Captains & Differentials

Who to captain, and the low-ownership punts that climb rank

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# Player Next xPts Price Form Pts Own %
1 Tavernier BOU MID BRE (H) 6.1 £6.1m 6.7 31 6.8%
2 Yalcouyé BHA MID cov (A) 5.5 £4.5m 3.7 20 4.0%
3 Emersonn IPS FWD cry (A) 5.5 £5.5m 5.3 26 3.5%
4 Vuskovic BHA DEF cov (A) 5.4 £5.0m 8.7 32 3.7%
5 Scott BOU MID BRE (H) 5.1 £6.1m 5.3 30 5.8%
6 Belloumi HUL MID che (A) 4.9 £5.1m 7.3 31 5.1%
7 Davis IPS DEF cry (A) 4.9 £4.0m 5.7 25 6.9%
8 Khalaili CRY DEF IPS (H) 4.8 £5.0m 5.3 19 0.3%
9 Mitchell CRY DEF IPS (H) 4.5 £4.5m 7.7 24 6.1%
10 Jacquet LIV DEF FUL (H) 4.4 £5.0m 6.7 24 3.5%
11 Suzuki AVL GKP NFO (H) 4.2 £5.0m 4.0 16 1.9%
12 Stach LEE MID NEW (H) 4.2 £6.0m 3.3 27 2.5%
13 Bogle LEE DEF NEW (H) 4.1 £4.6m 11.3 42 7.2%
14 Neto CHE MID HUL (H) 4.1 £6.5m 2.0 14 1.4%
15 Dewsbury-Hall EVE MID tot (A) 4.1 £6.6m 2.3 20 6.0%
16 Van Hecke TOT DEF EVE (H) 4.1 £4.9m 7.3 24 6.6%
17 A.Becker LIV GKP FUL (H) 4.1 £5.5m 8.3 27 4.1%
18 Giles HUL DEF che (A) 4.1 £4.0m 4.0 24 2.9%
19 Lacroix CHE DEF HUL (H) 4.0 £5.9m 2.0 13 6.8%
20 Egan HUL DEF che (A) 3.9 £4.1m 3.0 26 7.0%
21 Van de Ven TOT DEF EVE (H) 3.8 £5.0m 5.3 16 3.8%
22 Janelt BRE MID bou (A) 3.8 £5.0m 6.0 28 2.5%
23 Gomez BHA MID cov (A) 3.8 £5.0m 4.3 24 4.0%
24 Kamada CRY MID IPS (H) 3.7 £5.0m 5.3 21 0.5%
25 Wirtz LIV MID FUL (H) 3.7 £7.3m 4.0 18 5.7%

Available players owned by under 8.0% of managers, with at least two matches of minutes, ranked by expected points. A differential only helps if it returns — check the fixture before you jump.

How to read these tables

Captaincy is an expected-value decision, not a prediction. The armband doubles whatever happens, so the highest expected-points player is the right pick over a season even when it blanks in a given week.

Differentials trade certainty for rank movement. Owning what everyone else owns keeps your rank still; a low-ownership player who hauls moves it a long way. The lower the ownership, the bigger the swing in both directions.