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<h2>Sky Gameweek 7 preview</h2>
The Premier League returns this weekend with <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-gameweek-8-update">seven fixtures</a>. Two on Friday, three on Saturday and then two again on Sunday. 
The cancellation of Brighton v Crystal Palace, Manchester United v Leeds United and Chelsea v Liverpool however has left some Sky managers unable to field a full team.
The action starts on Friday with Nottingham Forest v Fulham at the City Ground. I think Aleksandar Mitrovic (£7.7m) is a great option for captaincy. 
Mitrovic has a great run of games coming up - Forest, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Leeds and Everton. 
With 49 points so far this season, he’s second only to Erling Haaland (£11.5m) as the highest-scoring striker. 
Mitrovic is in just 33% of the top 1,000 but I expect his ownership to grow over the coming weeks. It may even go up considerably before Friday's kick-off. 
Dean Henderson (£6.5m) is in 10.8% of the top 1,000 teams and could provide you with a captain at least three times over the next month. 
I had brought him in previously with last Monday's scheduled Leeds v Forest game in mind. 
Forest have been a bit shaky at the back, so I’m not as confident with a Henderson captaincy as I was before. 
For those who own Joao Palhinha (£6.6m), I think he’s a good a captain as any. 
Out of his six games, he’s achieved tackle bonus in five of them. 
Villa v Southampton doesn’t really appeal too much to me but that’s not to say someone like Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) or James Ward-Prowse (£8.7m) couldn’t score well.
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Henderson, Mitrovic and Palhinha are among the Friday captain options
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<h3>Saturday fixtures</h3>
On Saturday, luckily for us Manchester City are the early kick off so we can check whether Haaland is starting or not. 
The Norwegian is 98.4% owned in the top 1,000 now and if you don’t own him you must really be dreading checking the City score and  scorers on matchdays. Ten goals in six games is unbelievable. 
Virgil van Dijk (£10.7m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£10.8m) miss out this week, so if you can get to a city asset I would consider it. 
Joao Cancelo (£11.0m) is in 38.6% of the top 1,000 teams and Kevin De Bruyne (£11.3m) is in even less at 16.3%. 
Both are great Sky picks who are perhaps a tad under-owned.
Tottenham v Leicester is also an interesting game for the evening kick off. 
Harry Kane (£11.6m) is 57.5% owned in the top 1,000 and has started the season well, with five goals and one assist in six starts. 
Son Heung-min (£11.4m) is an interesting one. No goals and just one solitary assist so far this season - surely he has to start scoring soon? 
In just 1.3% of the top 1,000 teams, he still has 19 points to Kane’s 44, so it’s not a complete disaster if you had Son over Kane. 
My only worry is Son gets dropped for a game for Richarlison (£8.9m).
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<h3>Sunday fixtures</h3>
Sunday's two games are Brentford v Arsenal and Everton v West Ham. 
The Arsenal game is the first game of the day, so again we can check lineups before selecting captains. 
At 62.4% owned in the top 1,000, I dare say Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) will be the most popular captain. 
If you own William Saliba (£7.4m) he could be a good option. Passing bonus could be on the cards and a clean sheet could make him a 20 point captain.
<h3>Time to move on highly owned players who miss out this week?</h3>
There are some highly owned players in the top 1,000 who unfortunately miss out this weekend, including:
Mohamed Salah (£11.7m) -  47.2%
Marcus Rashford (£8.1m) - 45.7%
Luis Diaz (£10.1m) - 28.9%
Pascal Gross (£7.5m) - 21%
Raheem Sterling (£10.0m) - 19.9%
van Dijk - 20.3%
Alisson (£8.0m) - 13.1%
Alexander-Arnold 12.7%
I would consider moving some of these on. Brighton’s next two games are against Liverpool and Spurs and they have just lost manager Graham Potter, so their players appeal a lot less. 
Manchester United face Manchester City next. 
Chelsea I’m still very unsure on, although I’m sure Potter will do an excellent job. 
As for Liverpool, they have been struggling somewhat, especially defensively. 
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