Welcome to our Fantasy Premier League 2023-24 FPL GW12 Captain Pick + Preview & Season Stats Summary for another week of exciting fantasy football.
Every game week we take a truckload of stats and compile them into our Captain’s table – our unique way of telling you who should wear your FPL team’s armband. In addition to that is keeping an eye on bonus points, general stats, and trends on the where, when, and how the best Premier League players do their thing for FPL.
2023-24 FPL GW12 Captain Pick – Captain’s Table
Here are this week’s FPL Captain Picks results. A full explanation and full list of the stats and calculations are provided at the end.
FPL GW12 Captain Preview Thoughts
Read on for a quick summary of who we suggest to be considered for FPL captain this week. All in the theme of the Hello, Goodbye Beatles song.
HELLO – Mo Salah
Mo Salah tops our captain’s table so it would be kind oif rude not to back our own numbers this week. Liverpool struggled at Luton last week on their smaller ground but return to the comfort of home and a game v Brentford. Liverpool only managed a goal in each game last season v Brentford when they weren’t at their best, but the season prior they scored six goals in the two league games. And this season Brentford has conceded four goals in two games v big six clubs. So we’re going to overlook last year and put our faith in Salah.
CALL ME MAYBE – Ollie Watkins / Son / Arsenal Players
Ollie Watkins’ Aston Villa are on a long run of home wins and have five in a row for this season. Scoring 20 goals in the process. And while home wins and bags of goals doesn’t always fall for Ollie Watkins, he has got a hat trick at home in a big win, and you don’t want to miss out cashing in on that.
Interesting to see how Spurs react to their first loss, hopefully with fewer red cards. Previous results for Spurs v Wolves can be biased against, as Wolves were tough to beat and Spurs tough to watch. So taking this one on faith of Ange turning them around with a big win.
Arsenal on paper look like they could give Burnley a real spanking, but worth noting that Arsenal haven’t beaten or scored against Burnley at home in their last two league games. Of course they are different Arsenal and Burnley sides now – with Arsenal installing a more resilient team, and Burnley trying to play better football than previous, which means they are easier to beat.
GOODBYE – Man City Players
You might think we’re crazy, and we are, but that isn’t the reason we’re going against Manc City players this week. WE looked to the stats for the last four league matches between these sides and all of them have ended in 1-0 victories to Man City. This even includes the imploding, busted-arse Chelsea from last season. Throw in that Erling Haaland hasn’t scored or assisted against Chelsea in his two games, and we’re out. At our risk of course.
FPL Top Captain Picks Stats
Here’s our collection of the stats of the season so far. Shots, Touches, Key Passes, xG and more.
2023-24 Current FPL Key Stats
FPL 2023-24 Season Stats So Far – Shots Taken
FPL 2023-24 Season Stats So Far – Chances Created
FPL 2023-24 Season Stats So Far – Touches
FPL 2023-24 Season Stats So Far – Expected Goals
FPL 2023-24 Season Stats So Far – Bonus Points
Early days, but here are the Bonus Points totals from the latest round.
