Who is the best captain for FPL Gameweek 8?

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	82.8%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	98.9%	Maybe
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	87.1%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	93.7%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	90.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	88.1%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	83.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	86.8%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	78.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	82.8%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	81.1%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	79.9%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	66.0%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	74.9%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	79.7%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.8%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.1%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	55.3%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	66.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.7%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	63.3%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	57.5%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	48.3%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	54.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.1%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	56.1%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	57.0%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	46.9%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.4%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	41.0%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.4%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	40.3%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	39.6%	Unlikely
Garnacho	CHE	6.4m	40.1%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	38.2%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	37.4%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	33.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	93.7%	Likely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.3%	Maybe
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	61.1%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	91.8%	Maybe
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	92.7%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.3%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	89.1%	Unlikely
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	93.9%	Unlikely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	98.9%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	92.2%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.2%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	89.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	89.2%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	89.4%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	89.5%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	87.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	88.6%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	85.0%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.1%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	86.8%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.3%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	79.7%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	82.2%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	82.9%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	82.2%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	82.6%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.0%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	79.9%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	80.5%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	79.7%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	81.8%	Unlikely
Alcaraz	EVE	5.2m	83.4%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	78.9%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	79.2%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	78.3%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	80.0%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
Up	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

After Erling Haaland (£14.5m) scored for the fifth consecutive Premier League match in a row against Brentford and bagged yet another Norway hat-trick over the international break, the Gameweek 8 captaincy decision will once again be straightforward for the majority.

But in Captain Sensible, we wouldn’t be doing our jobs if we didn’t ask if there was a case to look beyond the Norwegian this week.

First, we will assess the on-site captaincy poll. We will then analyse player and team statistics, Rate My Team (RMT) and the Premier Fantasy Tools ratings ahead of Saturday’s 11am BST deadline.

READ MORE: Introducing the FFScout Captaincy Matrix

Captaincy Poll

As expected, Haaland’s stunning early-season form sees him top the Fantasy Football Scout captaincy poll yet again. Among site users, the Norwegian is the runaway leader in the poll, currently sitting on over 62% of the popular vote.

For the second week running, Antoine Semenyo (£7.9m) occupies a distant second place, with a little over 7% of the vote. The Ghanaian international outscored Haaland in Gameweek 17, scoring twice and assisting against Fulham.

Chelsea duo Joao Pedro (£7.7m) and Enzo Fernandez (£6.7m) complete the top four ahead of Chelsea’s trip to Nottingham Forest at lunchtime on Saturday. Nick Woltemade (£7.2m) is the only other player to pick up more than 5% backing.

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ljuta zena

1 month, 18 days ago

Pedro, Neto, Caicedo doubt

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Bobby Digital
1 month, 18 days ago
Only Neto, not JPedro
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IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE

Bonkers?

Richards Reijnders Richarlison ->
Timber Sarr fodder -8

Yeah, bonkers

AC/DC AFC

If you're BB with a selection of Burnley, Leeds or Sunderland players and you don't do it this week, then you probably have to wait until gw17 or 18 to play it.

Bobby Digital
1 month, 18 days ago
I have Alderete and will still probably BB. I also have 1FT to make Alderete Mukiele, but I think I'll risk it.
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Ronnies

Best option?

Both options involve a -4

A) Salah / King to Saka / Eze
B) Salah / Guiu to Saka / Bowen

Cheers.

RamaJama
1 month, 18 days ago
B
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Pino
1 month, 18 days ago
Both good, but I like B best.

On the other hand I have a "feeling" Isak will start scoring goals, so maybe keep a spot open for him?
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1. Ronnies
  1 month, 18 days ago
  With Odegaard out for 5/6 weeks, Isn't Eze a good option with Arsenal's decent run of fixtures? Differential too.
  
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  1. Pino
    1 month, 18 days ago
    He is. Question is just if you want to dubbel up with both Saka and Eze.
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Sollado14

WC GTG?

Sanchez, Dub
Gabriel, Timber, Senesi, Rodon, Alderate
Saka, Semenyo, Reijnders, Sarr, Kudos
Woltemade, J Pedro, Haaland

Pino

Who to bring inn:

A) Saka for Reijnders?
B) Boven for Wood?
C) Isak for Wood?

Have no Liverpool or Arsenal attacker.

Bobby Digital
1 month, 18 days ago
B
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Sollado14
1 month, 18 days ago
B
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Stranger Mings

Anyone know if aldrete trained today?thanks

Bobby Digital
1 month, 18 days ago
Apparently not in the pictures
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1. Stranger Mings
  1 month, 18 days ago
  Ok cheers
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joeynse99

Do I start ;

A) Anderson v ARS home
B) Dewsbury-Hall MCI away

Which one for the medium term?

A) Eze
B) Bowen

Cheers.

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