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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 best FPL captain options for Gameweek 21.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>We nailed it with our <strong>Mohamed Salah (£13.2m)</strong> pick last week while the engaged crowd were arguing about the virtues of <strong>Julián Álvarez (£7.0m)</strong>.</p>
<p>This week the Norwegian auto-cap could be back, but is it too soon to back him - especially away at Newcastle? If it is too soon, then what’s the alternative?</p>
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<li><strong>Bukayo Saka (£9.0m)</strong> v Crystal Palace (H)</li>
<li><strong>João Pedro (£5.4m)</strong> v Wolves (H)</li>
<li><a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/jarrod-bowen-injury-latest-should-he-be-sold-in-fpl-and-who-are-the-potential-replacements-2023-24/"><strong>INJURED - Jarrod Bowen (£8.0m)</strong> v Sheffield United (A)</a></li>
<li><strong>Erling Haaland (£13.9m)</strong> v Newcastle (A)</li>
<li><strong>Cole Palmer (£5.6m)</strong> v Fulham (H)</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: Our Performance</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60989" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - our performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: Top Performers</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-61002" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - top performers</p>
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<p>Midfielders still remain the ideal captaincy choice for high upside.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60987" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: reverse fixtures</h2>
<p>Half of the fixtures took place in Gameweek 7, with the remainder in Gameweek 2:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60995" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - reverse fixtures (Gameweek 7)</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60997" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - reverse fixtures team of the week (Gameweek 7)</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60994" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - reverse fixtures (Gameweek 2)</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60996" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - reverse fixtures team of the week (Gameweek 2)</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: Twitter poll</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-61003" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - twitter poll</p>
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<p>That’s quite a surprising result. Palmer plays in the first match of the Gameweek and the last is not until over a week later! Imagine the angst if he blanks and you have to wait that long for it to be over.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: Players' records</h2>
<p><strong>Palmer</strong> - bagged an assist in the reverse fixture.</p>
<p><strong>Haaland </strong>- blanked in the reverse fixture but scored away last season.</p>
<p><strong>Saka </strong>- got two goals and an assist at home against Palace last season, but that's the only time he's returned against them.</p>
<p><a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/jarrod-bowen-injury-latest-should-he-be-sold-in-fpl-and-who-are-the-potential-replacements-2023-24/"><strong>Bowen (injured)</strong></a> - scored in the reverse fixture.</p>
<p><strong>Pedro </strong>- only cameoed against Wolves in the reverse fixture, and that’s the danger of him as a candidate.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60990" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 21 best captain - past performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 21: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered to show "per start" for the individual players and "by appearance" for the teams for the previous six gameweeks.</p>
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