Who to captain in Gameweek 5
Ranked on the fixture, recent form, minutes and the underlying numbers — with the argument against each one as well as for it.
Owned by 29.3% of managers. Captaining him rarely wins you a rank on its own, but it stops you losing one.
Under 10% owned. A haul here gains ground on almost everyone; a blank loses it to almost everyone.
The 10 strongest armbands
Ranked on our captain score. Every fact below is published by FPL; the ranking is ours.
- +Home to SUN, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +0.99 expected goal involvements per 90.
- −Form of 6.2, below his season average of 8.3.
- +Home to SUN, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +0.99 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- −Form of 6.0, below his season average of 8.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +1.02 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- +Owned by 42.9% — captaining him protects your rank.
- −Form of 6.8, below his season average of 9.
- +0.93 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- −Form of 5.2, below his season average of 7.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- +Owned by 73.9% — captaining him protects your rank.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +Home to COV, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +0.66 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- −Owned by 9.5% — a blank here costs rank as well as points.
- +0.66 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- +Owned by 34.9% — captaining him protects your rank.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +0.76 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +0.79 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 rounds played.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +0.78 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 3 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.