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) delivered a 13-point haul as the most-popular vice-captain for Haaland backers, with 744,000+ extra managers now having the Portuguese midfielder as their captain for Gameweek 28.
Fernandes has produced a double-digit haul in each of his last five home matches, totalling 56 points in that time. Against Crystal Palace, the Portugal international recorded four shots on goal and created one big chances in an all-action display. After bonus, only one other midfielder in Fantasy has more points.
The biggest winners 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) saw his six-match streak of picking up at least one attacking return end in the Blues' defeat to Arsenal.
Who did Haaland backers vice-captain?
| Player | Vice-captained by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Fernandes | 744,951 | 13 |
| Semenyo | 592,136 | 8 |
| Joao Pedro | 394,904 | 2 |
| Thiago | 349,178 | 6 |
| Ekitike | 314,852 | 15 |