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            <p>Fantasy Football Hub's resident Fantasy Premier League (FPL) captaincy expert <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisTanFPL">Chris Tan</a> takes a close look at the best FPL captain options for Gameweek 9.</p>
<p>Chris has already taken an in-depth look at the individual <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-gameweek-10-fixtures-analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FPL Gameweek 10 fixtures</a> in a new weekly article series, which will be running in addition to his best captaincy article.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 10: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>Last week our number two was the top scorer, but all three of the picks did well, and long may that continue. Our punt choice continues to hit double figures!</p>
<p>This week we have quite the conundrum. Our usual auto captain has a tough fixture and hasn’t really been delivering lately. A lot of teams will have refreshed squads after the wildcard, and there are several good options, but this is the best?</p>
<p>I’ve provided a breakdown of the best options. The main candidates for this week I'm looking at are:</p>
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<li><strong>Mohammed Salah (£12.6m) </strong>v Nottingham Forest (H)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland (£14.0m)</strong> v Manchester United (A)</li>
<li><strong>Ollie Watkins (£8.2m)</strong> v Luton (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bukayo Saka (£8.5m)</strong> v Sheffield United (H)</li>
<li><strong>Jarrod Bowen (£7.3m) </strong>v Everton (H)</li>
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<p>There are solid alternatives to the above from the same teams, however I have selected these specific options as I believe they have the most upside.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-59082" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-25-at-12.50.54-1.jpg" alt="" width="794" height="646" /></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 10: Our performance to date</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-59026" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 10 best captain - our performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 10: Top performers</h2>
<p>This illustrates why my preference is always to captain a midfielder where possible. With Haaland's dip in form and fixture change it now makes sense to try to adopt this approach.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-59034" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 10 best captain - top performers</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 10: The fixtures</h2>
<p>See my in-depth article for a review of each of this gameweek's fixtures, including the odds of teams scoring two or more goals and keeping a clean sheet, and players to target based specifically on each teams' weaknesses.</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-gameweek-10-fixtures-analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Gameweek 10 fixture analysis</strong></a></li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-59024" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 10 best captain - fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 10: Twitter poll</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-59035" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 10 best captain - twitter poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 10: Players' records</h2>
<p><strong>Haaland </strong>- all his returns came in the home game last season.</p>
<p><strong>Bowen </strong>- braced in the home game last season and scored at home the season before.</p>
<p><strong>Salah</strong> - scored in the home game last season.</p>
<p><strong>Saka</strong> - scored in the last home game against Sheffield United. He was a left back for the games earlier in his career.</p>
<p><strong>Watkins</strong> – hasn’t faced Luton in the league before.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-59083" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-11.55.34.jpg" alt="" width="792" height="648" /></p>
<p>These other players aren't on my captaincy canddiates list, but have a decent record against their opposition:</p>
<p><strong>Gabriel Martinelli (£7.7m)</strong> - has never blanked when he's started against Sheffield United.</p>
<p><strong>Son Heung-min (£7.5m)</strong> - has only blanked once in the last five against Palace. He scored away last season, although that's the only time he has scored away against them.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-59027" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 10 best captain - past performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 10: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">These stats are taken from the Fantasy Football Hub <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">Opta stats tool</a>.</p>
<p>I’ve used 'per appearance' data and I've cut it using the most recent six weeks.</p>
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