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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 key fixtures and best FPL captain options for Gameweek 13.</p>
<p>Last week, <strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> topped our metric and he did us proud - especially as some of the alternatives blanked - and this should have given you a big rank boost.</p>
<p>This week he has what looks to be a tough fixture against Manchester City on paper but the stats and eye test say otherwise.</p>
<p>Do we go with the form player again or is there a better alternative with a juicy fixture? Read on to find out more.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 13: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>Who should you give the armband and why? These are the main candidates this week:</p>
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<li><strong>Joao Pedro</strong> v Southampton (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bryan Mbeumo </strong>v Leicester (H)</li>
<li><strong>Cole Palmer </strong>v Aston Villa (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bukayo Saka </strong>v West Ham (A)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> v Manchester City (H)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-68768" class="wp-caption-text">Captaincy candidates for Gameweek 13</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 13 The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-68727" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 13 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 13: Poll</h2>
<p>Salah's the favourite this week among my followers but the results do indicate that a few are willing to go elsewhere this week.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-68736" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 13 captaincy poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 13: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Salah </strong>- Blanked the last home game against City but returned in each of the seven matches prior. Seven of his 11 attacking returns were picked up at Anfield.</p>
<p><strong>Saka </strong>- Scored twice away against West Ham last season.</p>
<p><strong>Mbeumo</strong> - Historic stats are not reliable indicators and carry more weight when there has been minor changes between the teams involved. I therefore wouldn't pay much attention to these, given he last played Leicester when they were a different team - and Ivan Toney was Brentford's talisman.</p>
<p><strong>Palmer </strong>- Has never returned against Aston Villa. He blanked in both cup games as well last season.</p>
<p><strong>Pedro</strong> - Hasn’t faced Southampton in the Premier League for Brighton yet.</p>
<p>Here are the records for a few other options people are considering:</p>
<p><strong>Haaland </strong>- Has never returned at Anfield for City.</p>
<p><strong>Matheus Cunha</strong> - Scored against Bournemouth away last season.</p>
<p><strong>Bruno Fernandes </strong>- Scored at home against Everton last season and picked up an assist away.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-68732" class="wp-caption-text">Captaincy candidates' records against their opposition</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 13: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered 'per start' for the individual players and 'per appearance' for the team stats over the last six gameweeks.</p>
<p>See the latest stats on the Hub's <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">Opta page</a>.</p>
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