Advantage Haaland as his FPL captain rivals blank in GW12

It's advantage Erling Haaland (£14.9m) in the Gameweek 12 captaincy battle in Fantasy Premier League after a disappointing weekend for his armband rivals.

Mohamed Salah (£14.2m), favoured by more than 1.1m for Liverpool's appealing encounter with Nottingham Forest at Anfield, blanked for the sixth time this season as the Reds lost 3-0.

Other popular captain picks have also frustrated their backers, with Joao Pedro (£7.5m), Jean-Philippe Mateta (£8.1m) and Hugo Ekitike (£8.6m) all returning just a single point. 

Haaland, the top captain pick for the seventh successive Gameweek, is looking to reward the 6.2million+ managers who have handed him the armband for Manchester City's contest at Newcastle United - an increase of over 506,000 from Gameweek 11.

GW12 most-captained players
Player Captained by Points
Haaland 6,213,952 -
Salah 1,166,777 2
Joao Pedro 896,454 1
Mateta 562,400 1
Mbeumo 351,115 -
Ekitike 256,244 1
Gyokeres 241,550 -
Semenyo 240,972 0
Saka 226,136 -

Among the other popular choices, there was also disappointment for the 240,000+ who captained Antoine Semenyo (£8.0m) for AFC Bournemouth's meeting with West Ham United, as he was left out of the Cherries' squad due to injury. Those managers will now get double points from their vice-captain.

Manchester United's Bryan Mbeumo (£8.6m) is also one of the top captain picks for Monday's home encounter with Everton.

Mbeumo is the No 1 transfer target for Gameweek 12, recruited by over 874,000 managers. His new owners will be hoping he fares better than he did the last time he was the Gameweek's most-bought player - snapped up by over 1.6m people in Gameweek 10, he returned just two points. 

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