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            <p>Fantasy Football Hub's resident Fantasy Premier League (FPL) captaincy expert <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisTanFPL">Chris Tan</a> takes a close look at the key fixtures and best FPL captain options for Gameweek 31.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 31: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>Last week, we tipped <strong>Erling Haaland</strong> but his injury forced a change of strategy.</p>
<p>With a short turnaround this week, our focus narrows solely to the key captaincy candidates. Read on as we break down the critical match-ups and help you choose the best captain for this pivotal gameweek.</p>
<p>These are the main candidates this week:</p>
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<li><strong>Alexander Isak</strong> v Leicester (A)</li>
<li><strong>Cole Palmer </strong>v Brentford (A)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> v Fulham (A)</li>
<li><strong>Omar Marmoush</strong> v Manchester United (A)</li>
<li><strong>Ismaila Sarr</strong> v Brighton (H)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-71841" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 31 captaincy candidates</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 31: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-71822" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 31 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 31: The reverse fixtures</h2>
<p>The majority of these fixtures took place in Gameweek 16.</p>
<p>Spurs were the team to back at the time but their focus is elsewhere now. Isak and Sarr did the best from the captaincy candidates.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-71829" class="wp-caption-text">Reverse fixtures (Gameweek 16)</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-71828" class="wp-caption-text">Reverse fixtures (Gameweek 16) team of the week</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 31: Poll</h2>
<p>Isak is the favourite this week ahead of Salah.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-71834" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 31 Best Captain - X poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 31: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Sarr </strong>- Hauled in the reverse fixture.</p>
<p><strong>Isak </strong>- Also hauled in the reverse fixture</p>
<p><strong>Salah</strong> - Hasn't scored against Fulham in the last two matches but did assist in each game and hasn't blanked in his last four starts.</p>
<p><strong>Palmer </strong>- Has a terrible record against Brentford.</p>
<p>For the purposes of the metric, I will weight Isak and Salah equally given the sample size.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-71827" class="wp-caption-text">Captaincy candidates' records against the opposition</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 31 members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered 'per start' for the individual players and 'per appearance' for the team stats over the last six gameweeks.</p>
<p>These have been captured prior to the Chelsea match. See the latest stats on the Hub's <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">Opta page</a>.</p>
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