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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 12.</p>
<p><strong>Mohamed Salah (£12.9m) </strong>topped our metric again last week and he gave us a huge boost against those who backed <strong>Erling Haaland (£15.2m)</strong> or a Spurs player.</p>
<p>The first gameweek after the previous international breaks have been very low scoring. A good captaincy score could make or break your week.</p>
<p>This time, we have some excellent options against promoted sides - but who is the best captain?</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 12: 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>Cole Palmer (£10.9m) </strong>v Leicester (A)</li>
<li><strong>Bukayo Saka (£10.1m)</strong> v Nottingham Forest (H)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland (£15.2m)</strong> v Spurs (H)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah (£12.9m)</strong> v Southampton (A)</li>
<li><strong>Bruno Fernandes (£8.3m) </strong>v Ipswich (A)</li>
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<div id="attachment_68553" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-68553" class="size-full wp-image-68553" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GW12-captains.jpg" alt="Gameweek 12 captaincy picks" width="798" height="650" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-68553" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 12 captaincy candidates</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 12 The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-68447" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 12 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 12: Poll</h2>
<p>Salah's the favourite this week among my Twitter followers by a landslide.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-68457" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 12 captain poll results</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 11: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Haaland</strong> - Has only blanked once against Spurs (A). Last season, he recorded an assist at home and braced away at the end of the season.</p>
<p><strong>Saka</strong> - Scored in both matches against Forest last season and hasn't blanked at home against them yet.</p>
<p>The other three options play against promoted sides and it doesn’t offer much value to dig out the historic records from the last time they were in the league, given the amount of changes that have occurred.</p>
<div id="attachment_68452" style="width: 786px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-68452" class="size-full wp-image-68452" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FPL-Gameweek-12-Best-Captain-record-against.png" alt="" width="776" height="339" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-68452" class="wp-caption-text">Captaincy candidates' records against their opposition</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 12: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered to show 'per start' for the individual players and 'per appearance' for the team stats over the last six gameweeks.</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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