Captains

Captain Sensible – Salah and Kane battle for the Gameweek 19 armband

The Boxing Day-orientated Gameweek 19 looks to be taking Fantasy managers back in time, with the captain battle appearing to be between two of last season’s usual suspects.

We’ve gone over those doing well in the poll before doing a comparison between the individuals themselves, their teams and their opponents in order to find the best candidate.

Captain Poll

The Gameweek 19 captain poll indicates that this week the most popular skipper will be either Harry Kane (£12.5m) or Mohamed Salah (£13.2m), much like it was for so much of last season.

The Tottenham Hotspur forward led the poll with a tally of 38% just over 24-hours ago but that has since been cut back. He now claims just 30.9% of the vote, sneaking out Salah who sits on 28.7%.

Way off in third place is Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (5.0%) while Kane’s Spurs colleague Son Heung-min (£8.5m) has just 3.4% backing.

Eden Hazard (3.4%), Marcus Rashford (2.9%) and Anthony Martial (2.6%) are the other contenders in this bracket of support.

Not a single Manchester City player has more than 3% backing in the poll, with Raheem Sterling (£11.5m) languishing far down the list on 2.4%.

Become a Member and access our data

Memberships for the 2018/19 campaign are now available for the price of just £15.

Join now to get the following:

  • Plot your transfer strategies using the fully interactive Season Ticker.
  • Get projections for every Premier League player provided by the Rate My Team statistical model.
  • Use Rate My Team throughout the season to guide your selections and transfers.
  • Get access to over 130+ exclusive members articles over the season.
  • Analyse our OPTA-powered statistic tables specifically tailored for Fantasy Football Managers.
  • Use our exclusive tool to build custom stats tables from over 100 OPTA player and team stats.
  • View heatmaps and expected goals data for every player.
  • Use our powerful comparison tool to analyse players head-to-head.

CLICK HERE TO BECOME A FANTASY FOOTBALL SCOUT MEMBER

3,946 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Natural Selection
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Benching dilemma, one of:
    a) Doherty (ful)
    b) Digne (bur)
    c) AWB (CAR)
    d) Kola (bha)

    Currently got it on Kola as Arsenal def seems least likely to keep a cleany, just worried about his massive attacking threat...
    Any thoughts?

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      C for me

      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        B or D

    2. Taking one for the team
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Probably Kola from that lot, for the same reasons you mention

      Can you take a look at my similar question a few down pls

    3. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Doherty and kola too attacking to bench for me. AWB best cleanie chance vs Digne more creative. I'd bench Digne due to last match hurting squad morale

  2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    G2G?

    Fabianski

    Trippier TAA Kolasinac AWB

    Sterling Hazard Sane Martial

    (C) Kane Rashford

    *Steele, Snodgrass, Kamara, Schindler*

    1. Taking one for the team
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Looks good, maybe snodders in for TAA

  3. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    No lukaku or Sanchez pictured with Utd team so looks like they confirmed out. Martial not seen either but expected to join up later with the team anyways.

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Just bought Martial

  4. Taking one for the team
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pick 3 defenders should I start:

    A) Alonso
    B) Shaw
    C) Doherty
    D) AWB
    E) Robertson

    Then bench order for the other two?

    1. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      EBA

      CD

    2. Natural Selection
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      E, A, C (B, D)
      Really tough one though

    3. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A C E all attacking I've started them all.

      D on bench, with regret.

  5. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard Cappers. What's making you do it, do you know something we don't? Pls educate, my cap picks for past 3 gws were failures. Thanks

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Currently armband on Kane

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        leave armband on Kanev

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nothing.
      Just gut feeling

    3. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I recall Sari said Hazard cannot play all the Christmas games? Or words to that effect?

    4. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      - Checlsea need a response after the defeat
      - The last four games between Watford and Chelsea in the #PL have seen 21 goals scored (Watford 10, Chelsea 11), at an average of 5.3 per game
      - Watford not very good defensively
      - Sarri trust Haz to unlock his attack rather than the other strikers

  6. Shaikh91
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laca and sterling to salah and ings?

    Yay or nay

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      no

    2. Teomi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nay

  7. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    A) Sane -> Son
    B) Alonso -> Robertson
    C) TAA & Sane -> VVD & Son (-4)

    Cheers

    1. Lignja
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      None

    2. Saka Punch
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A tempting me also, but thinking hold

  8. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling and sane are gonna troll sellers aren't they?

    1. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Question is, who will start?

    2. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      lets hope

    3. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The real. Mvp for this game will be KDB Kun or Mahrez

  9. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Tempted by Auba (C). Bad idea?

