
GW5
Man City v Bournemouth – Aguero
Watford v Man Utd – Ibrahimovic
Hull v Arsenal – Sanchez
Spurs v Sunderland – Kane
Leicester v Burnley – Mahrez
GW6
Liverpool v Hull – Sturridge
Middlesboro v Spurs – Kane
So what does this mean for your team?
I think it shows that out of 6 games Aguero will be a big captain favourite in 2.
Mahrez also features in 3 games.
Ibrahimovic also features in 3 but in all 3 there are good alternatives.
Spurs have 3 fixtures which could see Kane in the frame
Chelsea is an interesting one although at the moment there’s no particular high ownership threat but GW3 looks painful
Arsenal and Liverpool shouldn’t be too much of a threat until GW5.
Hope you found that useful and some food for thought
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