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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 22.</p>
<p>With a short turnaround this week, we have incorporated the usual fixtures analysis article into this piece, focusing only on the matches that impact on captaincy.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 22: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>Last week there were quite a few reasonable candidates but <strong>Alexander Isak</strong> topped our poll and he duly rewarded with a 16 point haul, which illustrates how successful our process has been.</p>
<p>This week, we have a similar dilemma with all of the big three being viable choices. Which one should you go for?</p>
<p>These are the main candidates this week:</p>
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<li><strong>Cole Palmer</strong> v Wolves (H)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> v Brentford (A)</li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland </strong>v Ipswich (A)</li>
<li><strong>Alexander Isak </strong>v Bournemouth (H)</li>
<li><strong>Bruno Fernandes </strong>v Brighton (H)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-70117" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 22 captaincy candidates</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 22: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-70103" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 22 fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 22: The reverse fixtures</h2>
<p>The reverse fixtures - in Gameweek 2 - were good ones for Haaland and Palmer, who both scored 17 points.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-70109" class="wp-caption-text">Reverse fixtures</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-70108" 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 22: Poll</h2>
<p>Palmer’s a massive favourite here. Is it a case of one blank against a very good Forest team and we’re disrespecting Salah?</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-70114" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 22 captaincy poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 22: Players' records</h2>
<p>Here are some notable records for our captaincy candidates:</p>
<p><strong>Haaland</strong> - Bagged a hat-trick in the reverse fixture.</p>
<p><strong>Palmer</strong> - Picked up a monster return in the reverse fixture this season.</p>
<p><strong>Salah</strong> - Has returned six times in the last four matches against Brentford without any blanks.</p>
<p><strong>Fernandes </strong>- Started off with a great record against Brighton, however he's blanked in the previous six match-ups.</p>
<p><strong>Isak</strong> - Has never scored away against Bournemouth but luckily for him, he's at home this week.</p>
<p>For the metric, I will weight the top three equally given the different sample sizes.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-70107" 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 22: 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. These were taken prior to the final match of the gameweek, as it has minimal implications on captaincy.</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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