In this blog, the three best Captaincy options for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 2 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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Mohamed Salah (BOU)

Salah found the back of the net 11 times at Anfield last season, only Rashford (13) was more prolific amongst midfielders in home matches. He was top for shots (74), shots in the box (SiB)(61) and Expected Goals (15.59). Liverpool scored 46 goals last season with only Arsenal (53) and Man. City (60) faring better at home. They were top for Expected Goals (xG) 43 .61, and second for 'big chances' BC (71) in home matches, trailing just Man. City (74). Their opponents Bournemouth conceded 71 goals last season and only Southampton (73) and Leeds (78) conceded more. No team allowed opponents more shots in the box (SiB) (405) than the Cherries. Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 7.3 for Salah.

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Erling Haaland (NEW)

Haaland scored 22 of his 36 goals at the Etihad last season and as the Stats Sandbox image below shows, amongst forwards he was top for SiB (60), BC (31) and xG (14.87) in home matches. Man. City were top for goals scored (60) in home matches last season with only Liverpool (43.61) registering a higher xG (41.61). Their opponents Newcastle were the league's joint-best defence and only conceded 33 goals last season. However, The Magpies only managed five clean sheets in away matches, conceding 19 goals, and they ranked sixth for shots conceded (235). Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 6.2 for Haaland.

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Taiwo Awoniyi (SHU)

Awoniyi finished the 2022/23 season strong with seven goals over Forest’s last five matches, as the below image from our Match Stats feature shows he was top amongst their players for goals (seven), xG (2 .1) and shots on target (seven) over that period. Forest were ranked 11th for goals scored at home (27) and 13th for xG (23.98). Newly promoted Sheff. Utd struggled in their opening game against Palace and allowed their opponents 17 SiB with only Luton (20) faring worse. Injuries to key players and departures in the Transfer Window have left the Blades short of personnel and Awoniyi will be looking to build on his goal against Arsenal last weekend, our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 3.6 for the forward.

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