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13 December 2017 5292 comments
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After Eden Hazard failed to deliver in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Huddersfield, eight of the top ten captains in Fantasy Premier League are set to feature over this evening’s seven matches.

All eyes are on Harry Kane as Spurs welcome Brighton to Wembley Stadium – after a weekend home brace against Stoke, he’s the top armband pick for Gameweek 17, with 25.2% of managers handing him the captaincy – his biggest majority of the season so far.

Mohamed Salah is second only to Kane, with 17.8% backing after serving up seven sets of double-digits. Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino are also back on the Liverpool team-sheet, though, after featuring as subs against Everton.

The latter was second only to Kane for transfers in ahead of Tuesday’s deadline – over 197,000 acquired Firmino in the rush to replaced the stricken Alvaro Morata.

Romelu Lukaku, Sergio Aguero and Alexis Sanchez will be hoping that history repeats itself this evening.

Lukaku is toiling for form right now, with a single goal in nine Gameweeks, but scored four at home to tonight’s visitors Bournemouth while at Everton last season.

Aguero, meanwhile, netted twice in Man City’s win at Swansea in 2016/17 – he returns to Pep Guardiola’s XI as Gabriel Jesus takes up bench-warming duties.

Sanchez heads to West Ham, where he ran riot on his way to three goals and an assist in the previous campaign.

Elsewhere, Charlie Austin and Dominic Calvert-Lewin were both subject to significant transfers in ahead of Gameweek 17, with 156,00+ and 172,000+ new owners respectively.

Both have the fixtures to strengthen their claims as budget third strikers.

Austin – with four goals in three starts – hosts a Leicester defence with one away shutout to their name.

Ranked top for points per million, Calvert-Lewin has a goal and three assists in the last four Gameweeks and visits a Newcastle defence that’s conceded an average of three goals per game over their previous five league fixtures.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Steirish
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Which to bring in sterling or silva?

    1. ralfb
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Last week silva

    2. Hazardouss
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Both pretty grouse

    3. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Whomever you think will get more points in the coming weeks

  2. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Everyone forgetting Kane exists and is most of our captains!

    1. COLLIN QUANER
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Plenty of time

    2. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      f f f fa fai

    3. Celt Abroad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Who’s Kane?

    4. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Is that you Hazard?

  3. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Get Lac on Wenger you goat

    1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Greatest of all time?

      1. Leonard hatred
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Geriatric of arsenal's team

  4. Sandy Ravage
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Okazaki taking all my Gray points

  5. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    No chance Sane gets minutes with the YC situation?

    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Thats a no judging the sun there are just about to make

      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Sub

    2. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Not yet

    3. the axolotl
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      what? why wouldn't he? it's quite easy to not get booked, winning 3-0 already

    4. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yes 2 minutes.. just wait and see

  6. ralfb
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Yoshida first sub for mee

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Not for Me

  7. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    okazaki is essential

  8. Bored Bear
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    If I'd used my free hit this week I'd have put out pretty much the team I have anyway.. and it's doing garbage.

    Might get knocked out of the cup by a 96 mil dead team that's only ever made two transfers.

    You have to laugh at this game sometimes.

  9. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Newcastle goal would be nice.

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Kane HT would be nicer

  10. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Kane getting points when West Ham is playing home theory busted.

    1. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      It's supposed to be when they're playing away he scores points...

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Ozil misses a sitter

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      As usual

  12. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Finally Vardy.

  13. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    FINALLY SONE VARDY POINTS?

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yippeeee 3 assist pts

  14. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Finally some Vady points

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Darth Vady

  15. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    whyyyy jesus whyyyyy

  16. Napoleon IV
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    wow an assist, steady on Vardy!

  17. SkeletONv01
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    So Vardy essential again? 🙂

  18. tm245
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Zinchenko looks like he had a rough night.

  19. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Salah misses sitter

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Its coming

    2. _figu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Didn't captain so probably better for me he did. His ownership has come to that point, unfortunately.

  20. George Sillett
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    God I have been so unlucky at this game all season. If I had picked 11 different players I would be winning this by a street.
    There really is no justice.

    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      🙂

  21. FlockofSeagulls
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Triple Liverpool attack is going well. 😆

  22. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Okazaki - who would have thought he would be the midweek GW hero?

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      And Willian

  23. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Kun is awful

  24. George James
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Saints all over the shop

    Hazard (c) locked

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      My thoughts exactly

    2. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Weird thing is though - this is so unlike any other performance in last several games.

      Completely and utterly shocked.

    3. mgilbert86
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      also keeping morata

  25. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy subbed

    1. Yozzer
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Bye bye

    2. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Nailed for weekend. I'll take it

  26. HD7
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling to Coutinho is going well...

    1. We Will Klopp you
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      As everyone who suggested that move was promptly told, bad idea, Sterling has Swansea...

      1. HD7
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        The main incentive was that Coutinho had his rotation in the weekend and now he will play more than Steriling... oh well

  27. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Can anyone actually confirm that Kane is in fact playing?

    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I can confirm sombody who is Kane look alike is playing

    2. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      There's a big mammal running around with it's mouth open. Might be Sully (c) from Monsters Inc tho.

      1. Licious Lizard
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Hahahhhahahahahahaha

  28. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Kenny in on the baps at the moment !

    1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Get in Ken

  29. james 101
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    How are Salah and Cout looking?

  30. Pinky Blinders
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    I’m at the WHU/Ars match. Arnie looks up for it again. 6.8 just sayin

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Take a photo for proof 😉

      1. Pinky Blinders
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Sure with or without bubbles?