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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 best FPL captain options for Gameweek 20.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 20: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>Captaincy picks have suffered recently, with the popular choices failing to deliver, and those that have been brave have been rewarded.</p>
<p>With two of the main choices departing soon and the uncertainty around <strong>Erling Haaland (£13.9m)</strong>, where do we go?</p>
<p>For now, we have the big boys for one more week, but who should we pick?</p>
<p>Here are the captaincy candidates for Gameweek 20:</p>
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<li><strong>Julian Alvarez (£6.8m) </strong>v Sheffield United (H)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah (£13.3m) </strong>v Newcastle (H)</li>
<li><strong>Son Heung-min (£9.8m)</strong> v Bournemouth (H)</li>
<li><strong>Ollie Watkins (£8.8m)</strong> v Burnley (H)</li>
<li><strong>Jarrod Bowen (£7.8m) </strong>v Brighton</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 20: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60822" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 20 best captain - fixtures</p>
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<h2><strong>FPL Gameweek 20 Best Captain - The Reverse Fixtures</strong></h2>
<p>The majority of these fixtures took place in Gameweek 3. Here’s what happened last time:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60829" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 20 best captain - reverse fixtures</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60828" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 20 best captain - reverse fixtures kings of the Gameweek</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 20: Twitter poll</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60834" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 20 best captain - twitter poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 20: Players' records</h2>
<p><strong>Salah</strong> - has returned in five out of five of his last league starts against Newcastle, although he hasn't scored against them since 21/22.</p>
<p><strong>Son </strong>- blanked in the reverse fixture but scored at home against them last season.</p>
<p><strong>Watkins </strong>- picked up an assist in the reverse fixture, while the games prior are fairly meaningless given both sides had a different style and manager.</p>
<p><strong>Bowen</strong> - double returned in the reverse fixture, but that was also the first time he's ever returned against Brighton.</p>
<p><strong>Alvarez</strong> – blanked in the reverse fixture, but that was playing as the support striker.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60824" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 20 best captain - past performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 20: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered to show 'per start' for the individual players and 'by appearance' for the teams for the previous six gameweeks (this was taken on Thursday morning prior to the completion of the final games from Gameweek 19).</p>
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