Captain Picks
Data-driven captain recommendations for every gameweek
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Captain Score Methodology
0 – 100 scale
How we calculate it
- •Fixture Difficulty (25%) — Form-adjusted opponent difficulty, inverted — easier fixture = higher score
- •Form (25%) — FPL's rolling 6GW average, normalised to 0–100
- •ICT Index (20%) — FPL's influence/creativity/threat composite metric, normalised across all players
- •Home Advantage (10%) — Home = 100, Away = 40, DGW mixed = 70, BGW = 0
- •Ownership (10%) — Higher ownership = safer, more popular captain pick
- •Bonus Points (10%) — Season bonus tally, normalised — rewards consistent big-score contributors
↻Updated using live FPL API data
Gameweek 5
Selected GW
Fri 18 Sept, 18:30
Deadline
0
DGW Teams
0
BGW Teams
Top Captain Picks — Gameweek 5
#1
Pen Taker
Haaland
MCIFWD
82.4
Captain Score
SUN (H)
8.2
Form
71.9%
Owned
30
ICT
DC/90: 4.5Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 3.3xA: 0.5xGI: 3.8
xPts: 8.7xG: 3.33CS: 0.00
full model →Fix
73
Form
55
ICT
75
Home
100
Own
96
Bonus
100
#2
Pen Taker
B.Fernandes
MUNMID
72.9
Captain Score
ful (A)
7.2
Form
42.4%
Owned
41
ICT
DC/90: 5.8Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 2.3xA: 1.1xGI: 3.4
xPts: 7.8xG: 2.85CS: 0.44
full model →Fix
88
Form
48
ICT
100
Home
40
Own
57
Bonus
33
#3
Prob Taker
João Pedro
CHEFWD
65.5
Captain Score
bre (A)
8.2
Form
74.7%
Owned
27
ICT
DC/90: 2.3Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 2.2xA: 0.2xGI: 2.4
xPts: 6.4xG: 2.17CS: 0.00
full model →Fix
55
Form
55
ICT
66
Home
40
Own
100
Bonus
78
#4
Cherki
MCIMID
64.5
Captain Score
SUN (H)
6.5
Form
28.9%
Owned
35
ICT
DC/90: 2.9Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 0.6xA: 1.4xGI: 2.0
xPts: 6.9xG: 0.98CS: 0.70
full model →Fix
73
Form
43
ICT
86
Home
100
Own
39
Bonus
44
#5
Pen Taker
Mbeumo
MUNMID
62.0
Captain Score
ful (A)
5.8
Form
23.3%
Owned
28
ICT
DC/90: 5.5Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 2.8xA: 0.6xGI: 3.3
xPts: 8.0xG: 3.50CS: 0.44
full model →Fix
88
Form
39
ICT
70
Home
40
Own
31
Bonus
33
Differential Captain Picks
High upside, low ownership options — for the brave
#1
Pen Taker11.8% — differential
Saka
ARSMID
61.6
Captain Score
bha (A)
7.5
Form
11.8%
Owned
30
ICT
DC/90: 7.8Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 2.9xA: 0.4xGI: 3.3
xPts: 9.3xG: 3.86CS: 0.78
full model →Fix
73
Form
50
ICT
75
Home
40
Own
16
Bonus
44
#2
10.4% — differential
Gibbs-White
NFOMID
59.2
Captain Score
COV (H)
6.5
Form
10.4%
Owned
13
ICT
DC/90: 4.8Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 1.6xA: 1.0xGI: 2.6
xPts: 7.7xG: 1.95CS: 0.64
full model →Fix
95
Form
43
ICT
33
Home
100
Own
14
Bonus
67
#3
4.6% — differential
Tavernier
BOUMID
57.6
Captain Score
LIV (H)
7.2
Form
4.6%
Owned
28
ICT
DC/90: 9.3Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 1.7xA: 0.8xGI: 2.5
xPts: 8.7xG: 2.19CS: 0.25
full model →Fix
50
Form
48
ICT
68
Home
100
Own
6
Bonus
89
#4
Prob Taker12.2% — differential
Gakpo
LIVMID
57.4
Captain Score
bou (A)
7.2
Form
12.2%
Owned
28
ICT
DC/90: 8.7Proj. bonus: 0/g
MID/FWD: 12+ = +2ptsxG: 0.4xA: 1.2xGI: 1.7
xPts: 7.5xG: 0.71CS: 0.52
full model →Fix
70
Form
48
ICT
68
Home
40
Own
16
Bonus
56
#5
12.6% — differential
Tarkowski
EVEDEF
56.7
Captain Score
IPS (H)
7.2
Form
12.6%
Owned
14
ICT
DC/90: 9.8Proj. bonus: 0/g
DEF: 10+ = +2ptsxG: 0.2xA: 0.0xGI: 0.2
xPts: 8.0xG: 0.26CS: 2.75
full model →Fix
88
Form
48
ICT
34
Home
100
Own
17
Bonus
44