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Sky Sports Fantasy Football captains to consider for the final day of the season

Billy Lumsden previews the final day in Sky Sports Fantasy Football, including one pivotal captaincy option.


With leaderboard positions and mini-league places still up for grabs going into the final day, there is so much riding on those all-important captaincy choices.

With all games kicking off at 4pm BST on Sunday 23 May, this gives managers the rare opportunity to check each and every teamsheet of the 20 Premier League clubs in action.

With that in mind, there are five captaincy options to consider who may allow you to have that edge over your opponents and take home the bragging rights once and for all.

Amend your Sky Sports Fantasy Football team here

Sergio Agüero- £11.8m

Farewell, Sergio! It would only be fitting for Sergio Agüero to bow out in style, right? Having scored a mere 182 Premier League goals in 274 appearances he will be leaving some big shoes to fill. That said, it has not been the season he might have been hoping for as he has started only seven matches and found the net just twice.

Everton are Manchester City’s visitors in this final round and with the home side needing to set their sights on the Champions League final while bouncing back from the defeat at Brighton, captaining Agüero would usually be a risky move.

However, the luxury of seeing each of the teamsheets will provide a welcome relief from the cursed ‘Pep Roulette’ throughout the season. You can almost guarantee that if Aguero starts he scores on Sunday and brings home the Fantasy Football points in emphatic fashion.

Mohamed Salah – £12m

What more is there to say about Mohamed Salah? With another 22 goals this campaign, the Egyptian will be itching to land his third Premier League Golden Boot and beat Harry Kane to the punch.

Sky Sports Fantasy Football returns have been in plentiful supply for the Liverpool attacker, who has averaged just over seven points per match over his last eight matches. Liverpool also have the advantage of facing Crystal Palace, while Tottenham Hotspur travel to a Leicester City side in dire need of a win for a potential top-four spot.

Salah is third in the Fantasy Football point charts and finds himself in 88.4 per cent of the top 1,000 teams heading into the final fixture. If you do not have him for whatever reason, you may come to regret this by the time 6pm comes around on Sunday.

Patrick Bamford – £8.2m

Patrick Bamford netted his 16th Premier League goal of the season at Southampton on Tuesday and moved on to 226 points for the season, good enough for fifth in Sky Fantasy Football.

Just the fact that Bamford has been linked with a call-up for the England side with the Euros in mind is a testament to how well he has performed during the campaign. His selection percentage inside the top 1,000 (5.2 per cent) doesn’t really reflect how he has defied his critics for large parts of the season.

With 16 points coming against Southampton, Bamford could sign out in style against relegated West Bromwich Albion in front of returning home fans who will be experiencing Premier League football for the first time since Leeds were promoted.

SouBur Sunday

Danny Ings – £9.9m

Speaking of potential England spots for the summer of 2021, Danny Ings could yet add to his own 12 goals for the season. Currently on 154 Fantasy Football points, he is the second-highest scorer at the Saints behind their captain James Ward-Prowse.

Saying that, the talismanic striker may not be a Southampton player for much longer, so whether he is putting himself in the shop window or simply looking to end the campaign on a high, expect to see fireworks from Ings, who recently posted a 17-point haul against Crystal Palace.

Chris Wood – £8.5m

Chris Wood is arguably the form striker in the Premier League right now, with the New Zealander netting eight goals in his last ten matches. He has also created three goals and recorded 86 points during this spell.

Wood can be found in 14.3 per cent of the top 1,000 teams, and with a trip to bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United, he could round off a very rich vein of form with another double-figure haul.

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  1. GW38 Fixtures and clean sheet odds
    G-Whizz
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    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    GW38 fixture odds can be found here:
    http://prntscr.com/13898ku
    (Provided by Betbrain)

    GW37 clean sheet results:
    MNU: 48% ❌
    CHE: 45% ❌
    MCI: 45% ❌
    LIV: 43% ✅
    ARS: 42% ❌
    EVE: 40% ✅
    NEW: 38% ✅
    TOT: 37% ❌
    WHU: 37% ❌
    WOL: 23% ❌
    LEE: 21% ✅
    LEI: 21% ❌
    SOU: 21% ❌
    SHU: 18% ❌
    BHA: 16% ❌
    CRY: 16% ❌
    WBA: 15% ❌
    AVL: 14% ❌
    FUL: 12% ❌
    BUR: 8% ❌

