Captain Sensible

Who is the best FPL captain for Double Gameweek 26?

Considering the large number of fixtures in Double Gameweek 26, Fantasy Premier League managers have a wealth of choice for their latest captaincy decision.

But with so many players offering decent potential across their two matches, finding the right recipient for the armband could prove a challenge.

That’s where the Captain Sensible article comes in, using the statistical form of  the key candidates against the most recent defensive showings of their upcoming opponents.

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

Harry Kane (£11.1m) leads the Double Gameweek 26 Captain Poll with over 30.0% votes from our users. The Tottenham Hotspur striker faces two bottom-six sides in Burnley and Fulham but he has only scored once in his previous four Premier League appearances.

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes (£11.6m) comes second this week, with 15.5% of total votes, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men are set to play Chelsea and Crystal Palace.

İlkay Gündoğan (£6.1m) occupies the third place in the poll. However, it will be interesting to see how the results change by Friday evening, as the German international played 90 minutes in Manchester City’s Champions League match midweek.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin
(£7.7m) and Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) sit in fourth and fifth, respectively, while Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) just misses out on this week’s top five.

KEY TEAMS

Everton

  • v West Bromwich Albion (away)
  • v Southampton (home)
2,543 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pick one

    A. Watkins
    B. Maja
    C. Diagne

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

      Digna

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

      Watkins

    3. tokara
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A for dgw 28 n gw29 they say

    4. FantasyHero
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

  2. Chazk
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    No time better then to use the TC right now, but who will bring in the higher points haul.

    1. Dirty Harry
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      When you figure it out, please let us know.

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

        Lol

  3. norab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Anybody know what's going on with FFS cup qualifying?

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

      Check hot topic.

      1. norab
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Ha! I had checked earlier and it wasn't there. TA TM.

  4. SpaceCadet
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    BB this or TC kane?

    Areola Dallas raphina coufal

    1. leeboy104
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      TC Kane for me

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

      TC Kane

    3. Gentlemens club
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      TC

    4. SpaceCadet
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      TC it is. Thanks all.

  5. Gentlemens club
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Good to go?

    Martinez
    Shaw Cancelo Stones
    Bruno Salah Son Gundo
    Bamford Kane(TC) Watkins

    Pope/Phillips/Rapinha/Dallas

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

      Looks good. Might start Raphinha over Bamford, with latter first bench.

      1. Gentlemens club
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks, yeah might switch!

  6. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    All chips available. What should I do?

    A. -16 to get a total of 13 dgw players B. play my WC
    C. Play 10 dgw and triple C Kane

    1. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      C

    2. Help Me!
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Are your non DGW players playing in GW29?
      If yes then continue BB with 10 DGW players.
      If no, then transfer those out for DGW players and play BB.
      Save WC for GW31.

      1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        They are. Downside is that they're Coufal and Soucek and won't being in anything this week. Leaning towards C I think

        Thanks!

        1. Help Me!
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Fair enough, C looks best then.
          But you need to think about when to use BB

          1. Help Me!
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            GW30 is a good GW to use BB

      2. Scratch
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        He has FH, doesn't need to worry about GW29

    3. Scratch
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This is the last "big" DGW of the season, I would consider WC if there's 6+ changes you think would make a big improvement on your week.

      1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        If I WC I can't BB. If I take the hit I can BB. So that makes it more appealing especially if this is the big dgw

        1. Help Me!
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I think last GW would've been better to WC. I'd still suggest to stick with C.

  7. Help Me!
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bench boosting this week (1FT), which is better:
    1) Mitchell > Konsa
    2) Stuijik > Konsa

    1. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1 for 29

      1. Help Me!
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Asking because I heard Struijik is back to bench, so not sure which one should I risk

    2. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1, easily. Palace are terrible rn.

    3. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1

    4. Help Me!
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks guys, done making the transfer!

  8. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Start
    A)Dallas
    B)Lowton

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

      Have to go for the DGWer imo

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

      In Dallas we trust.

    3. FPL ElasticO
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I would start Dallas becoz of goal threat....

  9. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pereira OR Castagne??

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I like Ricky P

    2. OleBall
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pereira 100000%

  10. FPL ElasticO
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Are these transfers worth -4?

    A. Pope / Sterling / Bamford >> Areola / Barnes / Kane
    B. Mee / Sterling / Bamford >> Stones / Barnes / Kane

    1. norab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I like B, could work nicely.

    2. Help Me!
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B is good, what other Strikers do you have? Might wanna keep Bamford for GW29.

      1. FPL ElasticO
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Other Forwards are DCL & Watkins

        1. Help Me!
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah, see how you line up for GW29, otherwise B is good

  11. norab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pereira or Shaw for the double?

    1. b91jh
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pereira by far imo, if you're talking about Ricardo.

  12. Rahul
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    is it worth using BB for Robert Sanchez, Bamford, Dallas, Raphinha? I have already done -4 to make all in starting XI have DGWs

    1. Help Me!
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I'm doing it because I don't see any other GW to use it in. Aston Villa looks good to get some points on the Leeds. And also to stay in the cup 🙂

      1. b91jh
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        GW30 could be one, where the bgw players all have good fixtures.

        Villa vs Fulham
        Leeds vs SHU
        West Ham vs Wolves
        Spurs vs Newcastle

        Massive benching headache

        1. Help Me!
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ohhh, that's true. I completely missed out on this. It is probably better to save BB then. Thanks for pointing it out!

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

    Wildcard draft so far:

    Martinez McCarthy*
    Wan-Bissaka Stones Regulion Targett Dallas*
    Gundogan Fernandes Rashford Son Lookman*
    Kane Watkins Bamford*
    0.9 ITB

    Any changes worth making?

