In this blog, the three best Captaincy options for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 16 are discussed. Picks are in the below format:

1. No.1 predicted by Fix 
2. Alternative high-ownership option. Over 20%
3. Differential option. Under 20%

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Erling Haaland (lut)

Haaland has scored eight of his 14 goals in away matches this season, the Norwegian international is also top for shots (33), shots in the box (SiB) (32), shots on target (SoT) (21), 'big chances' (BC) (20) and 'Expected Goals' (xG) (10.21). No team has scored more goals than Man. City (36) this season, they are third for shots (233) and second for xG (31.16). Their hosts Luton have conceded 30 goals this season with only Burnley (33) and Sheff. Utd. (41) more porous. Only Sheff. Utd. (282) have allowed opponents more shots than Luton (265) and the Hatters are ranked bottom for 'Expected Goals Conceded' (xGC) (35.36). Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 7.8 for Haaland.

Mohamed Salah (cpl)

Salah (10) trails only Haaland (15) in the Golden Boot race and the Egyptian international is top for shots (44), SiB (34), SoT (20), BC (15) and xG (9.86) amongst all midfielders. He trails only Neto (seven) for assists (six) while only Saka (38) and B. Fernandes (41) have created more chances than his 35. No midfielder has created more BC (13) or notched a higher 'Expected Assists' (xA) tally (6.91). As the below image from our Fix Heatmaps feature shows, he has averaged 5.8 FPL points in away matches this season. Liverpool have scored 34 goals (second) and are top for shots (266) and xG (33.55). Their hosts Palace have conceded 21 goals this campaign (eighth), they are ranked 11th for SiB conceded (181) and seventh for xGC (21.88). Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 6.0 for Salah.

Hwang Hee Chan (NFO)

Hee Chan's goal against Burnley (eight) sees the South Korean international trail only Bowen, Son (nine each) and Salah (10) amongst midfiedlers. As the Stats Sandbox image below shows, amongst Wolves players, he trails only Cunha (31) for shots (25) but is top amongst their players for SiB (22), BC (eight) and xG (4.96). He is also fourth for chances created (12) and xA (1.74). Wolves have scored 20 goals this season (12th) and are 15th for xG (19.15). Their visitors Forest have conceded 27 goals (15th) and have kept only three clean sheets. They are 11th for shots conceded (204) and ninth for xGC (23.10). Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 4.6 for Hee Chan.

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