Who is the best captain for FPL Gameweek 38?

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Richarlison	TOT	6.4m	131.9%	Very Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	114.2%	Very Likely
Virgil	LIV	6.0m	116.3%	Very Likely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.5m	94.3%	Likely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	100.0%	Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.4m	95.3%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	97.0%	Maybe
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	88.2%	Maybe
Doku	MCI	6.5m	84.9%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	84.7%	Unlikely
Rayan	BOU	5.4m	78.2%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.0m	73.3%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	69.1%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	67.3%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	65.7%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	64.6%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	59.1%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	49.5%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	63.4%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	60.1%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	56.1%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	56.4%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	56.8%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	51.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	50.9%	Unlikely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.2m	40.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.9m	49.5%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	49.4%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	49.1%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.9m	43.7%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.0m	47.5%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.2m	45.3%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.8m	24.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	47.9%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	42.8%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	45.2%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.1m	38.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.1m	30.5%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	39.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cherki	MCI	6.6m	126.3%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.9m	104.5%	Very Likely
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	101.9%	Very Likely
Gyökeres	ARS	9.1m	94.7%	Likely
Welbeck	BHA	6.4m	94.9%	Likely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	98.3%	Maybe
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	91.9%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	91.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.9m	71.2%	Unlikely
Johnstone	WOL	4.4m	88.0%	Unlikely
Hill	BOU	4.2m	89.0%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	84.8%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	84.8%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	85.1%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	5.7m	77.3%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	80.9%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	80.3%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	80.6%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	81.0%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	78.7%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	78.6%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	74.4%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	75.2%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	72.9%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	74.9%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.4m	73.2%	Unlikely
Gonzalez	WOL	4.3m	71.4%	Unlikely
Konsa	AVL	4.4m	68.6%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.8m	60.6%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.2m	63.0%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	67.8%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	68.0%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	67.2%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	71.1%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	63.7%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	66.0%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	62.6%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	62.0%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	54.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A, Vs
Up	Pickford	EVE	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Leno	FUL	B, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 14 May, 2026 11:11pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B
No Change	Keane	EVE	C, Vs
Up	Bassey	FUL	B, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B
No Change	Porro	TOT	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C

Last updated: 14 May, 2026 11:18pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
Up	Saka	ARS	B, Vs
Down	Cherki	MCI	B, Rest
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, Vs, £
Down	Wilson	FUL	C, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	A, £
Up	Fernández	CHE	C

Last updated: 14 May, 2026 11:25pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Gyokeres	ARS	B, Vs
Down	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	B

Last updated: 14 May, 2026 11:30pm

The most-captained player in Gameweek 37, Erling Haaland (£14.7m), delivered a goal and maximum bonus points to reward the millions of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers who handed him the armband.

Backers of Viktor Gyokeres (£9.1m) were left disappointed with positional rival Kai Havertz (£7.3m) starting and scoring in the Swede’s place against Burnley, but Bruno Fernandes (£10.4m) and Bukayo Saka (£10.0m) delivered the goods, returning nine and 10 points, respectively.

With the title race wrapped up, Manchester City and Arsenal have little to play for. The Golden Glove is settled, while the Golden Boot is all but won. There is serious doubt regarding team selection and motivation, meaning FPL managers may be well-advised to trust the ever-consistent Haaland and Fernandes.

While the aforementioned duo will dominate the captaincy conversation, is there even a case to look elsewhere? Alternative Man City players, as well as assets from the likes of West Ham, Spurs and Chelsea, could provide differential alternatives in a wide-open week.

In ‘Captain Sensible’, we will assess the on-site captaincy poll, analyse myriad player and team statistics, consult the Rate My Team (RMT) points projections, and settle on a top three for the armband, ahead of Sunday’s 2.30pm BST deadline.

READ MORE: Check out the FFScout Captaincy Matrix

Captaincy Poll

Perhaps surprisingly, Fernandes currently occupies top spot in the Fantasy Football Scout captaincy poll. The Red Devils’ talisman has picked up just under 40% of votes cast by site users. Fernandes has blanked just once in his last 10 matches and needs one assist in Gameweek 38 to break the all-time Premier League assist record in a season.

