FPL talking point: Time to triple captain Haaland?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Erling Haaland has 25 Premier League goals this season, with Brentford’s Igor Thiago next on 22Published34 minutes agoIf you still have your triple captain chip left in Fantasy Premier League then Manchester City, with two home games this week – against Brentford and Crystal Palace – could prove your inspiration.
Erling Haaland is the top goalscorer in the league with 25 goals, and top points-scorer in the game with 219 – 10 more than Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes (209).
City midfielder Antoine Semenyo (183) has the fourth-highest points tally, with team-mate Marc Guehi having the 11th best return at 162 – the second best-scoring defender behind Arsenal’s Gabriel (191).
FPL expert Holly Shand and members of the FPL podcast team assess the situation before gameweek 36. On this week’s podcast Alistair Bruce-Ball, Chris Sutton and Statman Dave are joined by host of Fantasy Football Hub, Jack Ukiah.
Statman Dave: “Looking at the data over the last five games and it all points to picking Erling Haaland as captain. He has the most xG [expected goals] for City and had seven big chances.
“It just makes sense. Nico O’Reilly is interesting if you get double clean sheets.”
Palace are the only other side playing twice in this gameweek, against Everton on Sunday and City on Wednesday, but may not field their full-strength team as they prioritise the Conference League.
Chris Sutton: “I’ve got two free transfers and I’ve already got my three from Manchester City but thinking of Crystal Palace?”
Jack Ukiah: “Oliver Glasner has admitted he plans half-time transfers and the [Premier] league is not his priority.”
Statman Dave: “You want to go with [Daniel] Munoz and [Maxence] Lacroix. It’s hard to see what Oliver Glasner will do with his attack – [Jorgen] Strand Larsen would be the big gamble.”