    GW38 clean sheet odds:
    LIV: 53%
    MCI: 43%
    CHE: 42%
    ARS: 38%
    LEE: 35%
    WHU: 35%
    FUL: 28%
    LEI: 28%
    BUR: 26%
    WOL: 26%
    MNU: 25%
    SHU: 24%
    NEW: 20%
    TOT: 19%
    BHA: 17%
    SOU: 16%
    AVL: 15%
    EVE: 14%
    WBA: 11%
    CRY: 8%
    (Provided by Betbrain)

    Clean sheet totals:
    Chelsea: 18
    Manchester City: 18
    Aston Villa: 15
    Manchester Utd: 13
    Brighton: 12
    Everton: 12 (+1)
    Leeds: 12 (+1)
    Liverpool: 12 (+1)
    Tottenham: 12
    Arsenal: 11
    Burnley: 11
    Leicester City: 11
    West Ham: 10
    Wolves: 10
    Fulham: 9
    Southampton: 9
    Crystal Palace: 8
    Newcastle: 6 (+1)
    West Brom: 6
    Sheffield United: 4

    That's it folks! Hope you have a great final week 🙂

    G

    1. Collie01
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      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks for these throughout the season. Really useful info.

      1. G-Whizz
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        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks Collie, glad you've found them useful 🙂

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks for this work good sir

      1. G-Whizz
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        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        You're most welcome!

    3. Crunchie
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      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Same to you G Whizz great work

      1. G-Whizz
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        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks Crunchie!

    4. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers G for the consistent input throughout the season. Much appreciated mate! Best of luck back for the final gw.

      1. G-Whizz
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        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks bruv! It's been a close run thing at times to get these out but we got there!

    5. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Chelsea title challengers next season?

      Can see a 3 way with both Manchester clubs and Leicester challenging and Liverpool of they sign a bit more depth.

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I reckon so. There is an undeveloped squad to be honed. I was watching Tuchel's presser. I reckon he's the man for it.

    6. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      One of the posts worth paying for 😉

      1. G-Whizz
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        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Worth every penny 😆

    7. A-L
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      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks G, I don't own any West Ham players but I wish you a happy clean sheet this week for all your work!

      1. G-Whizz
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        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I hope I get something somewhere lol
        As for West Ham, I'm just praying we don't lose our last game and finish off what has been an incredible season!

    8. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      cheers G-WHIZZ!

  2. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    How’s she cuttin?

    Mendy
    Taa, Dallas, Coufal
    Salah, Torres, Raphina, Lingard
    Kane, Antonio, Wood

    Martinez, Bruno, Struijk, Mitchell 0ft .4itb

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Look good

    2. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Torres a differential is my only doubt. That team should keep you static in the top 10k

    3. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Great!

    4. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      She's cuttin! 🙂

  3. zon
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Mendy (Forster)
    Rüdiger TAA Dallas (Shaw Coady)
    Salah Son Raphinha Willock (Greenwood)
    Kane Antonio Wood

    One transfer

    A) Son -> Mane
    B) Kane -> Werner

    Bench one

    A) Willock
    B) Greenwood

    1. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A
      B

    2. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A and B

    3. Ashleyajolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A & B

    4. zon
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Well that was easy, cheers

    5. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      AB

  4. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Choose one from each of these:

    A) Mount (avl)
    B) Torres (EVE)
    C) Harrison (WBA)

    1) Chilwell/James (avl)
    2) Dallas (WBA)

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Tough

      Mount
      Dallas (especially if you have Mendy)

    2. Ashleyajolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      C2

    3. CBonci
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      C2

  5. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Mendy
    Taa, Dallas, Coufal
    Salah, Zaha, Lingard, Son
    Kane, Antonio, DCL

    Martinez, Jota, Stones Shaw `ft .3itb

    Just 6 points above 1K lol

    A.DCL to Bamford.
    B Jota (or Zaha if any positive leaks) to Raphina
    C. Both for a -4 (will Raphinha score more than 4 than Jota/Zaha

  6. Ain't No Holebas Girl
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Would you rather have -

    A). Trent & Willock
    B). Robbo & Raphinha

    Priced out of Trent & Raph sadly!

