Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 11
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Ahoy there, everybody. Once again, I’ve been given the honor of guiding you through this week’s most appealing captaincy options. As is the case most weeks, the captaincy tour’s first stop is Peps Wild Rotational Ride, before moving on to more predictable pastures. It’s time to have a look at this week’s captaincy candidates. Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 11.
Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero – Southampton (H)
Raheem Sterling has bounced back from what was a three-game lull in Gameweek 4-6 with some tremendous performances, including a Champions League quintuple return against Atalanta. Raz sits atop the expected points ranking for the last four Gameweeks (30.5 expected points), as well as being the player with the highest number of big chances (12) and most shots fired from within the opponent’s box (30). Sterling looks to be in terrific form and will be facing a team desperate to regain some confidence. For me, he is this week’s premier captaincy option.
Not far behind is Kevin De Bruyne. Manchester City’s Belgian Maestro has unequivocally been the leagues most creative player, leading the league in big chances created (10), key passes (34), total crosses (77) and successful crosses (27). De Bruyne is involved in almost everything City creates and looks like a captaincy pick with a safe “floor”. His home form has been especially impressive, returning 11, 13 and 17 points prior to last weekends win over Aston Villa, in which he was the smallest of Silva touches away from a 9-pointer.
Sergio Agüero needs no further introduction. In a world where Gabriel Jesus followed his secret dream of becoming a NASCAR racer, Agüero would be the premier captaincy option week in and week out. Alas, and to the dismay of the 26.4% who own the Argentine striker, we do not live in such a world. Agüero has been benched in three of the last four Gameweeks, playing 128 out of a total 360 minutes. Tuesdays League Cup game against Southampton didn’t really provide us with any more information or clues, it rather just clouded the issue. Sterling through the middle on his own anyone?!
Mo Salah, Sadio Mane – Aston Villa (a)
This week, Liverpool are traveling to Birmingham. Aston Villa have proven defensively stout at home and should put up a decent fight.
Tammy Abraham – Watford (a)
Jamie Vardy – Crystal Palace (a)
As for Jamie Vardy, you can accuse him of many things (same goes for his wife by the way. Boom, roasted), but him being a statistically sound choice is not one of them. Vardy is commonly referred to as a “statbuster”, and him sitting atop the Premier League goalscoring charts with 8 goals from 10 big chances and 12 shots on target certainly supports that. In short, Vardy is a proven goal scorer (closing in on his 100th Premier League goal) facing opposition that should allow opportunities. At the same time, he is a low volume finisher, meaning you are depending on him taking advantage of those opportunities. It’s also worth keeping in mind that Leicester were a bottom five attacking side prior to them giving Southampton a new version of Black Friday. It remains to be seen whether we can expect a sustained attacking improvement from the Foxes.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette – Wolves (H)
Wolves, their Gameweek 11 opponent, seem to be closing in on last years magnificent form (something that should worry Arsenal fans, seeing as how they were held without a win against Wolves last season). It’s worth mentioning that Wolves captain Willy Boly is missing due to injury. On paper, Arsenal should be clear favorites going into this fixture. However, the two teams appear to be on different form trajectories, making me sceptical of trusting an Arsenal asset this week.
Heung-Min Son, Harry Kane – Everton (a)
One thing that just might contribute to kickstarting the Spurs attack is facing Everton. Spurs have scored 18 times in their last five games against Everton, with last seasons 6-2 shellacking at Goodison Park serving as the brightest memory of attacking days gone by. Bold managers might just gamble on Spurs rediscovering their groove in their return to the blue side of Stanley Park.
Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford– Bournemouth (a)
Starting his first league game back from injury, Anthony Martial joined Marcus Rashford to spearhead a Manchester United attack that had only mustered 7 goals in the 8 league games following their opening day triumph over Chelsea. It proved to be an eventful evening at Carrow Road, as the tandem went on to become the first pair of players from the same team to have missed a penalty and scored a goal in the same match. Along with Jamie Vardy, Martial and Rashford sit atop of the xG rankings for Gameweek 10, although those number should be viewed with a bit of Norwich context (meaning that stats aggregated facing a team without a defense should be taken lightly). Nevertheless, Martial racking up 4 big chances in one game is worth noticing. He looks to be United most dangerous player when utilized as a number 9, and I expect him to score a few goals in the coming weeks.