Despite the title race being over, Haaland sits second with just over 22% of the vote. The Norwegian has rediscovered his best form towards the end of the season and has scored in each of his last five Premier League starts, notching 40 Fantasy points in that time. Haaland needs 11 points against Aston Villa to reach the 250-point barrier for the second time in his FPL career.

Elsewhere, Jarrod Bowen (£7.8m) and Jack Hinshelwood (£5.2m) are the only other players to garner more than 5% backing in the poll. Nothing less than a win will do against Leeds United for West Ham, while Hinshelwood has scored three goals in his last four matches.

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Connor's Calling

27 mins ago

Assuming Gyokeres, Cherki, Saka all benched tomorrow, would you go:

A) Saka to Enzo Fernandez or anyone else….
B) Cherki to Enzo Fernandez
C) Gyokeres to Bowen
D) Gyokeres to Richarlison
E) Nothing - bench all but one and hope for sun points

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Freshy

23 mins ago

Max Dowman - the obvious captain

Yes Ndidi
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That's not as daft as it looked when I first read it.
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The Philosopher

18 mins ago

Bench one each:

A: Welbeck
B: Hinshelwood
C: Taverneir

1: Hill
2: Van Hecke

Mr Turnip 1
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B2 I think. Fairly close call though
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Yes Ndidi

13 mins ago

Afternoon.

First time on here for a few weeks I'm afraid (RL complications & all that), but going into GW38 with a 94pt ML lead, although 2nd does have TC to play.

Anyway, with 1FT & 0.0ITB, what is the move here please?

Verbruggen
O Reilly Van Hecke Senesi Gabriel
Semenyo Tavernier Saka Bruno
Haaland DCL

Darlow Saliba JP Minteh

I'm expecting plenty of random benchings, but there's no point in taking hits

JP > Flemming?
Saka > anyone?

TY

The Philosopher
2 mins ago
I did Pedo -> Bowen.
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  Oh dear. It's a shame there's no post edit option
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    But that's not a bad shout
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Mr Turnip 1
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JP should be fine, I’d be starting him I think. I think if Saka doesn’t start he probably won’t play. You could still sell him if you wanted to, it’s hard to call the right replacement though, maybe Enzo in your case? I don’t know if I’m sold on MGW or Szobo, and you can’t get Foden or Palmer. Gakpo another option tbf, but Brentford aren’t bad at all
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Nickyboy

5 mins ago

Would you rather sell Rice, Rogers or Wilson for Szobo? My first thought was Rice

Nickyboy
3 mins ago
I suppose one thought is to wait till the last minute tomorrow and try to get lucky with team leaks...
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Mr Turnip 1
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Rice probably correct. All significant rotation risks but Rice less likely to pop up with a return in 15 mins
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McGurn

3 mins ago

The fact that i am sat at Wembley commenting says it all. Possible the most boring game i have ever seen!!

Mr Turnip 1

1 min ago

1FT, 0.5ITB

Raya
Gabriel O’Reilly Bijol
Saka Fruno Cherki Tavernier
Haaland (C) Pedro Thiago

Darlow Van Hecke I.Sarr Lacroix

I don’t expect Cherki to start because I think Pep will play players he likes and Cherki doesn’t seem to be one of those. Unsure about the Arsenal lot. Think Haaland/O’Reilly and Pedro will be fine. Probably won’t be able to follow leaks tomorrow.

What to do? If Arsenal mass rotate, could the Palace boys do quite well? Looking at Saka to Enzo/Palmer potentially but if he doesn’t start I don’t think he’ll play, whereas Cherki could come on for a one-pointer. Should I sell Cherki instead and say if Arsenal mass rotate then Lacroix/I.Sarr could be a good option from the bench? Do I go for Doku, who I expect to start, to maintain triple City or do I get Enzo?

A) Saka out (to who?)
B) Cherki out (to Enzo or Doku?)

Nickyboy
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Enzo seems less risky
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