After Erling Haaland (£14.8m) was ruled out of Manchester City's trip to Leeds United, more than 5.7million managers who captained the Norwegian in Fantasy Premier League will instead be earning double points from their vice-captain.
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes (£9.9m) is the most-popular vice-captain for Haaland backers, with 744,000+ managers now having the Portuguese midfielder as their captain for Sunday's home match against Crystal Palace.
Fernandes has produced 10 points in all three of his appearances at Old Trafford since Michael Carrick took over as head coach and has eight double-figure hauls to his name this season, second only to the nine of Haaland.
Fernandes now has a bit of pressure on his shoulders as all three of the top five vice-captains to play on Saturday scored.
The big winners so far are the 314,000+ who will benefit from Liverpool forward Hugo Ekitike's (£9.0m) points being doubled, after he scored and provided two assists in the 5-2 win over West Ham United to claim 15 points, including the maximum three bonus points.
The second most-popular vice-captain, midfielder Antoine Semenyo (£8.1m), netted the only goal of the match as Manchester City beat Leeds United 1-0. His eight-point return will give those who vice-captained him 16 points when the Gameweek is updated after Sunday's final match.
And more than 349,000 FPL bosses with Brentford's Igor Thiago (£7.1m) as their vice-captain were also rewarded with a goal as the Brazilian scored his 18th of the season in the Bees' thrilling 4-3 victory at Burnley.
The final member of the top five, Chelsea's Joao Pedro (£7.6m) has a trip to leaders Arsenal on Sunday.
Who did Haaland backers vice-captain?
| Player | Vice-captained by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Fernandes | 744,951 | - |
| Semenyo | 592,136 | 8 |
| Joao Pedro | 394,904 | - |
| Thiago | 349,178 | 6 |
| Ekitike | 314,852 | 15 |