39.3% of Fantasy Premier League managers inside the top 10k have played their Triple Captain chips for Double Gameweek 24.
Prior to the first bumper round of action this season, just 20.1% of those at the top level had used the chip, but that has now increased to 59.4% following Tuesday evening’s deadline.
With Liverpool playing both Wolves and West Ham, such a large backing for the Triple Captain comes as no surprise.
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As you can see, that means the Triple Captain is now by far the most deployed chip in the top 10k after the first 24 Gameweeks.
Interestingly, a portion of these managers used this particular round of action to change their squad entirely.
4.1% of the top 10k opted to play their Wildcards to coincide with two fixtures for West Ham and Liverpool.
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Also, it is particularly interesting to see how many FPL managers played the Triple Captain chip as a percentage of the entire world.
As you can see, just 9.7% of all Fantasy managers opted to play the Triple Captain for Double Gameweek 24, showing just how small a proportion of the wider community our site and social media truly represents.
Captaincy
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However, the bigger questions revolve around which players have been trusted with that triple captain chip.
The standard armbands have favoured Sadio Mané (£12.4m), with 43.1% of the top 10k handing him the captaincy.
Mohamed Salah (£12.4m) sits in second place with the backing of 33.3% while 11.3% have chosen to captain Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.6m).
Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) has some representation too, with 3.4% of the top 10k taking the plucky decision to captain the Brazilian.
Kevin de Bruyne (£10.7m) flew the flag for single Gameweek options, backed by 2.6% for the captaincy and managed a seven-point score in a 1-0 win at Sheffield United.
The Belgian played a trademark cross-field ball for Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) to tap in, earning a bonus point in the process.
Triple Captaincy
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However, it seems the Egyptian has been favoured more by those playing the Triple Captaincy chip.
As you can see from the breakdown above, the 39.3% of top 10k managers who played the chip this week included a 16.9% of the top bracket who Triple Captained Salah.
Meanwhile, Mané sits in second place with 16.5% of top 10k managers handing him the enhanced armband.
Alexander-Arnold has been trusted by 4.8% at this level while just 0.8% went with Firmino.
Most popular triple-ups
- TAA, Mané, Salah – 21.5%
- TAA, Robbo, Mané – 11.4%
- TAA, van Dijk, Mané – 9.8%
- TAA, Mané, Firmino – 8.7%
- TAA, Robbo, Salah – 5.0%
- TAA, Salah, Firmino – 3.9%
- TAA, van Dijk, Salah – 3.7%
Now that the Double Gameweek 24 deadline has passed, we can now get a more accurate picture of which Liverpool triple-ups are the most popular in the top 10k.
Not surprisingly, it’s the Mané and Salah double-up, combined with Alexander-Arnold that is the most fashionable at this level, 21.5% in possession of these three.
The defensive double-up has hardly been overlooked though with 11.4% on Alexander-Arnold, Robertson and Mané, and 9.8% going with Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk and Mané.
Meanwhile, 5.0% have chosen Alexander-Arnold, Robertson and Salah and 3.7% went with Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk and Salah, therefore, just under 30% of the top 10k managers are invested in a Liverpool defensive double-up of some kind.
Top 10k Template
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Naturally, the matrix of most-owned players inside the top 10k has taken on a Liverpool flavour for Double Gameweek 24.
Alexander-Arnold and Robertson are now among the top-five most-fashionable defenders while Mané and Salah are both in a similar position for midfielders.
The two areas where Jurgen Klopp’s men have very little power is in goal and up-front.
Mat Ryan (£4.9m), sat in 31.3% of top 10k squads, is the most-popular playing goalkeeper while Jamie Vardy (£10.0m), Danny Ings (£7.0m) and Aguero are the most fashionable forwards.
It was a mixed evening for those invested in two of these forwards. Ings came on for a 20-minute one-point cameo against Crystal Palace while Aguero emerged from the bench to score the winning goal for Manchester City.
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