Who's the best FPL Gameweek 7 captain? Our resident FPL captaincy expert Chris Tan takes a close look at the fixtures, poll and stats breakdown before concluding on his best pick for the armband.
FPL Gameweek 6 Recap
The gap has narrowed... everyone can beat everyone. Just when we thought we were starting to understand how things were going to play out, we get results like Aston Villa losing 3-0 at home to Leeds and Southampton beating Everton. When things are so unpredictable all we can do is try to adapt and to focus on the players that are performing.
Normality has returned... although things are still unpredictable, we do appear to have had a significant reduction in the number of penalties awarded and the amount of goals. Could clean sheets (CS) be back on the menu?
How have we done to date?
FPL Gameweek 7 Captain - Our Results
It was another one of those weeks where the majority of good candidates on paper failed to deliver. The second pick looks to be performing the best so far, will that continue?
FPL Gameweek 7 Captain - The Fixtures
FPL Gameweek 7 Captain - Fixtures
Twitter / @FFH_HQ FPL Gameweek 7 Captain Poll
Who do our Twitter followers think is the best FPL Gameweek 7 captain?
Hub's Gameweek 7 Captain Twitter Poll
Old Hunting Ground – do any of the likely lads have a good history vs their opposition?
FPL Gameweek 7 Captain - Past Performance
- De Bruyne (£11.5m) – has an impressive record, but it’s a small sample and he only managed a single assist in the last away game.
- Salah (£12.4m) – certainly enjoys playing West Ham, he’s picked up three goals and an assist at Anfield.
- Mane (£12.0m) – also seems to fare well against West Ham, even more so at home with four goals and an assist at Anfield.
- Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m) – three of his four goals have come away from home.
- Rashford (£9.5m) – his returns look better than they are, if you strip away the assist from last season the last returns were in 2015/16.
- Kane (£10.9m) – only one of his three goals have come at home.
- Grealish (£7.3m) – scored at home last season.
- Son (£9.5m) – like Kane, he’s only scored one at home against Brighton.
- Jimenez (£8.5m) – it’s not that surprising to see such a poor record considering that Wolves are heavily reliant on counter attacks and Crystal Palace don’t over commit.
- Sterling (£11.6m) – didn’t have a good time against Sheffield United last season.
Members Stats breakdown - FPL Gameweek 7 Captain
These stats are pulled from the Fantasy Football Hub OPTA Stats tool that is available to all members to help you analyse the players and teams.
I’ve pulled the stats from the last four Gameweeks and will utilise these in combination with the eye test to help us make our decision.
Always a good read :-)
mo salah for me
Thanks again Chris for nearly always my favourite article of the week!
So I’ve been trying to predict HAT TRICK HEROES for the last 3 weeks (with miserable effect as I sit outside the Top 2 million!):
HISTORY
*GW1:* Salah 20pts vs Lee (h)
*GW2:* Son 24pts vs Sou (a)
DCL 17pts vs Wba (h)
*GW3:* Vardy 17pts vs ManC (a)
*GW4:* Watkins 19pts vs Liv (h)
*GW5:* No Hero
*GW6:* Bamford 17pts vs Avl (a)
THIS WEEK my logic is –
Look at the hat-trick hero pattern (HAHAHA = home, away etc) ➕ none of the guys have scored a hat trick twice (must be new guy) ➕ no repeated opposition ➕ the fact that it’s a new moon tonight in time for Halloween, it’s pretty obvious who it must be!
HARRY KANE vs Bri (h)
Kane = candy cane (which is obviously what kids get given for trick or treat!)