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<p>How does captaincy work in Fantasy Premier League (FPL)?</p>
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<h2>How does captaincy work in FPL?</h2>
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<p>Your Fantasy Premier League captaincy is one of the most important decisions you have to make each gameweek.</p>
<p>If you get the captaincy right more times than not, you are likely to have a good season.</p>
<p>Your captain gets his points doubled. That means you should always pick the player on your team who you think will score the highest number of points.</p>
<p>If your captain fails to start the game but gets substituted at any point, the points he scores during his time on the pitch will be doubled. <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/how-do-players-score-points-in-fantasy-premier-league">Read our guide on how a Fantasy Premier League player scores points here.</a></p>
<p>You cannot captain a player on your bench.</p>
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<h2>How does the vice-captain work in FPL?</h2>
<p>If, for whatever reason, your captain misses the entire game, the points scored by your vice-captain (V) will be doubled instead.</p>
<p>The vice-captain is something that gets overlooked frequently as it’s very seldom needed.</p>
<p>Always set your vice-captain as you never know what could happen: players miss games for all sorts of reasons, and not all of them will be obvious prior to the gameweek&#8217;s deadline.</p>
<p>Much like your captain, the vice-captain cannot be a player on your bench.</p>
<h2>What if none of my captains play?</h2>
<p>If neither your captain nor your vice-captain play (perhaps they were both due to participate in a postponed match), you&#8217;ll receive zero points from both players.</p>
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<h2>Check out our fantasy football ultimate guides</h2>
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