Has the Ronaldo bubble burst? Will Lukaku be a scoring god against the Saints. Will Liverpool and Man City cancel each other out? What about fan favourite Antonio? It’s never been harder to work out who should wear the armband for your Fantasy Premier League team, so our Fantasy Premier League FPL Captain Picks GW7 are here to help.
This week and every week we have our own in-house way of choosing the best of the best to wear the armband for your Fantasy Premier League side.
Those double points prove vital to a top 10K finish, and so you should be armed with as much information as possible.
Last season it boiled down to Salah v Bruno but not many anymore. Throw in a Lukaku or Ronaldo, and there’s still Harry Kane to be woken up. That might just happen this weekend.
Along with the Captain’s Table is a load of key stats for your Fantasy team.
For now, help yourself to a seat at the Fantasy Premier League FPL Captain Picks GW7 Captain’s Table.
FPL Captain Picks GW7 Captain’s Table
Here are the FPL Captain Picks GW7 results. A full explanation of the stats and calculations are provided at the end.
We show only the top ten, the entire data is determined by our selection of the top 30 or so potential captain choices.
Stats are based up to GW6 except for scoring records v opposition. Where there is no opposition history we have taken this season’s stats.
FPL Captain Picks GW6 Analysis
Mo Salah tops our Captain’s Table this week and why wouldn’t he on current form and returns. Some may be put off by the big game v Man City but Salah has a good record against them – 6 Goals and 2 Assists in 12 meetings. Liverpool at home too. Before last season’s loss to Man City, Liverpool had not lost at home to Man City since 2003, scoring three goals or more in 50% of those games.
Cristiano Ronaldo is second in our table, and has a good scoring record v Everton. And he’s a much better chance of taking penalties this weekend. Ronaldo has been fun since he returned, but FPL owners are starting to get as nervous as Man Utd fans are about their team winning the title. But still, it is Cristiano Ronaldo. The missed penalty may be the final nail for many an FPL player for Bruno Fernandes.
Romelu Lukaku hasn’t score in his last two games now, with Man City shutting down his Chelsea side and offering him not much last weekend. He should find Southampton at home a little easier, although the Saints did keep Man City scoreless away recently. Lukaku has a goal + assist a game v Southampton.
Manchester City have so many options and more big names which makes choosing any of them in your side let alone captain a very hard task. Gabriel Jesus is the pick of them according to our Captain’s Table and he has been great this season. He is also more likely to start than others under Pep.
You can’t talk FPL Captain without Michail Antonio. He was back and among the FPL points last weekend. His confidence and FPL point scoring isn’t in doubt, but they play Brentford who have been hard to score against. Well, before the 3-3 exploded out of nowhere last weekend v Brentford.
If you are scared off and Liverpool or Man City players, there’s a great supporting cast of left field options. Jamie Vardy is on a scoring streak as he does from time to time. Ismaila Sarr is in form too. Even the Spurs duo of Son and Kane could be worth considering if you have them. Last weekend’s spanking by Arsenal may spring the Spurs duo into action, and both have excellent scoring records v Aston Villa.
TOP TEN CAPTAIN PICKS STATS
For your consideration are the below key stats from last season’s FPL for the Top Ten players from our Captain’s Table. Well eleven this time as TAA may be out.
FPL Captain Picks GW6 Final Say
HELLO – Romelu Lukaku – Man City did a number on Chelsea last weekend and Lukaku can turn it around this weekend.
CALL ME MAYBE – Ismaila Sarr – Want a real left field choice? Why not Watford’s Sarr. Good current stats and form, and playing a Leeds side who are conceded the occasional goal or two.
GOODBYE – Man City Players – Just too hard to work out what Pep will get up to facing Liverpool, so it is not worth the headache trying to work him out.
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FPL Captain Picks GW7 – Other Stats
2021-22 SEASON STATS SO FAR
Before one ventures into the new gameweek, how about a review of who is doing the best at the moment across a wide range of key stats.
We’ve hand picked the best of them from this season so far and last weekend’s action.
FPL 21-22 – CHANCES CREATED
FPL 21-22 – TOUCHES
FPL 21-22 – SHOTS
FPL 21-22 – KEY PASSES
FPL 21-22 – EXPECTED GOALS
GW7 – Ownership Changes
Who is on the nose? Who is the most popular picks this week?
Well here is the top and bottom 10 ownership changed from prior to last weekend until today.
We have it by position too.
FPL 21-22 – Bonus Points
We do run through the Bonus Points for the 2021-22 season in greater detail here.
But here’s the total Bonus Points awarded so far.
FPL 21-22 – Clean Sheets
Clean Sheets are a vital part of a big points haul for the defense, and we have an entire article dedicated to Clean Sheets for the 2021-22 Season.
But a few quick stats are below.
FPL 21-22 – Fixture Difficulty – Next Three Games
We have our own in-house Fixture Difficulty system, from 0 for the easiest to 10 for the hardest. It takes it current form, table position, home and away bias, H2H records for various timeframes and more.
Here is the next three games Difficulty Rating, and the full 2021-22 Season articles is available here.
CAPTAIN’S TABLE DATA EXPLAINED
If you’re after an explanation on the Captain’s Table data help yourself to the below.
Goals and Assists v Opposition are compiled and compared to the best return per game for each player against this week’s opposition. The top return is awarded 20 points and points are reduced on a sliding scale from there. For players who haven’t played against this week’s opposition we have used goals + assists per game from this season.
Form taken straight from the Official FPL website. The top return is awarded 30 points and points are reduced on a sliding scale from there.
FPL points per Minute is a measurement taking the overall FPL points scored by the minutes on the field. This is so injured players or mid season signings are disadvantaged. The top return is awarded 20 points and points are reduced on a sliding scale from there.
Key Stats per Game is our own in house combination of key FPL stats for each players, which is then compared to the top results and goes down on a sliding scale. The fields include Goals per Game, Shots per Game Assists per Game, Key Passesper Game, Shots On Target per Game, and Chances per Game. Top Player get a maximum of 10 points and awarded on a sliding scale from there.
Bonus Points we tally up the Bonus Points throughout the 2021-22 season. Top Player get a maximum of 10 points and awarded on a sliding scale from there.
Match Rater – in addition to our Captain’s Table we have also devised our own Premier League Fixture Difficulty which we have included for a max 10 points. Because we think that game itself should be rated as well.
Multiplier – we have taken each player’s record against big six clubs and Home/Away goalscoring trends and applied a multiplier based on positive or negative trend.
Total all the scores are combined for an overall total. Maximum is 100.
