{"id":30106,"date":"2025-04-18T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/30106\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:39:09","slug":"who-is-the-best-fpl-captain-for-double-gameweek-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/30106\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the best FPL captain for Double Gameweek 33?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scout on the all-important armband decision as Arsenal<\/a>, Aston Villa<\/a>, Crystal Palace<\/a> and Manchester City<\/a> all play two matches in Double Gameweek 33 (DGW33) of Fantasy Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At present, DGW33 is the final confirmed Double Gameweek of 2024\/25 Fantasy, so if you still have the Triple Captain chip<\/a> available, now could be the time to use it on a player who has two matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The benefits of such a tactic were underlined in Double Gameweek 24, when Mohamed Salah<\/strong> (\u00a313.8m) scored 29 points across his two matches, thanks to three goals, an assist and six bonus points, giving him a MASSIVE 87 points with the Triple Captain chip.<\/p>\n

Palace’s Ismaila Sarr<\/strong> (\u00a35.8m) has been the top-performing DGW33 player over the last six Gameweeks.<\/p>\n

The winger amassed 37 points over that spell, thanks to three goals, an assist and six bonus points.<\/p>\n

Villa’s Morgan Rogers<\/strong> (\u00a35.6m) ranks top for goal involvements, with two goals and a trio of assists helping him to 35 points.<\/p>\n

Man City’s Omar Marmoush<\/strong> (\u00a37.6m) has also caught the eye with three goals, an assist and seven bonus points.<\/p>\n

In defence, Arsenal and Man City are the only sides represented in the table below.<\/p>\n

Gunners pair Jurrien Timber<\/strong> (\u00a35.7m) and William Saliba<\/strong> (\u00a36.5m) delivered 29 and 25 points respectively, with Man City’s Josko Gvardiol <\/strong>(\u00a36.2m) just ahead of Saliba on 26 points, thanks to three clean sheets and four bonus points.<\/p>\n

DGW33 players’ output, GW27-32<\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/td>\nG + A<\/td>\nClean sheets<\/td>\nBonus pts<\/td>\nPts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSarr\u00a0<\/p>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRogers<\/p>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMarmoush<\/p>\n4<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTimber<\/p>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMerino<\/p>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGvardiol<\/p>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEze<\/p>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSaliba<\/p>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRice<\/p>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMalen<\/p>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWatkins<\/p>\n3<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Who has the most potential for goals and assists?<\/p>\n

The underlying data helps give a better indication of the players who are likely to get attacking returns.<\/p>\n

When it comes to big chances, or situations where the player is expected to score, Sarr<\/strong>‘s total of six ranks top among the DGW33 contingent.<\/p>\n

The Palace winger has also created three big chances, which means he has been involved in a total of nine such opportunities – also placing him top in the analysis.<\/p>\n

Marmoush<\/strong>‘s all-round style of play is clear to see here – he’s had four big chances and created four more for his team-mates. The Egyptian’s 19 shots also underline his keen eye for goal, placing him top for this statistic in the table below.<\/p>\n

Rogers ranks just behind the Man City star on seven big-chance involvements, although it’s worth noting he only had five shots in that period – half the total of Villa team-mates Youri Tielemans<\/strong> (\u00a35.5m) and Marco Asensio <\/strong>(\u00a36.2m).<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the appearance of Kevin De Bruyne <\/strong>(\u00a39.3m) is all the more impressive bearing in mind he’s only started two of Man City’s last six matches. Yet he’s second among team-mates only to Marmoush for big-chance involvement, with a total of four.<\/p>\n

The data also highlights the large quantity of shots from Arsenal trio Leandro Trossard<\/strong> (\u00a36.7m), Gabriel Martinelli<\/strong> (\u00a36.5m) and Mikel Merino<\/strong> (\u00a36.1m), with all producing 10+ attempts.<\/p>\n

But the numbers also show those efforts have been low on quality – indeed, of the combined 38 shots the trio had, only four were big chances.<\/p>\n

DGW33 players’ attacking threat, GW27-32<\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/td>\nShots<\/td>\nBig chances<\/td>\nBig chances created\u00a0<\/td>\nBig-chance involvement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSarr<\/p>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMarmoush<\/p>\n19<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRogers<\/p>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTielemans<\/p>\n10<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDe Bruyne<\/p>\n10<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAsensio<\/p>\n10<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEze<\/p>\n17<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMateta<\/p>\n8<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWatkins<\/p>\n5<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOdegaard<\/p>\n9<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTrossard<\/p>\n17<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMartinelli<\/p>\n11<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRashford<\/p>\n8<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMerino<\/p>\n10<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Rotate your mobile device to see the full table<\/p>\n

What does the opponents’ defensive data tell us?<\/p>\n

An assessment of the opposition defences can also help steer your captaincy decision.<\/p>\n

The numbers could barely be more convincing for Arsenal’s attacking prospects.<\/p>\n

Their DGW33 opponents, Ipswich Town<\/a> and Palace, have each conceded 13 goals across their last six matches, with a single clean sheet between them. Combined, they have allowed a huge 46 big chances, with both clubs ranked among the worst teams for this statistic.<\/p>\n

By contrast, Man City’s DGW33 opponents, Everton<\/a> and Villa, allowed just 16 big chances between them.<\/p>\n

Villa face Newcastle United<\/a> and Man City, who have conceded nine and 10 big chances respectively.<\/p>\n

Palace’s prospects look slightly better mainly thanks to AFC Bournemouth<\/a>‘s recent displays, with the Cherries’ among the worst three sides for conceding both goals and big chances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opposition defences, GW27-32<\/p>\n\nClub<\/td>\nGoals conc.<\/td>\nClean sheets<\/td>\nBig chances conc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEverton\u00a0<\/p>\n5<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nArsenal<\/p>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNewcastle\u00a0<\/p>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAston Villa<\/p>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMan City<\/p>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBournemouth<\/p>\n10<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIpswich<\/p>\n13<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCrystal Palace<\/p>\n13<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

So, who is the best captain?<\/p>\n

The player data lifts the appeal of handing the armband to Marmoush<\/strong>, with his involvement in big chances and overall shot count all in his favour.<\/p>\n

On the downside, Man City do have tougher fixtures than Arsenal according to the team data and captaining a Gunners attacker would be the ideal situation here.<\/p>\n

However, Mikel Arteta\u2019s recent rotation around UEFA Champions League matches is a big concern, which suggests it may be enough simply owning the likes of Bukayo Saka (\u00a310.5m), as there\u2019s clearly a huge risk surrounding his chances of starting both matches.<\/p>\n

Instead, the security of starts offered by Saliba at the back, combined with his upturn in set-piece threat due to Gabriel\u2019s injury, indicates the Frenchman could emerge as the Gunners\u2019 top performer against Ipswich and Palace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scout on the all-important armband decision as Arsenal, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Manchester City all play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[79,661,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-30106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-text","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114358777507924180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}