Fantasy Premier League

Who to captain in GW24? What the experts say

By The Scout 7 Feb 2022

Some of the world's top Fantasy managers reveal who is getting their armband

The Scout's panel of experts give their verdicts on who managers should captain ahead of the Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 24 deadline of 18:15 GMT on Tuesday 8 February.

Lee Bonfield (@FPLFamily)

I'm backing arguably the league's best attack against statistically the league's worst defence. Liverpool star Diogo Jota (£8.5m) gets the armband for me, at home to a Leicester City side whose expected goals conceded (xGC) statistic sits at a whopping 14.8 across their last six matches - so over two goals per match.

Ben Crabtree (@FC_CrabDogg)

I'm only considering a Manchester City player this week. Joao Cancelo (£7.1m) is tempting but I'm leaning towards an attacker. At the moment Raheem Sterling (£10.8m) is just edging out Phil Foden (£8.0m) as I think he's more likely to score as long as he starts.

Holly Shand (@HollyShand)

At the moment I've got the armband on Jarrod Bowen (£6.9m) as the form player in my team, but I'm tempted to bring in Kevin De Bruyne (£12.2m) and he would absolutely get the captaincy in that case.

Tom Cantle (@WGTA_FPL)

Looking back to his best and with underlying data to match, I'm backing Harry Kane (£12.3m) against one of his favoured opponents, Southampton.

Sam Bonfield (@FPLFamily)

There are a number of great captaincy options for Gameweek 24. Both Kane and Son Heung-min (£10.6m) have fantastic records against Southampton. Indeed, Son recorded his career-high haul of 24 points at St Mary’s Stadium last season.

I also think with Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) and Sadio Mane (£11.7m) both playing 120 minutes in the Africa Cup of Nations final, Jota could be a great option for the armband against a Leicester side who conceded four goals to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup at the weekend.