Opponent | H/A | PPG | Return% | PPG H/A | Return% H/A | Goal Odds | ||
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Sturridge | Man United | Away | 7.7 | 0.78 | 7.8 | 0.75 | 0.37 |
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Suarez | Man United | Away | 9.7 | 0.78 | 8.2 | 0.58 | 0.43 |
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Van Persie | Liverpool | Home | 6.2 | 0.63 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 0.43 |
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Rooney | Liverpool | Home | 6.5 | 0.62 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 0.30 |
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Lallana | Norwich | Home | 5.1 | 0.44 | 5.9 | 0.50 | 0.30 |
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Hazard | Aston Villa | Away | 6.4 | 0.46 | 5.3 | 0.38 | 0.37 |
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Lukaku | Cardiff | Home | 5.5 | 0.65 | 6.6 | 0.67 | 0.59 |
There are a whole host of good options for your Fantasy Premier League captain this week but let’s start at Old Trafford with another big game for both United and Liverpool. Although our data and prediction favours
The odds are close for all four though so what clues are there in the table’s other stats? Suarez has the best form of anyone of course, whether home or away, but we can see that his Returns away from home is a relatively low 58%. Not to be sniffed at all but does suggest his points away from home have come from a few big hauls rather than the more consistent returns of Sturridge. Looking at his big away games there are five away fixtures where he scored 10 points or more;
Looking at Rooney and Van Persie, it’s Rooney who looks the better prospect for United right now, even more so at Old Trafford. Let’s be honest. Van Persie is looking rather petulant at the moment. This excellent article from the Live Life United blog highlights the drawbacks going forward of United under Moyes, and it doesn’t appear Van Persie likes it very much. He was involved in a lot more of ‘everything’ at Arsenal and last season under
The game at Old Trafford is a hard one to call. Not so at St.Mary’s or
Lukaku looks a great shout for decent points haul this weekend. Like Lallana, Lukaku's home form is what has made his season so far, scoring 7 of his 10 goals in front of the Goodison faithful. Everton also have the best fixture of anyone this weekend with a clean sheet for
Here’s our own preferred order for captaincy in GW30:
- Lukaku (vs. Cardiff)
- Rooney (vs. Liverpool)
- Van Persie (vs. Liverpool)
- Suarez (vs. United)
- Sturridge (vs. United)
- Lallana (vs. Norwich)
- Hazard (vs. Villa)