Captain Sensible

Who are the best FPL captain options for Gameweek 38?

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers are looking to Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Liverpool for the Gameweek 38 captaincy, and for the final time this season, the Captain Sensible article is here to highlight which assets have the best chance of hauling.

First, we will assess the fallout of the captain poll, before then analysing the best options, Rate My Team (RMT) and the Premier Fantasy Tools ratings ahead of Sunday’s 14:30 BST deadline.

THE CAPTAIN POLL

Son Heung-min (£11.2m) is the clear winner of the captain poll, pulling in the support of 41.97% in the final vote of the season.

No other player has garnered more than 20.0% of votes at this stage, with team-mate Harry Kane (£12.5m) currently in second place, backed by 18.34% of our users.

Kevin De Bruyne (£12.1m) occupies third place with 8.86% of votes, with Mohamed Salah (£13.1m, 4.49%) and Jamie Vardy (£10.3m, 3.51%) just behind the Man City midfielder. 

SON HEUNG-MIN/HARRY KANE

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Son Heung-min is just one goal short of Mohamed Salah’s tally of 22 and will attempt to overhaul the Egyptian on Sunday as he chases down the Golden Boot.

However, the pair are in contrasting spells of form: Salah has scored three times in his last 10 Premier League games, while Son has netted 10 in the same period.

Summing up, Son’s 2022 form is unrivalled, having recorded at least 13 more points than any other player in FPL:

Harry Kane, meanwhile, is expected to be fit and sits second in the above table on a very decent 131 points, having produced 21 attacking returns in 20 starts since the turn of the year.

The England captain tends to finish strongly, too, having plundered 48 FPL points in his last four Gameweek 38 appearances:


SON V KANE – LAST SIX MATCHES
SonKane
Goals44
Assists20
FPL points4832
FPL points per start85.3
Double-digit hauls21
Non-pen xG2.452.61
xA0.650.50

Last six matches: BUR/ARS/liv/LEI/bre/BHA        

Spurs travel to Norwich City on Sunday with Champions League football in their grasp. Arsenal are the only team that can overtake them, but anything but a loss will effectively secure a place for Antonio Conte’s side in next season’s competition.

And Son/Kane could not have picked a more obliging opponent to face on the final day: the Canaries have shipped a whopping 79 goals in 37 matches this term and rank bottom for expected goals conceded (xGC).

They have also suffered against tougher opposition at Carrow Road, with some miserable results against the top seven:

  • Norwich 0-3 Liverpool – Gameweek 1
  • Norwich 0-1 Man Utd – Gameweek 16
  • Norwich 0-5 Arsenal – Gameweek 19
  • Norwich 0-4 Man City – Gameweek 25
  • Norwich 1-3 Chelsea – Gameweek 28
  • Norwich 0-4 West Ham – Gameweek 36

KEVIN DE BRUYNE

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  1. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    A) Son (C), Pukki
    B) Son (C), James -4
    C) Mount, Vardy -4 with KDB C

    At 15k with a final push for 10k

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      C has more chance of pushing you up (and down)

      A should help maintain the rank.

      1. Hansel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I guess so yes

    2. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      D) Son (C), Toney -4 an option too

    3. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A or C

  2. DavvaMC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Need to break into top 10K.

    Captain choices please.

    A. Son
    B. Mane
    C. Maddison or Barnes

    Thanks

    1. Mr Tin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Son the easy choice but Mane if chasing.

    2. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Son

  3. J to the T
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Start Sanchez (WHU) or Ramsdale (EVE)?

    1. NATSTER
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Rams

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Ramsdale

    3. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Rams

  4. T0RR3S
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Ahead of my ML with 2 points and want to solidify that
    Who should I get out of these:
    1) Maddison
    2) Bowen
    3) Kulusveski
    4) Diaz
    I could get 2 of these.

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      1 and 4

  5. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Ramsdale
    TAA Robbo Cancelo Laporte
    Salah KDB Mount Saka Kulu
    Pukki

    (Davies)

    A) Salah to Son(c)
    B) Salah & Pukki to Maddison & Kane(c) -4
    C) Salah & Pukki to Son(c) & Toney -4

    Thoughts please?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A

    2. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A
      B if you're chasing

  6. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    1.2 ITB. Chasing a 27 points lead. Does this team look ok after using my FT? Or should I take a hit somewhere?

    Pickford
    TAA Cancelo Matip Davies White
    Son Mount Saka
    Kane Vardy

    Martinez Ramsey Weghorst Gordon

    Thanks!

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Looks good

  7. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    May as well take a hit or two.

    Better than having 9 or 10 players in gw38 mayhem!!

  8. Lignja
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    My ml reival that is 30 pts behind have Kdb and Mount, i have Kane and Barnes, both of us have Salah that will brobably become Son, should i swap Barnes to Mount for -4 to block it or keep Barnes since it is nice pick this week?

