Who to captain in Gameweek 4
Ranked on the fixture, recent form, minutes and the underlying numbers — with the argument against each one as well as for it.
Owned by 30.5% of managers. Captaining him rarely wins you a rank on its own, but it stops you losing one.
Nobody in the pool fits this yet — the season is too young.
The 10 strongest armbands
Ranked on our captain score. Every fact below is published by FPL; the ranking is ours.
- +0.99 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- +Owned by 30.5% — captaining him protects your rank.
- −Away at MUN, difficulty 4 of 5.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +0.99 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- +Owned by 71.2% — captaining him protects your rank.
- −Away at MUN, difficulty 4 of 5.
- +Home to FUL, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +0.87 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +1.02 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- +Owned by 47.5% — captaining him protects your rank.
- −Home to MCI, difficulty 4 of 5.
- +0.84 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +0.93 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- −Home to MCI, difficulty 4 of 5.
- +Home to HUL, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +0.81 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +Home to HUL, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +0.68 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- +Owned by 72.0% — captaining him protects your rank.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +0.68 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +Home to FUL, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +Has started every one of the 2 rounds played.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
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Data note: Prices, ownership, form, minutes, expected goal involvements, fixtures and difficulty ratings are published by the official Fantasy Premier League API. The captain score and the ordering are our own calculation, not an FPL statistic, and not a guarantee about how any gameweek will go.