If you’re like us, the International break is not enjoyable as you spend most of the time second guessing yourself about your FPL side and the captain. 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 GW8 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.
This weekend it looks a one sided contest with Mo Salah in front, but with this season it is not always as it should be.
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 GW8 Captain’s Table.
FPL Captain Picks GW8 Captain’s Table
Here are the FPL Captain Picks GW8 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 GW7 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 is the runaway leader this week with an incredible scoring record v this weekend’s opponent – Watford – and is in red hot form in general. Including that goal v Man City. If you don’t have him then there’s plenty of options, if you do, you’ll need a very good excuse not to have him as captain. One negative we can see is Watford spoiled the Liverpool unbeaten streak last time they played, and they have a new manager in Claudio Ranieri coming in. For a new feature we have in depth look at Mo Salah’s stats for the season so far.
Sadio Mane and Trent Alexander-Arnold also feature in our Captain’s Table, but if you have Mo, you’ll take Mo. But Mo-less FPL players should consider Mane too. Another one with good scoring stats v Watford.
Cristiano Ronaldo is out of our top ten surprisingly, so we may well look like chumps by the end of the weekend considering his scoring powers for Portugal midweek. But alas the Captain’s Table and computer says No.
Manchester City have beaten Burnley 5-0 four times in a row at home, so you know there’s goals coming. But with Man City it’s all about who plays as ever. Gabriel Jesus has a good scoring record v Burnley and you would think he starts. Ferran Torres also makes our top ten. But looming in the background of our Captain’s Table is Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden. Our stats above do tend to favour recent form a little so a lack of game time is hurting KDB and Foden for now. But with a potential bag of goals to share, they are worth considering from outside our top ten.
Ismaila Sarr is probably the biggest surprise this week sitting third on our table. Despite playing the might of Liverpool, Sarr has good scoring form against them. And they have a new manager, so we may get a bump on previous team form. Sarr has caught the eye against Liverpool a few times, so worth at least considering for your team if you’re in the market for value midfielders.
Jamie Vardy is on a scoring streak as he does from time to time and does score OK against bigger clubs. Need to cash in before the streak ends. Potentially with Brendan Rodgers leaving for Newcastle? According to rumours.
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 – Mo Salah – A must if you have him.
CALL ME MAYBE – Man City Players / Sadio Mane – If you don’t have Mo. Those consecutive 5-0 wins v Burnley are almost too hard to overlook. Except for the fact of Pep’s roulette.
GOODBYE – Michail Antonio – We still love the big man, but are wondering if this is where West Ham start to leave their 21-22 form behind.
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Our Premier League Predictions for Week 8
FPL Captain Picks GW8 – 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
FPL STATS IN DEPTH – MO SALAH
Every week we will bring you a little more depth to a certain player or team.
Who better to start with than Mo Salah.
Owned by well over half of the FPL players and in sparkling form, it could be his best season ever.
So we have broken down the shots, touches and chances by GW and via opposition type for your statistical pleasure.
Next week we’ll feature another player.
FPL GW8 – 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.
FULL CAPTAIN’S TABLE
