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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 7.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 7: 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 (£12.7m) </strong>v Crystal Palace (A)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland (£15.3m)</strong> v Fulham (H)</li>
<li><strong>Cole Palmer (£10.7m) </strong>v Nottingham Forest (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bukayo Saka (£10.1m)</strong> v Southampton (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bryan Mbeumo (£7.4m)</strong> v Wolves (H)</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 7 The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-67394" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 7 Best Captain - fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 7: Twitter poll</h2>
<p>Haaland's still the favourite this week among my Twitter followers.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-67404" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 7 Best Captain - twitter poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 7: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Haaland</strong> - has four goals and an assist in his last two home matches against Fulham.</p>
<p><strong>Salah </strong>- hauled away against Palace last season.</p>
<p><strong>Palmer</strong> - only picked up an assist in the last game.</p>
<p><strong>Mbeumo </strong>- blanked the last away game but returned in each of the previous three.</p>
<p><strong>Saka</strong> - hauled the last time he faced Southampton at home, however they had a different manager and style of play back then.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-67396" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 7 Best Captain - past performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 7: 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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