  14. osceola31909
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Other than Ederson, what Man City player is likely to start both matches?

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

      don't bet on this, for me Stones.

    2. Scratch
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dias, Rodri, Stones, Gundogan in that order I'd say

    3. b91jh
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Foden may start both, as I don't think he is playing the derby.

    4. RichRover
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Better off with a dartboard

  15. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    hello dz, good day.

    1 FT, 0.1m itb. 9 DGW, 2 SGW.

    Not playing chips this week. Anyone spotted anything that needs a change? Ta!

    Martinez,
    Cancelo, Stones, Dallas,
    Raz, Bruno, Son, Barnes, Raphinha
    DCL, Kane
    4.0gk, Bamford, Mitchell, Coufal.

    A) Coufal + Raz -> Pereira + Gundogan for -4
    B) Coufal -> Konsa/Aina
    C) Save FT
    D) Any other moves?

  16. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hames subbed at 61 mins last game. Any concerns getting him in for dgw?

    1. lugs
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      just that his minutes will be managed as he's prone to injury, so expect about 120 minutes over the two games at the most

  17. b91jh
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Start 2:

    A) Dallas
    B) White
    C) Raphinha

    1) Dallas to Konsa(-4) to make him the 10th dgwer
    2) Save

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Probably B&C and 2 unless you see Konsa keeping a clean sheet in either game. Tough though, may be worth reasking later to get more opinions though

      1. b91jh
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers. How about if there is a DGW28 for Villa?

    2. Help Me!
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I wouldn't transfer out a GW29 player, unless you are planning to WC or something

  18. Maarrrr17
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hey so noobie question , im planning a team on livefpl, and have hit my free hit option, and i go to save team and i get a box pop up saying, are you sure you want to activate your freehit.

    so I panic, get flash backs of accidentally activating chips, jump on here and sheepishly ask if it links to your actual fpl account....

  19. Thomas Magnum
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hello all, who scores more up until week 29?
    A) Schmeichel (ARS, bur, bri, SHU)
    B Martinez (lee, shu, WOL, new)
    Games in caps are home games and already have Targett so Martinez would be a double up most weeks

    1. b91jh
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Tons of save points on paper for the fixtures against Leeds and Wolves imo, but these two are coming close.

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

      B

  20. Slurpy
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    TC
    Bruno or Kane?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      not sure, when in doubt save TC?

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

        not sure they'll be a better chance

    2. Maarrrr17
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane probs, but bruno could very well outscore him.

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

      Kane

  21. TheYogaDaddy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wildcard draft so far.

    Martinez McCarthy*
    Wan-Bissaka Stones Regulion Targett Dallas*
    Gundogan Fernandes Rashford Son Lookman*
    Kane Watkins Bamford*
    0.9 ITB

    Any changes worth making?

    1. lugs
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      i'd probably swap Targett for a cheap fulham defender and AWB to another City defender

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

    Traore or someone else in that price bracket ?

  23. Zebras
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is the sort comments dropdown broken for anyone else? I’m seeing console errors and on desktop it’s missing the styling

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

      Still broken, you can change your default option in your profile for the time being.

  24. b91jh
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I'm 99% doing Bamford > Kane but just looking for other non-Kane transfer possibilities. Any suggestions? 1ft, 4.5itb, willing to take hits

    Martinez
    Cancelo Dias White
    Salah Bruno Gundogan Barnes Raphinha
    DCL Bamford

    Pope Dallas Antonio Cresswell

    1. Saro0808
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Drop antonio for kane.bamford has a fixture in 29. antonio's upcoming fixtures looks horrible.
      even u can drop pope to a cheaper goalie to fund it.

  25. Hitman MHK
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone looking at getting DCL for this week and moving him onto Ings next week?

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

      Ingsconceivable.

      1. Hitman MHK
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Guess we'll see after this weekend!

  26. SpaceCadet
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Good to go folks? Will either TC Kane or Bruno.

    martinez
    digne stones mee
    salah bruno son gundo
    kane dcl bamford

    forster raphina dallas coufal

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

      Nice team

      1. SpaceCadet
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks PP

  27. Saro0808
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    My Current Team
    Pope
    Cancelo Stones Targett
    Salah Fernandes Barnes Son Gundo
    Dcl Watkins
    Bench : Steer Bamford Dallas Mitchell Bank:2.6m

    A) Should I bench boost this team? (Steer to pickford/lloris for -4)
    B) Triple cap (Dcl, Son or Bruno)
    C) Take out Bruno and Bamford for Kane and 9.3m mid (-8)
    D) Play wc (Bruno,Barnes,Mitchell,Stones & Pope to Kdb,Kane,Raphina,Veltman,Thomas & Pickford).
    E) Its gtg.

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

      A Lloris looks good

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

    Bottomed. BB or TC here? *=sgw 1ft 0.0itb

    Martinez
    Cancelo Stones Taylor
    Salah Son Bruno Gundogan
    DCL Bamford* Ings*

    Ramsdale Soucek* Holding* Dallas*

    A) Ings, Soucek, Holding to Diagne, Barnes, Dier -8 and BB

    B) Ings to Richarlison/Watkins and TC Bruno probably

    1. SpaceCadet
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B for me

    2. Saro0808
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B.Watkins as you got dcl as the everton cover.

  29. villian-ty
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Play Lookman or Bamford?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lookman

  30. mrpink32
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Play:
    A) tarkowski (tot, lei)
    B) raph ( avl)
    C) bamford (avl)
    D) take -4 tark to shaw

    Thanks!