The Best FPL Gameweek 29 Captains

After a Gameweek in which every player seemingly bagged, it’s safe to say that every captain was eating in Gameweek 28. From Bruno to Ekitike to Thiago to Semenyo. It appears there was success for all. Including the Ingenuity favourite of Harry Wilson. Who honestly could’ve scored more had he not been forced off early with an injury.

GW29 poses a similar set of problems with a few great options such as Wilson and Haaland wrestling with injuries.

Nonetheless, we will do out best to guide you through some of the trickier decisions.

Makes sure you check out our Gameweek 29 Predicted Line-Ups and Team News Hub before locking in any changes.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s get stuck into the best Gameweek 29 Captains.

 

Erling Haaland vs NFO (H)

Despite missing Saturday’s trip to Leeds with injury, it appears Haaland may be trending towards a return against relegation strugglers Nottingham Forest. Forest have now lost 3 of their last 4 in the league and appear to be back on the downward trend. Just the sort of game Haaland would love to bounce back against. They also have the 4^th highest xGA in the entire league, with only Wolves, Burnley and West Ham being worse.

With City now firmly locked into a title race and every game proving more important than ever, it is likely City will explore any option possible to get their star man back on the pitch.

 

Hugo Ekitike vs WOL (A)

What a haul from Ekitike against West Ham. After 3 blanks off around 1.9 total xGI it’s safe to say the man was due. He was our 2^nd favourite captaincy option for a reason in Gameweek 28. His underlying numbers have been fantastic and he is too good a player and finisher to not regress toward that mean.

That being said, Wolves have seemed like a different team under Rob Edwards and have put up some spirited displays of late. However, Aston Villa have been really struggling in the attacking department of late and Liverpool are just a different beast.

What’s even more encouraging was Ekitike getting a slightly early bath after being subbed around the 75^th minute. Which bodes well for his chances of starting against Wolves.

 

Bruno Fernandes vs NEW (A)

There is no two ways around it and it does hurt me to say it. Newcastle are awful right now. Particularly the defence. They have conceded 15 goals in their last 6 league games and have lost 5 of their last 6 in the process. Normally this would be a much trickier fixture but right now this is about as green as it gets.

If Haaland does not play then Bruno would absolutely be another fantastic option. He broke his 2 Gameweek drought with a pair of returns for 1.27 xGI against Palace and looks good to go again against a weak Newcastle backline. It’s fair to say his Defcons have dried up a bit since Carrick took over and moved him back to the 10. However, this has been more than compensated by his higher propensity for attacking returns.

United are arguably THE in-form team in the league now, being unbeaten in 10 and winning 6 of their last 7. Think Unstoppable force meets very moveable object for this match up.

 

Antoine Semenyo vs NFO (H)

Even if Haaland is good to go, Semenyo remains an excellent captaincy option. He has an excellent knack for making runs into the box and finishing off chances and through balls, which City are able to provide in abundance via the quality of RAN, O’Reilly, Nunes etc.

More importantly however has been his minutes. He is receiving 90 minutes week in week out and seems uncharacteristically indispensable for a Pep Line-Up. With City now baring down on Arsenal and winning 5 of their last 6, it is hard to see Pep doing more tinkering in the short term.

 

Virgil Van Dijk vs WOL (A)

This man can do no wrong at the moment and seems to be at the peak of his goalscoring powers. There is no doubt around it, he is excellent in the air and Liverpool seem to look his way from every set-piece.

He now takes on the team who have scored the least goals in the league in Wolves and by quite the margin. 6 less than 2^nd worst Nottingham Forest. Liverpool have also looked a bit better at the back of late with 2 clean sheets in their last 3.

He is also very solid for Defcons, averaging around 9.5 per 90. Essentially, Van Dijk hits what we like to call the Holy Trinity of defensive output. High clean sheet %, High Defcon potential and high attacking return potential. All 3 of these are normally great news for a defender.

 

Daniel Munoz vs TOT (A)

What an absolute mid-off this has the potential to be. Both Palace and Spurs have been struggling of late with the latter now firmly embedded in a relegation scrap. Not only have Spurs been struggling to score of late, with only 3 in their last 4 in the league. They have also been struggling to keep them out, conceding 10 across those last 4.

Any time a team’s attack and defence have been poor it lends itself very well to a profile of someone like Munoz. Despite not lighting up the returns column since his return from injury, we all know the type of player and type of attacking returns this man is capable of.

You don’t even have to believe in Munoz, which is understandable given his lack of returns recently, you just have to not believe in Spurs. Which at the moment is more than feasible.

Especially with Romero still out and Dragusin starting. A set up which raises Spurs average goals conceded per game from 1.52 to 2.69.

 

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