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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 38.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 38: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Erling Haaland (£14.2m)</strong> has hit form at just the right time and 15 points is a very respectable return for a captain.</p>
<p>For those who took a punt, it highlights the dangers as you not only need your option to haul but you need Haaland to fail, which seldom occurs. <strong>Cole Palmer (£6.3m) </strong>nearly matched him though, with 14 points.</p>
<p>This week we face the same dilemma. Do we go with Haaland, knowing that his returns won’t lead to much rank gain, or take a punt being fully aware he could do some serious damage against West Ham?</p>
<p>And who are the best alternatives?</p>
<p>These are the main candidates:</p>
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<li><strong>Cole Palmer (£6.3m) </strong>v Bournemouth (H)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland </strong>v West Ham (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bukayo Saka (£8.9m) </strong>v Everton (H)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah (£13.4m)</strong> v Wolves (H)</li>
<li><strong>Son Heung-min (£10.0m)</strong> v Sheffield United (A)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-64564" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 38 captaincy candidates</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 38: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-64540" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 38 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 38: Reverse fixtures</h2>
<p>The majority of these fixtures took place in Gameweek 5. Here’s what happened last time:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-64547" class="wp-caption-text">Reverse fixtures (Gameweek 5)</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-64546" class="wp-caption-text">Reverse fixtures (Gameweek 5) team of the week</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 38: Twitter poll</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-64552" class="wp-caption-text">Twitter poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 38: Players' records</h2>
<p><strong>Haaland </strong>- Always scores against West Ham, highlighting the dangers of going with someone else.</p>
<p><strong>Son</strong> - The reverse fixture this season was the only time he's ever blanked against Sheffield United.</p>
<p><strong>Salah</strong> - Has returned in each of the last three home games against Wolves.</p>
<p><strong>Saka </strong>- Has returned in three of the last four matches against Everton. The only blank was away.</p>
<p><strong>Palmer</strong> – Didn’t start the reverse fixture against Bournemouth.</p>
<h3>Other candidates</h3>
<p><strong>Kevin De Bruyne</strong> - Has only blanked in one home start against West Ham.</p>
<p><strong>Phil Foden</strong> - Strangely, has only started two of the seven games against West Ham. He scored in a cameo in the home game last season.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 38: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered to show 'per start' for the individual players and 'by appearance' for the teams for the previous six gameweeks. These were pulled before Wednesday's games.</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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