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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 33.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 33: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>We got the order right last week with <strong>Erling Haaland (£14.3m)</strong> equalling <strong>Mohammed Salah (£13.4m)</strong> and outscoring the other candidates.</p>
<p>This week the usual suspects are in action, but with squads so similar is this the area where you should go differential?</p>
<p>These are the main candidates:</p>
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<li><strong>Ivan Toney (£8.1m) </strong>v Sheffield United (H)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland (£14.3m) </strong>v Luton (H)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah (£13.4m)</strong> v Crystal Palace (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bukayo Saka (£9.1m) </strong>v Aston Villa (H)</li>
<li><strong>Son Heung-min (£10.1m) </strong>v Newcastle (A)</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 33: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-63477" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 33 Best Captain - fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 33: Reverse fixtures</h2>
<p>These fixtures took place in Gameweek 16. Here’s what happened last time:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-63484" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 33 Best Captain - reverse fixtures (Gameweek 16)</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-63483" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 33 Best Captain - reverse fixtures (Gameweek 16) team of the week</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 33: Twitter poll</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-63489" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 33 Best Captain - twitter poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 33: Players' records</h2>
<p><strong>Salah - </strong>hauled in the reverse fixture. Last season was the only time he's blanked in a start against Palace for Liverpool.</p>
<p><strong>Son - </strong>hauled in the reverse fixture, which is the most relevant data source.</p>
<p><strong>Saka - </strong>blanked the reverse fixture, but returned in each of the previous three.</p>
<p><strong>Haaland - </strong>missed the reverse fixture due to injury.</p>
<p><strong>Toney - </strong>was suspended for the reverse fixture, and doesn't appear to have crossed paths with Sheffield United before.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-63479" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 33 Best Captain - past performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 33: 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 seven gameweeks to balance out the teams that have blanked.</p>
<p>See the latest stats on the Hub's <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">Opta page</a>.</p>
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