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Who is the best captain for FPL Gameweek 7?

16 October 2026 137 comments
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With the Gameweek 7 deadline of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) approaching, it’s time to have a good think about who to captain.

On paper, it’s a straightforward decision with Manchester City hosting Ipswich Town. Erling Haaland (£15.6m) will doubtless be the default choice for many millions of FPL managers.

Elsewhere, the rest of the league’s top three, Brighton and Hove Albion and Arsenal, enjoy green fixtures on paper facing Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, respectively. Joao Pedro (£7.8m) et al face a tricky match-up away at Everton.

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Is Haaland the best Man City asset to exploit the favourable fixture? Who is the best non-City alternative to the Norwegian? Should you deploy the Triple Captain chip? That’s what we’re considering in this week’s ‘Captain Sensible’ article.

In this piece, we will 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 Saturday’s 11am BST deadline.

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  1. Evasivo
    • 16 Years
    7 hours, 46 mins ago

    Any update on Schade, before I start scrolling

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    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      7 hours, 45 mins ago

      Presser in 30 minutes.

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      1. Evasivo
        • 16 Years
        7 hours, 44 mins ago

        Cheers mate

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  2. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 hours, 45 mins ago

    Start 1:

    A) Hall
    B) Muha

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    1. mad_beer ✅
      • 11 Years
      7 hours, 33 mins ago

      B

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  3. JDrama
    • 7 Years
    7 hours, 35 mins ago

    Help please!

    Verbruggen CRY (H)

    De Cuyper CRY (H)
    Calafiori NFO (A)
    Konsa NFO (A)

    Rogers EVE (A)
    Palmer EVE (A)
    Odegaard NFO (A)
    MGW ARS (H)

    Haaland IPS (H)
    Gonzalo HUL (H)
    Joao Pedro EVE (A)

    Bench
    Kinsky COV (H)
    KDH CHE (H)
    Hall AVL (H)
    Egan FUL (A)

    TC Haaland or BB? Also have 2 FT

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    1. dandalf
      • 6 Years
      4 hours, 59 mins ago

      I would play KDH instead of MGW.

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    2. spillachio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 hours, 20 mins ago

      Maybe Gross for Odegaard?

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  4. mad_beer ✅
    • 11 Years
    7 hours, 34 mins ago

    BB this GW. Other than Davis to De Cuyper, am I missing anything? 1 FT and 3.5ITB

    Leno, Tzolakis
    Calafiori, Thomas, Davis, Gvardiol, Hall
    Rogers, Groß, Slater, Semenyo, Mbeumo,
    Kostoulas, Pedro, Haaland

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  5. Klopp it
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 31 mins ago

    Lock and loaded

    How's this looking ?
    IV triple captained haaland

    Kinsky
    Calafiori, Hall, Konsa
    Saka, Cherki, Palmer, Manzambi, Groß João Pedro, Haaland (C)

    Substitutes:
    Dubravka
    Gonzalo
    Mendy
    Davis

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  6. Pep Roulette
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 29 mins ago

    Just not overthink more and get the best budget midfielder and forward with 2 FTs?

    Isak & Szobo to DCL & Gross?

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    1. PogChamp
      • 15 Years
      7 hours, 24 mins ago

      Yeah I think you need Gross at least.

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      1. Pep Roulette
        • 9 Years
        7 hours, 7 mins ago

        Cheers mate

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  7. Goat
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 29 mins ago

    Reposting as was bottom of last page.

    1 week punt before wildcard?‬

    ‪(A) Tavernier (SUN)‬
    ‪(B) King (HUL)‬
    ‪(C) Savio (COV) ‬

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 hours, 27 mins ago

      A

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    2. PogChamp
      • 15 Years
      7 hours, 26 mins ago

      A

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  8. davewg59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 hours, 27 mins ago

    Saka or Odegaard?

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    1. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      7 hours, 20 mins ago

      Odegaard

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    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 hours, 8 mins ago

      In isolation, clearly Saka

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    3. bigwig
      • 16 Years
      7 hours, 8 mins ago

      Money no option it's prolly Saka but the question is what you are doing with that extra 2m.

      I have Odegaard and i'm happy for now. Should have scored at the weekend and his minutes have increased.

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      1. bigwig
        • 16 Years
        7 hours, 7 mins ago

        3m even

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  9. Stimps
    • 13 Years
    7 hours, 20 mins ago

    Wissa to

    A) DCL
    B) Barry

    I feel Barry is getting more chances

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    1. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      7 hours, 16 mins ago

      B

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  10. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    7 hours, 17 mins ago

    In your opinion what is the best option for my 2FTs

    Szoboszial & Gvardiol > Rogers & Van Hecke
    Szoboszial & Fernandes > Gross & Palmer

    Rest of Team

    Kinsky Dubravka
    Calaflori Gvardiol** Thomas De Cuyper Ajer
    Fernandes** Szoboszial** Mbeumo KDH Slater
    Pedro Haaland DCL

    1FT WC available 2.7 ITB

    Any ideas or alternatives would be appreciated

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    1. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      7 hours, 13 mins ago

      S&F to G&P

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    2. PogChamp
      • 15 Years
      7 hours, 6 mins ago

      You could always WC and get all 4. Owning all 3 Chelsea assets, Rogers, Palmer and Pedro seems to be pretty popular right now.

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  11. Skout
    • 7 Years
    7 hours, 15 mins ago

    Roll or any suggestions? 4 FTs, 2.7itb

    Verb
    Cala Konsa DeCuyper
    Palmer Rogers Ode Cherki Gross
    Haaland JPedro

    Bentley Wissa Ajayi Egan

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  12. jeffa79
    • 12 Years
    7 hours, 11 mins ago

    Currently have:

    Verbruggen (Kinsky)
    De Cuyper Calafiori Davis (Shaw Ballard)
    BrunoF Rogers Gross Szoboszlai (I Sangare)
    Haaland JP DCL

    2 FTs, £0.6m ITB. Am thinking Szoboszlai to Cherki, save the other one?

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    1. jeffa79
      • 12 Years
      7 hours, 8 mins ago

      Actually, the numbers don't work doing that, would need to do Ballard to Thomas or Egan as the other one to make it work.

      If so, which one?

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  13. BBC_TF
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 hours, 3 mins ago

    I am on 3 FTs and i have szobo. How aggressive should i be?

    1/ bench szobo, play gomez and roll my FT
    2/ szobo -> gross (yes big omission so far), bench gomez
    3/ szobo/gomez -> gross/manzambi

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  14. Rio Angora Mohair
    • 7 Years
    7 hours, 1 min ago

    Wildcard actvated, what opinions are here to enhance?

    Verbruggen
    Califiori, Konsa, De Cuyper
    Palmer, Cherki, Groẞ, Belloumi
    Isak, Pedro, Haaland

    Subs
    Tzolakis, Schade, Egan, Mykolenko

    0.9M ITB

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  15. FP Elephant
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 hours, 57 mins ago

    Could have titled this week’s article “Who is the best vice captain for FPL Gameweek 7”

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