  10. Genji3lade
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sane > Son or Lingard on a free? Note I also own Sterling so still have City cover

  11. GianniBanani
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    d

    1. GianniBanani
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      fail

  12. Optic1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Any reliable early spurs line up news lads?

  13. GoonerSteve
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I’ve got Fabianski in goal and struggling to pick a defender to bench, is it madness to play all of them and leave Ings in the bench instead?

    Defenders are

    Alonso, Robertson, Doherty, Kolasinic, Wan B

  14. AFC49
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laporte > Robbo? (-4)

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Robbo is one of the player that indeed need a rest.. and with 2 testing fixtures up.. I would not do that.

  15. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Merry Christmas all

    Is Kiko Femenia nailed for Watford?

    1. kalmoffit
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I keep hearing Janmaat being mentioned..

    2. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Seems it, look at his previous 90mins

  16. Beanz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sane and Wilson out for Pogba and Rashford?

  17. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Get those knees a jerking 😉

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Martial > Ando -4 ??

  18. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is it a waste to use bench boost today with possiblity of rotation being high?

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It is

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Definitely

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      yep, lots of rotation today. Far better Gameweeks to use it.

    4. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      YES

    5. Oggle22
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Which 3 do I start?
      AW
      Kolasinac
      Digne
      Alonso

  19. Garfield1001
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bench one:

    AWB (CAR)
    Kola (bri)
    Digne (bur)
    Doherty (ful)
    Anderson (sot)

    Currently benching AWB as other defenders appear to have more attacking threat, although AWB maybe has the nicest defensive fixture...Opinions appreciated!

    1. GoonerSteve
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I’ve got the same problem!

      Flitting between benching AWB and Ings. I have Fab in goal so an Ings blank would be nice.

      I think AWB for bench if you have to pick one.

  20. smix
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Paterson expected to start ?

    1. Saka Punch
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah should do

  21. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Any bench player that I should put in team over existing team or gtg? Difficult benching choice/order although of course they could all end up playing!

    Fabianski
    Doherty Van Dijk Kolasinac
    Sterling Sané Richarlison Anderson
    Kane (c) Aubameyang Rashford (vc)

    Steele Digne AWB Gunnarsson

  22. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is Son going for the Asian Game?

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No, the Asian games are in the summer

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He is going to the Asian Cup though

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Not until after Manchester United.

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes after game 22 game v United

    4. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Asian Cup. After GW 22.

    5. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers

  23. amplifiedAnt
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Any opinions HUGELY appreciated.

    Current:
    Ederson (Hamer)
    Alonso, Robertson, Doherty, Digne (AWB)
    Sterling, Hazard, Richarlison (Snodgrass, Fraser)
    Kane, Chicharito, Jimenez

    A (wildcard):
    Fabianski (Steele)
    Alonso, Robertson, Doherty, Digne (Bednarek)
    Son, Hazard, Richarlison, (Snodgrass, Camarasa)
    Kane, Aubameyang, Jimenez

    B (wildcard):
    Fabianski (Steele)
    Alonso, Robertson, Doherty, Digne (Bednarek)
    Salah, Hazard, Richarlison (Snodgrass, Camarasa)
    Kane, Rashford, Jiminez

    C. (2FT):
    Ederson, Chicharito > Fabianski, Rashford

    1. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      C, I think!

      So hard to know who’ll be rested and therefore might be best to save WC

  24. Shaikh91
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ings or jimenez?

    1. ClothedinSun
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Jimmy.

  25. Baked baines
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Do I.....

    A) just keep Martial, roll the FT to next GW and play AWB/Felipe

    Or

    B) martial to J Ling FT

  26. meclive
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Which one to bench out of these lads.

    A) AWB
    B) Digne
    C) Kola
    D) Alonso

    ??

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Alonso

      1. Saka Punch
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Why?

  27. Nespinha
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Last WC draft, GTG?

    fabianski - stekelenburg
    shaw - robertson - doherty - digne - wan bissaka
    siggy - salah - sane - son - hojberg
    auba - jimenez - rashford

    1. Ravager
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      GTG

  28. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What transfer to make? i've got £2.4m ITB

    Fabianski
    Luiz Laporte Kolasinac AWB
    Hazard Sterling Sane Anderson
    Ings Kane (c)

    Woodman Kamara Camarasa Diop

  29. K4zz
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Who to bench?
    A) Jimenez
    B) Felipe Anderson
    C) Ricarlison

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Probably doesn’t matter, but A less risky probably

  30. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling wieners get ready for a haul. Just sold him for Sane to free up funds

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Or owners even 😆

      1. badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Same same.

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks mate !

    3. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I sold Sterling as well, now feels like a mistake, should've sold Sane