FPL Gameweek 36 deadline is fast approaching and with a huge double gameweek most of the popular captain picks play twice making captaincy tricky. In this blog let’s analyze the top captaincy options based on our metrics.
Metrics record this season: 27/35 this season
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FPL GW36 Captaincy poll ~ Wisdom Of the Crowd
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Salah tops the FPL DGW36 poll with more than 50% of the votes which is expected considering Liverpool double and Salah was benched in GW35 which pretty much guarantees his minutes in GW36. KDB is second with close to 22% of the votes, KDB too didn’t play in GW35 and was subbed off at 76 mins vs Madrid which gives him a good chance of playing both the games. Cancelo is third with 7% votes, Son is fourth with 5% votes and Saka is fifth with nearly 4% votes. The five players going into our metrics this week will be Salah, KDB, Cancelo, Son and Saka.
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Underlying Numbers of the FPL Gameweek 36 Captain picks
It’s a pretty rare week that sees Salah not top any of the attacking metrics. Saka has the most shots inside the box(15), Son and Salah are close behind with 13 shots inside the box each. KDB(10) and Cancelo(5) are fourth and fifth for shots inside the box.
KDB of course has the most chances created with whopping 24 chances created in the last six games. Saka is showing high up here as well with 15 chances created. Son tops the big chances in the last six games with six big chances, Saka has three and Salah has two.
Son tops the xG with 3.11 xG in the last six games, Saka is second with 3.01 xG. Salah who used to dominate the xG numbers in the metrics is only third with an xG of 1.76.
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Underlying Numbers of the Candidate’s Teams
Man City without any surprise dominates the team numbers with 73 shots inside the box, 17 big chances in total and a whopping 14.72 xG in the last six games. Title rivals Liverpool are close behind in terms of big chances(14) and shots inside the box(63).
Arsenal are further away from Liverpool and Spurs are last considering they went on a run of games without a shot on target.
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Fixture Difficulty of the candidate team in FPL GW36
In the Third Phase of the article, We use Drafthound’s odds for a Team scoring at least One goal in the Gameweek and the Odds of Scoring more than 2.5 goals in the Gameweek as a whole. You can check out the same as well for free on Drafthound along with fixture analysis, predicted analysis, and more.
A double game week means the odds are going to be on the higher end. Man City and Liverpool’s odds of atleast one goal are separated by just 0.35%
Man City once again tops the odds of 2.5+ goals with a 95% chance of scoring 2.5+ goals in the double gameweek. Salah and Liverpool are second with 90% of 2.5+ goals in this gameweek.
Spurs odds are low considering both their games are against top-six opposition(Arsenal and Liverpool)
Projections Rank of our FPL Gameweek 36 Captain Picks
In the Fourth Phase of the article, We have used the Anytime Returns and Projected Points Tools available at Fantasy Football Hub.
Cancelo has the highest anytime returns(90%), KDB is second with 85% anytime returns, and Salah is third with an 81% chance of any time returns.
KDB has the most points projection, 13.1 points. Salah has one less with an overall points projection for FPL GW36.
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Conclusion – Final Rank from our FPL Gameweek 36 Captaincy metric analysis
In the Fifth and Final Phase of the article, I have aggregated the Ranks derived above to pull out the Cumulative Rank Factor (CRF). The Candidate having the lowest Cumulative Rank Factor is the most ideal Captaincy Option according to this metric.
KDB tops the metrics with the lowest CRF(7), and Cancelo is second with a CRF of 9. Salah could only finish third with a CRF of 12. Saka(14) finishes above Son who’s CRF is only 16, partly due to the drop in projections and odds due to the tough fixtures for Spurs.
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AllAboutFPL FPL GW36 Scout Picks | Free Hit Special
FPL DGW36 Transfer Trends And Best Transfer Combinations
FPL Budget Forwards Analysis- Pukki vs Mateta vs Nketiah vs Dennis
Best FPL GW36 Free Hit Drafts to Consider | Free Hit Guide
FPL DGW36 Transfer Trends And Best Transfer Combinations
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