Captain Sensible

Who is the best FPL captain for Double Gameweek 25?

Fantasy Premier League are largely between Southampton and Leeds United assets for the Double Gameweek 25 captaincy.

Patrick Bamford (£6.9), Raphinha (£5.4m) and Danny Ings (£8.4m) have replaced the usual suspects as the front-runners considering they each face two fixtures in the next week.

Despite Leeds and Southampton sitting 11th and 13th in the Premier League respectively, they offer plenty of entertainment value for neutral fans thanks to Marcelo Bielsa and Ralph Hasenhüttl’s offensive approaches to the game.

Still, some Fantasy managers might be tempted by some of the single Gameweek options, especially with Bruno Fernandes (£11.5m) facing an out-of-form Newcastle defence.

As ever, the Captain Sensible article is here to help with your Double Gameweek 25 captaincy decision. As this uses extensive data from the Fantasy Football Scout Premium Members Area, only those with a valid subscription can access it in full.

CAPTAIN POLL

Bamford is the runaway leader in this week’s Captaincy Poll, nearly 60.0% of our voters willing to hand the armband to Leeds’ leading goal-scorer.


Behind him in the second place is team-mate Raphinha, just short of 14.0% of total votes. The former Rennes player has now delivered Fantasy returns in each of his last five Premier League appearances and, of course, as a midfielder, stands to be better rewarded for clean sheets and goals than Bamford.

Fernandes and Ings are tied in third, gaining 7.8% of votes each.

Understandably, Fantasy managers are willing to back Leeds assets given their attacking potential and high ceiling but are Fernandes and Ings capable of delivering bigger scores as this week’s differential captaincy picks? Is there perhaps an overlooked player, for example the Goals Imminent table king Nathan Redmond (£6.4m), worth our consideration

KEY TEAMS

Leeds United

Double Gameweek 25 teams: Leeds - best FPL players, form, fixtures and stats 2
  • v Wolves (away)
  • v Southampton (home)
2,177 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bohemian Rhapsody
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Play Lowton vs. Taylor ?

    1. Fit_to_drop
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Low

  2. Roysgotnoboys
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Antonio and Grealish > Ings and Raphina for -4?

    (And bench Mee)

    1. Origi-nal
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No

    2. ZAMUNDA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No

    3. Buck The Trent
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

  3. Saka_me_sideways
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Best combo out of these:

    A) Ederson + Targett
    B) Martinez + Dias
    ????

    Martinez has been amazing but worry about Dias’ minutes going forward.

  4. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What's this news on Kane? Is he injured?

    1. Fit_to_drop
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Where is this coming from?

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

      No

  5. The Wizard of Ozil
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Who to start?

    A) Lowton
    B) Barnes

    1) Dias
    2) Stones

  6. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Completely out of ideas. Very difficult to get Ings for example. 2ft. Money itb quite much but enough to do Justin + Antonio > Dallas +Ings.

    Mccarthy Pope
    Cancelo Stones Robbo (Coufal, Justin)
    Salah Bruno Son Gundo Raphinha
    Bam (c) Antonio (Adams)

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio to Ings seems simple tbh

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yes but missing 0.2 :/ mayne Robbo Antonio/Adams to Dallas and Ings?

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Downgrade Robbo and ditch Justin later or for -4.

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yep that is an option. I have money for Robbo Adams/Antonio to Dallas Ings.

        I am getting delusional keeping Robbo for dgw including Shu fixture...

  7. SomeoneKnows
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    With 2FT + 3.6 itb and plan to bring in Kane for GW26 should he be fit, what should I do?

    A) Antonio > Ings (just for DGW25)
    B) Douglas > Veltman (deepens my bench and provides a player for GW29)

    Pope (Martinez)
    Cancelo, Stones, Dallas (Coufal, Douglas)
    Salah, Bruno, Son, Gundogan, Grealish
    DCL, Bamford (Antonio)

  8. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Do I need to worry about bringing Kane in now?

    Can do it for free from lacazette which has been my plan but now getting cold feet and might just do holding > white ?

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, you actually do.

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Don’t mess with my mind baps hunter

  9. Tomm
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Guys do our subs get used in dgw if we have players not playing in 2nd week but on subs bench who have a dgw

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If a player in your team plays even one minute of either game you don’t get a sub.

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        How do you know so much about the game. Are you ITK?
        I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          You couldn’t afford it.

    2. ZAMUNDA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Only if dgw subs on bench get to play in the 2nd week

    3. L S P
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      only way a sub comes on is if one of your starters misses all their matches in a GW - has to miss both matches in a DGW.

    4. Mika-eel
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No subs if your player plays even 1 game.

    5. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If you’re starter misses the first game but only comes on after 60mins of the second game and gets a yellow card and the team concedes 4 corners he’ll get autosubbed

  10. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A) Get Kane in now, bench Son. Get Vestergaard. Get Maddison GW26.
    B) Get Kane in now, bench Son. Get Shaw. Get Barnes in GW26.
    C) Get Kane in GW26. Start son. Get Shaw. Get Maddison GW26.

    Thinking C?

    Cheers.

