Best Captain for Gameweek 12

The new round of Fantasy Premier League is approaching with haste. So, here, in this article we take a look at the best captain for Gameweek 12.

After his goal, assist and 14-point haul against Aston Villa, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (£12.9m) is once again the leading Fantasy Premier League (FPL) candidate to be Gameweek 12 captain.

However, the wing wizard faces stiff competition from Erling Haaland (£15.2m) and Cole Palmer (£10.9m), whilst names from Aston Villa, Manchester United and Newcastle United provide alternative differential options.

The Captain Sensible article is here to highlight which assets have the best chance of hauling.

First, we will assess the fallout of the on-site captain poll. We will then analyse the player and team statistics, Ra te My Team (RMT) and the Premier Fantasy Tools ratings ahead of Saturday’s 11:00 GMT deadline.

THE CAPTAIN POLL

Mohamed Salah’s razor-sharp counter-attack was instrumental in providing the breakthrough against Aston Villa, with the Egyptian sealing his side’s 2-0 win with a blistering finish.

His sensational form under Arne Slot – 14 attacking returns in 11 matches – has put to bed any notion that Liverpool’s right-winger is on the decline.

For the leaders’ visit to last-placed Southampton, Salah holds a strong lead on our poll. He’s backed by just over half of our users, hoping to improve on his seven double-digit hauls so far.

Next up is Cole Palmer, someone who registered his third blank in four league matches when Chelsea shared the spoils with Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.

It’s been feast or famine for the former Manchester City starlet. We’ve seen his haul potential on a couple of occasions where he delivered four attacking returns. Just under one in six back him to go big once again against newly-promoted Leicester City.

With 14.4% of the vote is Erling Haaland, as Bruno Fernandes (£8.4m) and Alexander Isak (£8.5m) sit further back.

THE PLAYER STATISTICS – LAST SIX MATCHES

Interestingly, Haaland’s recent dip in actual points is not backed by data, with the Norwegian sitting on top for the majority of key attacking metrics.

Haaland’s nine big chances, 29 goal attempts, 25 efforts in the box and 12 shots on target are all the best.

City’s frontman holds a strong non-penalty expected goals (NPxG) advantage over Palmer (5.28 to 3.13), with a non-penalty involvement due every 97.8 minutes.

As for Salah, it’s the other way around. Underlying numbers are worse than his break-neck output over the latest half-dozen outings. Sitting second for big chances (seven) and shots on target (nine), the talisman fails to threaten the top three for NPxG (2.43) and expected assists (xA, 0.67).

Palmer has creativity in tandem with his goal threat. He leads the way here for big chances created (six) – ahead of Bruno Fernandes‘ five – with the pair tied on 16 for key passes over these last six.

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