Who is the best captain for FPL Gameweek 3?

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	80.7%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	85.4%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	98.9%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	93.6%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	90.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	88.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.7%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	83.6%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	78.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	86.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	82.9%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	81.3%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	80.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	65.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	74.8%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	54.5%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.0%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	66.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.6%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	63.4%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	57.2%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	47.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	54.2%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	56.1%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.1%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	57.1%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	46.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.5%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	40.7%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	40.3%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	39.6%	Unlikely
Garnacho	CHE	6.4m	40.2%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	33.4%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	37.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	92.8%	Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	54.7%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.1%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.2%	Maybe
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	92.5%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	93.9%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	88.7%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.1%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	92.2%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	89.4%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	89.3%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	88.9%	Unlikely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	88.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	87.1%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	89.1%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	84.9%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	86.9%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	82.6%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.1%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	82.9%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	82.1%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	80.4%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.3%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	82.2%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.2%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	80.1%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	81.9%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	79.6%	Unlikely
Alcaraz	EVE	5.2m	83.5%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	79.8%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	79.5%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	78.2%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	79.2%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	78.8%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
Up	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

In Gameweek 2, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers who backed Arsenal assets, namely Bukayo Saka (£9.9m) and Victor Gyokeres (£9.0m), benefited from the Gunners’ 5-0 victory against Leeds United. Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) left it late but picked up a stoppage-time attacking return for the second week running.

Attention now turns to Gameweek 3, where there is a wide spread of captaincy options. As usual, when Salah faces a tricky fixture (in this case, Arsenal), there are plenty of arguments to look elsewhere.

Captain Sensible is here to help!

First, we will assess the on-site captaincy poll. We will then analyse player and team statistics, Rate My Team (RMT) and the Premier Fantasy Tools ratings ahead of Saturday’s 11.30am BST deadline.

READ MORE: Introducing the FFScout Captaincy Matrix

Captaincy Poll

Fresh from his 15-point haul against West Ham in Gameweek 2, Joao Pedro (£7.5m) leads the Fantasy Football Scout captaincy poll. The highest-owned player in Fantasy currently boasts 27% of the vote.

Behind the Brazilian sit Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m) and Erling Haaland (£14.1m), separated by just one 0.5% at the time of writing. This is despite both players failing to return last time out.

Fernandes’ Man United teammate, Matheus Cunha (£8.1m), ranks fifth, just behind Chris Wood (£7.7m), ahead of home matches against Burnley and West Ham United, respectively.

Elsewhere, the ever-reliable Mohamed Salah is the only other player to pick up more than 5% backing.

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Silecro

3 months, 7 days ago

On FH, good to go?

Sels
Tarkowski, Porro, Cucurella
Bruno, Elanga, Johnson, Sarr
Haaland(c), Wood, Pedro

Kelleher, Reijnders, Collins, Reinildo

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Malkmus

Morning all. On WC, who is best 5.0m def:

A - Livra
B - Lacroix
C - Aina
D - Neco

Ta!

Kodap
3 months, 7 days ago
I like B
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The FPL Units
3 months, 7 days ago
B
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1. Malkmus
  3 months, 7 days ago
  Cheers. I see Lacroix gets a lot of love here. Is he good for DC's? Fixtures / CS odds not better than newcastle for next 4 weeks.
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  1. Rafsan1
    3 months, 7 days ago
    Yes, Lacroix will get a lot of DC's throughout the season.
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jayzico
3 months, 7 days ago
Romero
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1. Malkmus
  3 months, 7 days ago
  Thanks. Have VDV and don't like to double up on def
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Kodap

Bottomed on last page:

On a WC, after some tinkering.. Can you cover Salah off with Ekitike & Gakpo?

The FPL Units
3 months, 7 days ago
Can't cover and with Isak probably coming to Pool i wouldn't look to get Ekitike atm.
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Men in green tights
3 months, 7 days ago
If it's going to happen will probably come off the bench in gwk4 so yes you can cover with Gapko short term .
Presume you've got Haaland so it's just two transfers to get Salah in when the dust settles.
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Jordan17

Is reijnders a necessity?

WC GW3 I have him and enough money to get a 6.5 Mid. if i downgrade Porro to VDV i could get a 7.5.
Thoughts? or stick with Reijnders and PP and keep 0.9m.

Other mids are Gakpo Cunha Anderson and Kudus.
Haaland Wood JP also.

Malkmus
3 months, 7 days ago
I think so. I think he'll make 5.5m price look crazy, one of the best players in the prem imo.
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1. Men in green tights
  3 months, 7 days ago
  This , set and forget for me.
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    3 months, 7 days ago
    Thanks both
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    1. Jordan17
      3 months, 7 days ago
      What do we think on a downgrade of PP to VDV, leaving me 1.9m to upgrade Anderson or maybe Kudus? or stick as is.
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WVA

Pedro on pens with Palmer out?

WC GTG? 0.3 ITB

Dub (Green)
Cucu - Lacroix - VDV
Salah - Reijnders - Semenyo - Gibbs-White
Wood (c) - Pedro - Haaand

Subs - Gudmundsson, Esteve, King

Ta

Palmer to Bruno(C) for one week before WC during international break?

Lahm and Lallanas Llama

United fans are we still confident on what should be a prime fixture?

norniron85

3 months, 6 days ago

Can't decide on who to captain. Bruno, Pedro or Wood? I'm currently sitting with Bruno but with Forest playing West Ham I'm thinking of switching to him. Any thoughts?

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