FPL Captain Picks For Gameweek 22
The Premier League is back on Friday evening, and precision planning over the coming rounds could pay dividends.
With teams involved in domestic cup competition, the schedule will be tweaked to accommodate additional fixtures leaving us with plenty of double-game week opportunities.
Marcus Rashford or Bruno Fernandes
Avoiding the draw with Reading in the FA Cup locks in a double for this game week as United now face Crystal Palace and Leeds at Old Trafford.
So, that puts us in a slight dilemma, who to choose between, Bruno Fernandes or Marcus Rashford… and whether we should risk playing the Triple Captain chip.
Rashford has been the star of the restart with a string of outstanding performances, which has seen the 25-year-old return ten goal involvements across ten matches (all competitions) before blanking in the FA Cup.
No player has scored more FPL points since Gameweek 17, but teammate Fernandes is proving himself to be an able deputy, with one double-digit and another four solid returns in his last five Premier League encounters, placing him seventh overall post-World Cup.
A quick look at the underlying numbers suggests Rashford is the better pick with greater potential in attacking output, although Fernandes is the more creative, with a slightly higher xA per 90.
Rashford has outscored his Portuguese counterpart – 8.45 vs 6.51 – per 90 since Christmas and is the safer bet of the two… but neither ticks enough boxes for me to seriously consider using my TC chip.
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