Aguero early Gameweek 9 captain favourite as Salah deals with injury

Sergio Aguero (£11.3m) and Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) are thought to be the leading candidates for the Gameweek 9 captaincy.

They face Burnley and Huddersfield respectively, two rather favourable fixtures.

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The Manchester City man may have the advantage over Salah given that the Egyptian picked up a muscle injury over the international break.

The current thinking is that Salah’s knock is not too serious although Fantasy Premier League managers will still want to hear from Jurgen Klopp before making a final decision.

Meanwhile, Aguero was not involved over the international break at all, for the second time this season. Another rest for the Argentinian, after an ongoing injury problem, has some Fantasy managers hoping that manager Pep Guardiola won’t manage his minutes so often anymore.

Anyone still worried Aguero’s game-time may still consider one of his attacking colleagues in either Raheem Sterling (£11.1m), David Silva (£8.5m) or even Kevin De Bruyne (£9.7m) if Guardiola passes him fit. Man City does look a source of plenty of options this week as no team has allowed more shots on goal this season than Burnley.

Liverpool’s trip to Huddersfield still holds some promise though, so Sadio Mané (£9.9m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) may also receive some attention in the poll, especially if Salah loses the fitness race.

Eden Hazard (£11.3m) faces a tougher fixture as Manchester United come to Stamford Bridge, but the Chelsea man may still get a look-in for the captaincy.

Only four teams have conceded more goals than the Red Devils in the last four Gameweeks, and they have been breached the same number of times as typically leaky Bournemouth and Huddersfield during that time.

Furthermore, Hazard still has just one blank in 2018/19 even managing to score against the transformed Liverpool defence in Gameweek 7.

Top differentials may still include Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) who increased his goal involvement tally for the season to eight in Gameweek 8. He and his Arsenal colleagues are at home against Leicester, a side they scored four goals past in last year’s corresponding fixture.

Richarlison (£6.8m) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.4m) may also receive outside considerations as Everton are in-form and host a struggling Crystal Palace side in Gameweek 9.

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