Welcome to our Fantasy Premier League FPL Captain Preview GW2 for the first time this season.
Come for the Fantasy Premier Captain picks, stay for a plethora of FPL stats.
Every gameweek we take a truckload of stats and compile them into our Captain’s table and then have a score out of 100 who we think should be captain.
This week the winner is in the 90’s. Even if his birth date isn’t.
Along with the Captain’s Table is a load of key stats for general FPL knowledge, like who is taking the most shots, chances created, FPL Bonus Points and more.
All of those stats await, but first help yourself to a seat at the Fantasy Premier League FPL Captain Preview GW2 Captain’s Table.
FPL Captain Preview GW2 – Captain’s Table
Here are the FPL Captain Picks GW2 results. A full explanation and full list of the stats and calculations are provided at the end.
Stats are based up to the previous GW except for scoring records v opposition. Where there is no opposition history we have all time Premier League season’s stats (in yellow text).
FPL Captain Preview GW2 Thoughts
HELLO – Erling Haaland / Mo Salah
Bit of a cop-out but how do you choose, for those lucky enough to have the two players.
Both teams have easy games on paper, but both their opponents Crystal Palace and Bournemouth were quite good last weekend. However, both teams have outstanding records vs this week’s opponent. Man City have never lost to Bournemouth and won 11 in a row. Liverpool have won ten in a row v Crystal Palace by a margin of 30-6.
Both Haaland and Salah got double figure points last weekend. Both were impressive. We guess it comes down to personal choice, but we guess the jury will be out on Haaland for a bit, while Salah is tried and true. Salah has scored seven goals and provided six assists v Crystal Palace in ten meetings.
We advise flipping a coin or picking the player or team you like the most.
CALL ME MAYBE – Bukaya Sako / Kevin de Bruyne
Sako has a great record of scoring and assisting v Leicester, and Arsenal looked quite good last weekend. Sako getting among the points as well. Arsenal have a great home record v Leicester too, losing just one of their last 29 clashes.
Kevin de Bruyne has the Man City dominance over Bournemouth on his side, but his record v the Cherries himself is surprisingly average as per the Captain’s table above. But
GOODBYE – Kane / Son
You’d think after last weekend’s table topping win over Southampton that the Spurs duo would rate highly this week. But they don’t and it’s all about the fixture – Chelsea. Neither player has a great record v Chelsea, and the team’s record v Chelsea is worse. Chelsea have won six and drawn one from their last seven v Spurs in the league and Spurs have failed to score in six of those seven games.
READ MORE – Our Premier League Predictions for Week 2
FPL Captain Picks GW22 – Other Stats
2022-23 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. Which of course at the moment is the same thing.
But here are a few points of interest first.
- Darwin Nunez has more Shots from Inside Penalty Area & Six Yard Box combined than any other players despite his late entrance into Liverpool’s game v Fulham. Haaland was second.
- Newcastle topped GW1 for Key Passes and Shots on Goal. Man Utd had the third highest total of shots.
- Nottingham Forest were the only team without a shot on target in GW1. For the record, Everton had the highest Shot on Target % at 50%. Spurs and Newcastle were 2nd and 3rd.
- Erling Haaland is already 0.7 clear in expected goals than the next best.
- Excitement machine Allan Saint-Maximin is the leading player for touches deep into opposition territory.
- Leeds’ Jack Harrison created more chances (6) in GW1 than Bournemouth, West Ham and Nottingham Forest. Aston Villa created eight chances yet lost 2-0 to Bournemouth.
To get the best from the below visuals, click on them to zoom in.
FPL 2022-23 Season Stats So Far – Chances Created
FPL 2022-23 Season Stats So Far – Touches
FPL 2022-23 Season Stats So Far – Shots Taken
FPL 2022-23 Season Stats So Far – Key Passes
FPL 2022-23 Season Stats So Far – Expected Goals
FPL 2022-23 Season Stats So Far – Bonus Points
Early days, but here are the Bonus Points totals from GW1.
