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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 6.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 6: 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>Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) </strong>v Wolves (A)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland (£15.3m)</strong> v Newcastle (A)</li>
<li><strong>Bryan Mbeumo (£7.2m) </strong>v West Ham (H)</li>
<li><strong>Ollie Watkins (£8.9m)</strong> v Ipswich (A)</li>
<li><strong>Bukayo Saka (£10.0m)</strong> v Leicester (H)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-67225" class="wp-caption-text">Captaincy candidates for Gameweek 6</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 6 The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-67156" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 6 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 6: Twitter poll</h2>
<p>Haaland's still the favourite this week among my Twitter followers.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-67165" class="wp-caption-text">Twitter poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 6: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Salah </strong>- Picked up two assists away last season but blanked the home game. Excluding the away game last season, he hasn't returned on the road against Wolves since his first season at Liverpool.</p>
<p><strong>Mbeumo</strong> - Blanked the home game last season but returned in the two previous home matches.</p>
<p><strong>Haaland </strong>- Blanked the home game last season and missed the away fixture due to injury. He scored away in his first season though.</p>
<p><strong>Saka</strong> - Has never scored against Leicester. This current version isn't that dissimilar to the side that was in the league two seasons ago.</p>
<p><strong>Watkins</strong> - Hasn’t faced Ipswich in the league before.</p>
<h3>Other candidates</h3>
<p><strong>Cole Palmer (£10.6m)</strong> - Scored away against Brighton last season. He didn't start the home game.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 6: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered to show 'per start' for the individual players and 'per appearance' for the team stats.</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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