Here’s a shortened version of our fantasy premier league captain pick GW20 article. We look at the fixtures, the bookies odds, the FFGeek captain poll, the contributors picks and stats to seek out the best captain choice. There’s also the results of the transfer polls.
fantasy premier league captain pick GW20 – plus transfer poll results
The fixtures
Bookies team to win odds
Man City v Sheffield – £1.20 – Aguero, Sterling, De Bruyne
Liverpool v Wolves – £1.27 – Salah, Mane, Firmino
The bookies player odds
These odds are prior to the Wolves v Man City game finishing
£1.61 – Aguero
£1.70 – Vardy
£1.80 – Kane
£1.85 – Maupay, Ings, Salah
£1.91 – Rashford, Aubameyang, Jesus
£1.95 – Pukki, Abraham, Mane
£2.00 – Alli
£2.05 – Sterling, Mahrez
£2.10 – Lacazette
£2.20 – Connolly, Martial
£2.25 – Deeney
£2.37 – Firmino
As I had a few queries last week so De Bruyne is £2.50 and Grealish is £3.60
The Captain Poll results
The FFGeek captain poll asks who will be your captain?
Other FPL polls
Here’s a selection of results from other polls:
Poll 1 is the highest traffic site and asks who is the best captain
There are 2 twitter polls which ask who your captain will be. Only 1 this week though
The last 1 is a low volume site poll where there is no question. Very low volume this week so not included
n/a means that player isn’t in the poll
The FFGeek contributor captain picks
Here’s the picks from the 10 so far. Hopefully I’ll be able to update it again tomorrow morning.
Joseph Crilleys transfer planner and points projection tool
Joe’s transfer planner and points projection tools projects points for each player for each game.
Joe’s team run by the planner is currently on 1,101 points on 70k prior to the Wolves v Man City game in GW19. You can follow that team including live transfers and use the planner plus more on our subscription Patreon site.
It picks Vardy followed by Kane and Dele Alli. That assumes all 3 players start.
Stats comparison
Gametime
This is the most difficult considering the 5 players all started in GW19. Salah and De Bruyne were subbed before the finish if that means anything.
Vardy seems the most at risk with the manager saying there’s no chance he will play all 4. That means 1 of the 2 away games v West Ham next and then Newcastle he won’t play. The West Ham game with the slightly shorter turnaround seems the most at risk.
Kane with Son suspended seems to lack a proper covering player. De Bruyne could easily be rested although with Silva injured that leaves them short of both first choice number 8’s.
Difficult to assess Mane and Salah. The game is a relatively difficult one.
Attacking player overall stats
Team defensive stats
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Summary
With all the main options starting in GW19 then anything is possible in GW20. Vardy seems the most at risk given the managers words. Salah and De Bruyne were subbed before the end of their GW19 games.
The bookies for anytime goalscorer have for the main options. Vardy £1.70, Kane £1.80, Salah £1.85, Mane £1.95 and De Bruyne £2.50. Aguero is the shortest odds at £1.61
The FFGeek poll asking who are you captaining favours Vardy at 35% with Salah, De Bruyne and Kane at the 17% to 13% range. The other polls are closer.
Of the 1o FFGeek contributors there is a spread. 4 have gone for Mane. 2 for De Bruyne and 2 for Salah
On the stats side.
De Bruynes stats are very good especially his volume numbers. They are biased towards assists which means his points are somewhat out of his control. Sheffield have been excellent away from home but City are a unique proposition for them.
Kane’s stats are pretty awful to say the least. However he is Harry Kane and Norwich are a pretty terrible defensive team.
Vardy is fantastic and West Ham terrible but gametime remains a risk.
Salah’s and Mane’s stats are really good but they face a good defence
Kane, Vardy and Salah with Milner off the pitch have penalty duties
The FFGeek view
I still haven’t decided on my transfers yet but I would probably go for Vardy if he was guaranteed to start. In absence of that I will probably go for Mane. If I could choose anyone it would probably be between Salah and Kane
Good luck whoever you choose.
The Transfer Polls
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