The 2021-22 Fantasy Premier League season is underway, and for those who didn’t have both Mo Salah and Bruno Fernandes and are just about to press the panic button we offer up our FPL Captain Picks GW2 & Stats.
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. We try to provide that.
It’s a pretty easy and tough decision at the same time this week, as you’ll see below. Salah v Bruno. Or is there a sneaky left field option?
For now, help yourself to a seat at the FPL Captain Picks GW2 Captain’s Table.
FPL Captain Picks GW2 Captain’s Table
Here are the FPL Captain Picks GW2 results. A full explanation of the stats is provided at the end.
We show only the top ten, the entire data is determined by our selection of the top 30 potential captain choices.
Stats are based on GW1 except for scoring records.
FPL Captain Picks GW2 Analysis
So you’ve seen our Captain’s Table, and now it is time for a piece of our mind.
Bruno Fernandes or Mo Salah that’s what it boils down to.
On the pro-Bruno side is he smashes our Captain’s Table with a record score of 97.5 for the two and bit seasons we have been doing it (best possible being 100).
What helps is his record against this weekend’s opponent Southampton. Two goals and three assists in three games.
Plus Manchester United were great on the road last season, avoiding defeat all season long. They are undefeated in 13 games at Southampton and beat them 9-0 last season.
And he took those goals so easily, even Expected Goals weren’t expecting them.
But Mo Salah was no slouch last weekend in his opening dig against Norwich with three scoring plays of his own.
Burnley may seem an easy game on paper for Liverpool, and while they should get the buzz from their first full home game since winning their title, it may not be the easy game it seems.
Liverpool have only won one of their last four home games against Burnley, although the one win in four produced four Liverpool goals.
If you have only one the decision is easy to make, if not flip a coin or go with your favourite.
For your consideration are the below key stats from last season’s FPL for the Top Ten players from our Captain’s Table.
FPL Captain Picks GW2 Final Say
HELLO – Bruno Fernandes it is for us. We talked ourselves into it based on his previous against Southampton.
CALL ME MAYBE – Michail Antonio is not a bad choice based on last weekend but Leicester could be a tough game. But our left field Captain choice this weekend is Mason Greenwood so looked super last weekend and faces the same opposition as our top pick. And he has to make hay with some Sancho and Cavani back soon.
GOODBYE – Harry Kane – well he may be back this week, but we’re still staying well clear. Unless he lobs at Man City.
FPL Captain Picks GW2 – Other Stats
2021-22 SEASON STATS SO FAR
Before one ventures into the new season, how about a review of the best of the stats from last season.
We’ve hand picked a few of our finest visuals from last weekend’s action.
CHANCES CREATED
The big surprise here is Arsenal and Arsenal’s Kieran Tierney topping some of the tables. After their poor first game of the season against Brentford, the data does back up the appearance that Tierney looked FPL good last weekend despite the loss.
KEY PASSES
TOUCHES
SHOTS
EXPECTED GOALS
CAPTAIN’S TABLE DATA
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 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 30 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.
FPL points per Million / Cost a temporary measure from last season until this season’s Current Form becomes available.
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.
Total all the scores are combined for an overall total. Maximum is 100.
