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FPL Show: Why to captain Fernandes over Salah

21 Aug 2021

Fantasy expert Sam Bonfield says Man Utd midfielder will outscore his Liverpool counterpart in Gameweek 2

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Captain Bruno Fernandes (£12.1m) or Mohamed Salah (£12.6m)? It's the question facing millions of Fantasy Premier League managers ahead of the Gameweek 2 deadline. 

Salah pipped Fernandes as the most-captained player in Gameweek 1 as he was backed by a record 2.6million managers to the 903,000 of the Manchester United midfielder.

But this time around it may be wiser to back Fernandes, who outscored the Liverpool star last weekend and is set to face an opponent against whom he loves playing.

"Bruno's never blanked against Southampton," Fantasy expert Sam Bonfield explains on the latest FPL Show.

"He's had 17, 11 and five points in three meetings with them." 

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Lee Bonfield, the other half of the @FPLFamily, is instead leading towards Salah. 

But the Egyptian has only one goal in seven matches against Burnley, and Sam has a word of warning.

"I hate captaining someone in the early fixture," she adds. "It ruins my weekend if they blank!"

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Remember, the Gameweek 2 deadline is at 11:00 BST on Saturday 21 August.

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