    Schmaihel
    Taa, James Cancelo
    Salah, Saka, Barnes, Maddison, Foden
    Kane, Nkhetia

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      no need just play it safe and u should be ahead
      hard to see mount getting this much pts

      1. Lignja
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Not only Mount, it is Mount and Kdb vs Barnes and Kane so can go both ways

  9. NATSTER
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Which combo should score more?

    A: Kane + Sessegnon
    B: Kane + Jansson
    C: Vardy + Toney (-4)
    D: Vardy + Maddison (-4)

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      D > C

  10. NumberSix
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Broja / Salah to

    A) Ronaldo / Barnes
    B) Vardy / Diaz

    (Have Mount and Kane)

    Chasing, feel like ronaldo could be the better differential for the palace we saw against Everton

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      B

  11. Corona is not good 4 U
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Is this team good to go and the correct bench?

    Schmeichel (Foster)
    Alonso, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Canelo, Laporte
    Son (C), De Bruyne, Mount, Saka (Dewsbury.Hall)
    Nketiah (Richarlison) (Pukki)

    Thank you!

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Looks good all around no need to do changes
      maybe the striker spot is the hard one to choose who to play

  12. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Thoughts? 1ft
    A salah to mane
    B Salah an Watkins to Dias an Kane-4
    C Salah an martinelli to Diaz an mount-4
    D Salah an weg to mane an Toney-4
    Thanks

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Salah and watkins to Mount and Kane

      1. Gizzachance
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Cheers

  13. Malkmus
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Ings to

    A - Nketiah
    B - Toney

    Ta

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      B

  14. T0RR3S
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    For a -4
    A) Maddison vs SOU (H)
    B) Kulu vs NOR (A) ( Is he nailed to play 90? )

    1. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A of those two

  15. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    If you still have Triple Captain left (somehow I do) would you captain:

    A. Kane
    B. Mount
    C. Jota
    D. KDB

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Son
      A if you're chasing or maybe B

  16. footballfreak
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Schmeichel
    James Silva TAA Cancelo
    Maddison Barnes Son Mount
    Nketiah Kane
    Bench: Pickford, Gordon, Digne, Dennis
    1.8m in bank and 0FT gtg? Or take a hit for maybe Eriksen, Toney or Kulu?

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I think it looks good no need for a -4
      I'd do it only for a striker other than Nketiah but Toney isn't that much of an upgrade tbh

      1. footballfreak
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I got nketiah on my free transfer just because the second in my mini league has him..i prefer toney personally

        1. T0RR3S
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          that should protect your rank!

          1. footballfreak
            • 4 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Just thinking last game will be a goal feast and dont want to play with 4 defenders

  17. amaximoment
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    3 points behind my rival at top!

    A) Robbo + Richarlison > Sessegnon + Kane (-8)
    B) KDB + Richarlison > Bowen + Kane (-8)
    C) Hold

    Ramsdale
    Robbo James Matip
    Maddison Son (C) Saka KDB Mount
    Toney Nketiah
    Foster/Schah/Fofana/Richarlison

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Hold and hope for the best

  18. ONLYPEPKNOWS
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Nketiah or Toney?

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Toney but not for a -4

      1. ONLYPEPKNOWS
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Replacement for Dennis. Would only do -4 if I need to ship out VVD

        1. T0RR3S
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          then its Toney

  19. Clueless_91
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Hows this 11 look on a FH?

    Alison
    TAA James Cancelo Sessegnon
    Foden Son Diaz Madison Mount
    Kane

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Looks good

  20. Freddiemac123
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Just wondering why the mass exodus of Salah? He should start??

    1. T0RR3S
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Not sure

      1. The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        This

    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Doubt it

  21. Russell
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Wilson or Toney?

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Toney

    2. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      T Man

  22. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Which keeper:

    A) Pickford
    B) Martinez

  23. wildnothing
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    What do you think the chances are for a Havertz start between 1 and 10 where 10 is very likely he will start.

    1. ONLYPEPKNOWS
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      5

  24. Ohh1454
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    No other way to get Son in then doing Kdb > Son. Thoughts ?

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A. No.
      B. No way.

  25. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    As we've just missed out on promotion from League 2, really hope Wycombe beat Sunderland in the L1 Play-off final this afternoon.

  26. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Anyone have any clue about Maddison starting? I'm desperate to bring him in but he played 90 mins two days ago..

  27. Athletico Underachieving
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Best mid up to 8.1 to bring in:

    A) Diaz
    B) Mount
    C) Foden

    1. Athletico Underachieving
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      D) Or Maddison

    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A. Diaz. He will surely start.

      Shame though that goal difference is lost certainly irrelevant.

      1. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        *most

  28. DavvaMC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Mahrez to:

    A. Maddison
    B. Barnes
    C. Foden
    D. Brentford midfield as a punt

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A

    2. Lignja
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      B

    3. Lenred
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Why are you transferring out Mahrez? Could well haul as much as any of those listed I reckon? I’d keep if I had him.

      1. DavvaMC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Can't see him starting do you?

  29. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    1FT. Watkins to:

    A. Toney
    B. Jesus
    C. Antonio

    1. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A

  30. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Best transfer? Little lost. 1 FT, 0.6 ITB.

    Schmeichel
    Cancelo, James, Robertson, Matip
    Son, Saka, Kulusevksi
    Kane, Richarlison, Nketiah

    (Foster, Zaha, Coutinho, Cash)

    A) Kulusevski & Cash -> Mount & Sessegnon (-4)
    B) Coutinho & Cash -> Mount & 5.2 DEF (-4)
    C) Coutinho & Richarlison -> Mount & Toney (-4)
    D) Something Else

    Cheers