Who to captain in Gameweek 8
Ranked on the fixture, recent form, minutes and the underlying numbers — with the argument against each one as well as for it.
Owned by 76.4% 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.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +0.95 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 6 rounds played.
- +Owned by 76.4% — captaining him protects your rank.
- No fitness flag, no rotation record and no hard fixture.
- +0.85 expected goal involvements per 90.
- −Started 1 of 6 rounds — a rotation risk.
- −Owned by 1.9% — a blank here costs rank as well as points.
- +0.69 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Owned by 37.0% — captaining him protects your rank.
- −Form of 6.0, below his season average of 7.3.
- +0.73 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 6 rounds played.
- −Form of 5.7, below his season average of 7.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +Has started every one of the 6 rounds played.
- +Owned by 44.2% — captaining him protects your rank.
- −Away at LIV, difficulty 4 of 5.
- −Form of 6.7, below his season average of 8.8.
- +Home to TOT, difficulty 2 of 5.
- +Has started every one of the 6 rounds played.
- +Owned by 72.3% — captaining him protects your rank.
- −Form of 4.7, below his season average of 7.8.
- +Home to TOT, difficulty 2 of 5.
- −Started 3 of 6 rounds — a rotation risk.
- −Owned by 0.9% — a blank here costs rank as well as points.
- +First-choice penalty taker at his club.
- +0.83 expected goal involvements per 90.
- +Has started every one of the 6 rounds played.
- −Form of 1.3, below his season average of 5.7.
- +0.68 expected goal involvements per 90.
- −Owned by 5.7% — a blank here costs rank as well as points.
- +0.93 expected goal involvements per 90.
- −Started 1 of 6 rounds — a rotation risk.
- −Owned by 0.0% — a blank here costs rank as well as points.
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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.