{"id":797305,"date":"2026-10-09T19:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797305\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:04:13","slug":"who-is-the-best-captain-for-fpl-gameweek-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797305\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the best captain for FPL Gameweek 6?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Gameweek 6 deadline of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) approaching, it\u2019s time to have a good think about who to captain.<\/p>\n

On paper, it\u2019s a tough week for captaincy.<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland (\u00a315.6m) faces Liverpool away, and his fellow expensive talisman, Bruno Fernandes (\u00a311.9m), is being sold by plenty of managers. Bukayo Saka (\u00a39.6m) hosts Leeds in the early kick-off, which is not an easy fixture by any means, while there\u2019s injury uncertainty at Chelsea, who face Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

Should we be moving away from Messrs Haaland and Fernandes? Do we trust Arsenal\u2019s attack against an impressive Leeds defence? Can we back a flagged Chelsea attacker? That\u2019s what we\u2019re considering in this week\u2019s \u2018Captain Sensible\u2019 article.<\/p>\n

In this piece, we will assess the on-site captaincy poll<\/a>, analyse myriad player and team statistics<\/a>, consult\u00a0the Rate My Team (RMT) points projections<\/a>, and settle on a top three for the armband, ahead of Saturday\u2019s 11am BST deadline.<\/p>\n

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Captaincy Poll<\/p>\n

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In one of the closest captaincy polls of the season, Saka holds the lead with over 25% of the vote. The Arsenal winger scored twice for England over the international break, continuing his strong start to the season. He has netted three times in five Gameweeks.<\/p>\n

Fernandes sits second with a mite under 15% backing, just five votes ahead of Haaland at the time of writing. The latter avoided a yellow flag, despite asking to be taken off in Norway\u2019s final Nations League game<\/a>, and has since trained. Fernandes has dropped in price since the Gameweek 5 deadline.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, two other players have managed to garner more than 5% support: Riccardo Calafiori (\u00a35.9m) and Cole Palmer (\u00a39.7m). The former is the most-owned defender in the game, currently sitting in over 50% of teams. He\u2019s also first name in the poll list, and the player in pole position tends to pick up accidental votes! Palmer, meanwhile, remains flagged but reports suggest<\/a> Chelsea are hopeful over his availability.<\/p>\n

Player Stats \u2013 Gameweeks 1-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Gameweek 6 deadline of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) approaching, it\u2019s time to have a good think…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[74079,218,262147,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-797305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-best-captain-for-gameweek-6","tag-football","tag-gameweek-6-best-captain","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}