This week, United are facing a Bournemouth side who’ve suddenly decided that defending is worthwhile. I’m not sure what spirit possessed Eddie Howe prior to Gameweek 8, but the Cherries find themselves atop of the expected goals conceded rankings for Gameweek 8-10. Trusting Bournemouth to continue a trend is usually a fruitless pursuit, but with Uniteds notorious lack of attacking oomphf, they just might win out.
Conclusion:
As always, doing the research for these articles has been a pleasure. And, as always, I struggle to identify one clear-cut captaincy pick. This week, my vote goes to Raheem Sterling, with Kevin De Bruyne nibbling at his heel. To wrap up the article, here is my ranking of this week’s options:
– Raheem Sterling – Southampton (H)
– Kevin De Bruyne – Southampton (H)
– Sergio Aguero – Southampton (H)
– Mohammed Salah (if available) – Aston Villa (a)
– Sadio Mane – Aston Villa (a)
– Tammy Abraham – Watford (a)
– Jamie Vardy – Crystal Palace (a)
– Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Wolves (H)
– Heung-Min Son – Everton (a)
– Anthony Martial – Bournemouth (a)
– Alexandre Lacazette – Wolves (H)
– Harry Kane – Everton (a)
– Marcus Rashford – Bournemouth (a)
Best of luck in Gameweek 11, everybody!
Thanks for reading Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 11. This article was written by ThePeleOfMissionary.
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BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! rashford actually scored a peno…… Repeat he actually found the goal.
And a world class free kick
I’m thinking either Kun or Auba and Douglas out for Vardy and Martial.
Leaning towards Kun out
Thoughts? Other options?
Keep Kun – his minutes might be limited at the weekend after playing the full 90, but vs a super vulnerable Southampton, it’d be foolish to ditch him.
Keep Auba too – he’s rested tonight.
With everyone going for Vardy, your Maddison pick might be a useful differential.
Kun not starting last 2 games is starting to hurt. Yes he is amazing when on, but cant have 12m sitting on my bench doing nothing.
Leicester’s fixtures are also very tempting
Form-wise, Auba would be the one to drop for Vardy. Your call, but it’s a toughie!
Anyone else
I’d keep Kun if I had him. Pep bemoaned not taking chances at the weekend and again he’s come back in and done exactly that. I think he’s had an injury that was underplayed and that probably contributed to the sudden unexpected absences, the Argie boss outed that. Fact that he started would suggest that perhaps he is over that again now.
Auba I’m not sure on. Wolves won’t be a push over at all. But then will Palace be for Leicester?
Innit,
My thinking is that I have Sterling and KdB. So can cover the Kun void. Auba has Ozil back now as well, so should finally be getting some decent ball.
Leicester are on fire at the moment and Martial is back to finally lead a stubborn United attack
This thread is exactly what i checked in here for today so cheers to PP, LoudAtlas, Innit & Smash. Agree that Kun at his cost not getting 90 mins is frustrating but can’t bring myself to dump him for Vardy.
For me though, I can only bring in KDB by ditching Kun so this weekend will go a long way to help me make a decision. If Kun gets 20-30 mins and no goals, it’s time to go.
I would not be selling Aguero if I had him this week.
Auba?
4-4 between Arsenal and Liverpool so far! Defending is well out the window!
4-5.
Goal fest!
Liverpool have no bench to call on
Dont know what klopp was thinking… bobby or mane should be on it..
Yeah, you’d think 3 or 4 of the usual XI would be playing to steady the ship!
Don’t be daft. This was the perfect team to play. The youngsters and fringe players need games.
There’s plenty of Goal of the Season contenders in this game, I hear. Got to find the highlights!
5-5 !
Liverpool win 5-4 on pens!
CHO playing full 90mins tonight… Not good, that’s bad… :rant:
Thank god Liverpool are through, we want Salah TC in a DGW!!!!!!!
+1.
You could have 2 chances as GW18 against West Ham needs to be arranged.
Yeah true!!
Pele, this is what I call comprehensive. I like the rankings at the end. Thanks mate.
Pretty sure I’ll be going with Raheem.