    Thanks & GL

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

    2. Ashleyajolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

    3. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

  7. Eze Really?
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Who should be benched pls.
    1ft 1.4 itb
    Leno Meslier
    Robbo TAA Dallas Cofal Diz
    Salah Mahrez Lingard Greenwood Raphina
    Wood Kane Iheanacho

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Meslier, Coufal, Dias, Greenwood

      1. Eze Really?
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Tnks Bud. Cofal/Lingard hard choice for me

        1. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Bench the def

          1. Eze Really?
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            That is common sense but common sense is not common.

            1. Pep bites Kun
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              🙂 fair point - what's your own feeling on your players?

              1. Eze Really?
                • 9 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Too template to make up the 15 points TBH. Looking for a differential? Are you just going to have a bit of fun?

                1. Pep bites Kun
                  • 7 Years
                  2 years, 10 months ago

                  🙂 wasn't my first thought.

                  - Meslier is obv bench
                  - Coufal is your weakest def
                  - Mahrez & Greenwood are your riskiest mf - coin toss
                  on that one I'm afraid
                  - Wood Kane Iheanacho - definite keeps

  8. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Would you consider Kane out, Aguero (c) in -4?

    1. Ain't No Holebas Girl
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      If I had enough lead in my mini leagues and it was for free then possibly for the nostalgia, but unless there are leaks that he definitely starts then not sure it pays off for a hit.

    2. Ashleyajolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      No as Aguero not guaranteed to start and you cost yourself 4pts to get him.

    3. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      No

    4. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Do you mean seriously consider it? Because it's ludicrous...

    5. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      In a word "NO"

    6. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I was watching the pressers. Pep said Aguero had a partial training session today. He will play as many minutes as he's able for.

  9. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Is going without bamford and Ianacho a major oversight?

    1. Ain't No Holebas Girl
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Depends, if you've got Wood & Antonio instead for example then there's probably not much in it. Bam and Antonio would be my preference though personally.

    2. Ashleyajolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I would want a Leeds attacker. Bamford is a popular choice. Nacho not essential.

  10. Pukki Pies
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bench Greenwood or Watkins?

    Whoever’s benched wound be first sub.

  11. Bruno Commando
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Is it a little too crazy to go -8? Thinking of going Coleman + Bruno + Greenwood -> Dallas + Raphinha + Mane.

    Rest of squad:
    Forster
    TAA Shaw _____
    Salah Lingard ______ _______
    Kane DCL Antonio

    Subs: Meslier ESR Coady Mitchell

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Usually in the last gw, but it depends what you're playing for: ML or OR?

      1. Bruno Commando
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Playing for ML. I'm sandwiched in between 1st (has Raphinha) and 3rd (has Dallas). Mane will be a differential that I hope can help me overtake 1st!

        1. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          How many points difference between opponents?

    2. Ain't No Holebas Girl
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      It could pay off I guess but if Greenwood starts he could easily outscore Raph. Likewise is Dallas worth a -4 over just playing Coady. Maybe!

      Would a single hit to just do either Bruno & Greenwood To Mané & Raph or Bruno & Coleman to Mané & Dallas work?

      Tough call, good luck!

  12. Mr Bird
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bench one?

    A) Coufal
    B) Lingard

    1. Ashleyajolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Coufal

  13. fridge
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Currently 12,000 and aiming for my first top 10k finish

    2FT, 2.4m ITB

    Martinez
    TAA. Holding. Coufal
    Salah (c) Lingard. Greenwood. Jota. Son
    Kane. Bamford

    Forster. Digne. Davis. Mitchell

    A) Son & Jota > Mane & Raphinha
    B) Jota & Greenwood > Mahrez & Raphinha
    C) something else?

  14. sirmorbach
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Do we have any idea whatsoever who starts for City?

    1. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Ederson
      Aguero will play as much as possible, which might be not much.

  15. Etonmessi
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Kane and Jota to Bamford and Mane for free???

    1. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yes

  16. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Shocking season. So happy it’s over. Will be glad of the break then it’s back to the aggro come August.

    I’m off to put together a shortlist of must-owns for 21-22...