Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) looks to be the leading captain candidate for Gameweek 8, but are there any viable alternatives to the Egyptian for this upcoming round of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) action?
First, we will assess the fallout of the Gameweek 8 captain poll, before then analysing the best options, Rate My Team (RMT) and the Premier Fantasy Tools ratings ahead of Saturday’s 11:00 BST deadline.
THE CAPTAIN POLL
Mohamed Salah unsurprisingly leads the Captain Poll, having gained a whopping 67.63% of total votes from our users at the time of writing.
Romelu Lukaku (£11.7m) sits in second, and is backed by 7.54% of FPL managers ahead of his visit to in-form Brentford.
Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.6m) occupies third-place with 3.73%, with the top-five list completed by differentials Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) and Sadio Mane (£11.9m), with 2.99% and 2.45% respectively.
MOHAMED SALAH
Having scored nine goals in nine games in all competitions so far this term, the shouts to perma-captain Mohamed Salah are intensifying, especially after another double-digit haul against champions Manchester City in Gameweek 7.
If you had started the season with the armband on the Egyptian and not moved it, you’d be sitting pretty on 140 captain points, which is probably more than most current totals right now.
HOW HAS CAPTAIN SENSIBLE PERFORMED SO FAR THIS SEASON?
| Gameweek | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1 | Salah (17) | Fernandes (20) | Mane (3) |
| 2 | Salah (3) | Fernandes (1) | Mane (8) |
| 3 | Son (10) | Antonio (11) | Fernandes (2) |
| 4 | Ronaldo (13) | Salah (8) | Lukaku (13) |
| 5 | Salah (12) | Mane (8) | Ronaldo (6) |
| 6 | Ronaldo (2) | Salah (7) | Antonio (8) |
| 7 | Lukaku (2) | Ronaldo (1) | Antonio (2) |
