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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 19.</p>
<p>Amid the festive schedule, we have incorporated the usual fixtures analysis article into this piece, focusing only on the matches that impact on captaincy.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 19: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>We’re going straight into it cold for this week. Luckily, many of you will have time off over this period to keep an eye on the games.</p>
<p>I suggest you pay particular attention to rotation - or content that details it - as the minutes played for Gameweek 18 will heavily impact this week.</p>
<p>These are the main candidates for Gameweek 19:</p>
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<li><strong>Cole Palmer</strong> v Ipswich (A)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> v West Ham (A)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland </strong>v Leicester (A)</li>
<li><strong>Alexander Isak </strong>v Manchester United (A)</li>
<li><strong>Son Heung-min</strong> v Wolves (H)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-69585" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 19 captaincy candidates</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 19: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-69569" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 19 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 19: Poll</h2>
<p>Salah tops the poll but it's not as one-sided as the last gameweek:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-69573" class="wp-caption-text">Captaincy poll results</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 19: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Haaland</strong> - Braced in just 45 minutes against Leicester the last time he faced them (at home), then was brought off to rest.</p>
<p><strong>Salah</strong> - Scored at home against West Ham last season and didn't start away. His record in recent seasons is nowhere near as good as it was in his early years but David Moyes isn't there anymore, so he could revert to the free-scoring days.</p>
<p><strong>Son</strong> - You'd be hard pressed to find another Premier League team that Son has such a poor record against. He's blanked in his last nine matches.</p>
<p><strong>Isak </strong>- Has a terrible record against United but this latest version of the Red Devils seemingly can't defend.</p>
<p><strong>Palmer</strong> - Hasn’t had the pleasure of facing Ipswich in the league yet.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-69571" class="wp-caption-text">Players' records against their opposition</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 19: 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. Please bear in mind that these were taken prior to Gameweek 18.</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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