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Mohamed Salah (captain), Liverpool, £13.8m – Southampton (h)
One of the easiest captain choices of the season, I’m expecting at least two returns.
Cole Palmer (vice captain), Chelsea, £11.1m – Leicester (h)
Despite blanking in Chelsea’s 4-0 win last gameweek, you just can’t ignore Palmer in what should be another comfortable victory at Stamford Bridge.
Another blank and there’s a conversation to be had about selling him, but he had seven shots last week and an expected goals (xG) of 1.07.
Dominik Szoboszlai, Liverpool, £6.4m – Southampton (h)
The Hungarian has quietly become Liverpool’s most reliable midfield option behind Salah, with five goals and seven assists this season.
He has goals in his past two games and five double-digit returns in 2024-25, which is the kind of explosiveness you want.
This is a smashing home game for Liverpool and definitely worth a triple up.
Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford, £8m – Aston Villa (h)
I always like a rested team at home taking on one that has played midweek and you have to fancy Brentford to get something against what should be a tired Villa side.
Mbeumo is their talisman with 20 returns now this season after his assist last gameweek.
Do you hold him for a tricky run coming up that includes Arsenal and Newcastle away? That will be a hard call to make soon.
Christopher Nkunku, Chelsea, £5.7m – Leicester (h)
Pedro Neto did a great job in this spot last week but Nkunku was perhaps even more impressive and has a much bigger goal threat than his Portuguese team-mate.
He’s likely to be playing in the number nine position again, from where he had four shots and scored once against Southampton.
