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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 35.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 35: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>Last week it was nip-and-tuck but <strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> just shaded it, outscoring <strong>Alexander Isak </strong>by a single point, though <strong>Matheus Cunha</strong> was the real differential king.</p>
<p>This week, the decision is tougher. With no easy rides against promoted sides and clubs juggling European ambitions, who do you captain?</p>
<p>Stick with the ever-reliable Salah as he chases individual glory or back the sides distracted by European glory to seize the advantage?</p>
<p>These are the main candidates this week:</p>
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<li><strong>Alexander Isak</strong> v Brighton (A)</li>
<li><strong>Bryan Mbeumo</strong> v Manchester United (H)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> v Chelsea (A)</li>
<li><strong>Jarrod Bowen</strong> v Spurs (H)</li>
<li><strong>Omar Marmoush</strong> v Wolves (H)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-72554" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 35 captaincy candidates</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 35: The fixtures</h2>
<p>Watch out! It’s a Friday deadline this week, so don’t let the bank holiday weekend cause you to miss it.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-72541" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 35 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 35: The reverse fixtures</h2>
<p>Bournemouth shocked Arsenal last time and Salah always seems to do well against his former team. There were only three clean sheets.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-72546" class="wp-caption-text">Reverse fixtures (Gameweek 8)</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-72545" class="wp-caption-text">Reverse fixtures team of the week</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 35: Poll</h2>
<p>Mbeumo is the favourite at the moment but that could change depending on the performance on Thursday against Nottingham Forest.</p>
<p>This poll illustrates how wide open it is this week, which makes it a good opportunity to punt if you’re chasing.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-72551" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 35 captain poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 35: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Salah</strong> - Hauled in the reverse fixture.</p>
<p><strong>Bowen</strong> - Has never scored against Spurs at home. He returned in both games last season, which is a positive indicator, as he'd blanked all the games before that.</p>
<p><strong>Mbeumo</strong> - Has blanked in his previous three starts against United.</p>
<p><strong>Isak</strong> - Has struggled against Brighton and is yet to register an attacking return.</p>
<p>What a sad state of affairs. For the purposes of the metric, I will rank Salah the highest with the others all equally bad, so Marmoush isn’t disadvantaged.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-72542" class="wp-caption-text">Captaincy candidates' past performances</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 35 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>These have been captured before the Brentford v Forest match. See the latest stats on the Hub's <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">Opta page</a>.</p>
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