  11. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Would you bench boost this, this week:

    Johnstone (Burnley), Lowton (WBA), DCL (Liverpool), Antonio (Spurs)

    Just can’t see when I’ll ever get a chance otherwise

    1. Fit_to_drop
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Given 2 of them are triangulated, I wouldn’t. And if you own Stones and/or Gundogan, that’s 2 further doubts. Everyone is in the same boat with regard BB. Burnley last week was the time to use it. We all missed that one.

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No.

  12. Aaa
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Foden and Antonio -> Raph and Ings for -4?

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It's a yes from me

  13. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal are hot shet!

  14. Manani
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    gtg? Got WC & BB left

    Martinez
    Mee Cancelo Diaz
    Salah Son Grealish Raphina Gundogan
    Adams Bamford

    Steer DCL Coufal Holding

  15. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Probably very late to the party, but just seen Kane didn't make the squad, and he was my planned tranny for this week... What's the news?

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He must have sworn on his daughter's life that he'd make the squad

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I found an answer:

      "I believe so, but experienced guy that had injuries in the past, he knows his body better than anyone.

      He knows that I want him to play every minute of every game, so it's never a question of a choice.

      I wanted to come here with the best team and the players that could give us more opportunities to win the game and get a good result, but he made the decision based on his feelings.

      His feelings were that to play this game could be a risk with the accumulation of minutes and the accumilation of minutes after the injury that he had.

      Of course myself and the medical department, we agreed with him in giving him this opportunity to take care of his condition, but I believe on Sunday he will be OK and ready."

      1. pablo discobar
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Nice

  16. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Looking at Cavani, Mee to Ings, Dallas for a -4 tonight as both could rise, sound good?

    Current team:

    Martinez
    Cancelo Stones Taylor
    Salah Bruno Son Gundo
    DCL Cavani DCL

    Rams Soucek Holding Mee

    1. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Nice thanks

    2. GE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why Mee out?

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Have Taylor, want Dallas for the double. Don't want to sell Stones or Cancelo.

  17. Killug
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A) DCL -> Ings

    Or

    B) Antonio-> Ings

    1. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. GE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

  18. n-doggg
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Play.

    A. Stones (ars)
    B. A.Taylor (WBA)

    1. GE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

  19. Nespinha
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pope, McCarthy
    Stones, Cancelo, Dallas, Rudiger, Mee
    Salah, Bruno, Grealish, Sterling, Raphinha
    Bamford, Watkins, Adams

    Would you BB this team in 25, or in 26 with 2 additional changes?

  20. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Leno likes a flashy save for the cameras.

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Who doesn't?

      Pickford. Flashy but doesn't save it.

  21. fantasywizard
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    If you couldn't afford Dallas, who would you go to from Leeds? Aliosky, Ayling or Struijk?

    1. GE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      None of them

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I would go without if not Dallas.

      1. fantasywizard
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        But I need one of them for this GW and also as part of my plan for GW29. Understand that none are the best option but from those 3 which seems to be the least bad of the lot? Struijk the cheapest but rotation risk. Ayling the most nailed?

        1. Pukki Party
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ayling most nailed but will probably play CB with Phillips out

        2. Boly Would
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ayling when at RB, but a small chance he plays CB this week. Other two much more risky.

  22. GE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Antonio -> Ings now before price changes or want for pressers and maybe more info tomorrow?

  23. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Are we expecting BamBam's EO to be over 100%? I kind of want to bring in Ings and cap him. Already own Bamford.

  24. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts please? Taking a -4 this week (EXACT FUNDS);

    Martinez
    Konsa, Justin, Cancelo, Cresswell, Dias
    Salah, Gundogan, Bruno, Son, Soucek
    Calvert-Lewin, Bamford, Antonio

    Justin, Gundogan, DCL > Stuijk, Raphina, Kane?
    Captain Bamford.

    Bench; Antonio, Cresswell, Konsa

  25. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Tierney on for Cedric, Shame he'll be injured before I want him in GW29.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If he gets injured quick enough, he'll be fit by then.

  26. Mane Mane Mane
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    My starting 11 is
    Pope
    Cancelo Stones Tarkowski Dallas
    Gundo Grealish Salah Fernandez
    Bamford DCL

    Bench
    Martinez Antonio Coufal Soucek

    Would you
    A) swap Soucek for Raphina (c)
    B) another change
    C) hold transfer

  27. Werner Bremen
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    On WC -

    A Foden and AWB

    B Barnes and Stones

  28. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    DCL owners...what are you doing?

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

      Likely shipping him or Antonio for Ings

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Still weighing up whether to sell for ings.

      A dgw in 26 for ings might swing it.

  29. Origi-nal
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Chances of Cavani playing?

    If he's fit I want to keep for Newcastle, but can move to Ings with a FT.

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

      You’d imagine Ings will outscore Cavani
      I’m considering -4 if Cavani ruled out

  30. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Antonio or DCL >> Ings? 1FT. 8.5m Itb.

    McCarthy
    Dias, Dallas, Cancelo, Tarko
    Son, Bruno, Gündo*, Raphina
    Bamford, Antonio*
    (Pope, DCL*, Coufal, Soucek)