Captaincy options for Gameweek 13: Gaffers spoiled for choice amid decisive turning point

GAMEWEEK 13 is simply a decisive turning constituent successful the Dream Team season.

All 20 Premier League clubs volition beryllium successful enactment TWICE, signalling a commencement to the hectic festive period.

There volition beryllium shed-loads of points up for grabs successful the coming weeks but you volition person to marque astute decisions if you are to permission your rivals successful the dust.

Selecting the close skipper for Gameweek 13 would beryllium a large commencement but that's easier said than done arsenic it's a wide unfastened tract up of this evening's deadline (6:30pm).

Erling Haaland (£8.6m) and Mohamed Salah (£7.4m) are ever the astir fashionable captains but with the brace successful nonstop contention astatine Anfield connected Sunday, it mightiness beryllium omniscient to look elsewhere for a change.

That being said, Liverpool's main antheral should inactive beryllium considered a good prime fixed the signifier of Pep Guardiola's broadside - the defending champions are conceding plentifulness of goals astatine the moment.

The Reds question to Newcastle successful midweek portion City volition big Nottingham Forest.

Perhaps this is the week to skipper Cole Palmer (£6m)?

Chelsea's main antheral has had his workload managed this play but the docket is apt to marque Gameweek 13 his archetypal treble of 2024/25.

Enzo Maresca's broadside invited an out-of-form Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge this play earlier a favourable travel to Southampton connected Wednesday.

Palmer has mustered conscionable 13 points from his past 3 appearances but the Blues' upcoming treble header looks mightily appealing connected paper.

Bukayo Saka (£6.4m) finished arsenic Gameweek 12's apical performer having collected 30 points crossed his 2 fixtures.

Arsenal's No7 took 14 points disconnected Forest and 16 disconnected Sporting CP, registering a extremity and assistance successful each outing.

Martin Odegaard's (£5.1m) instrumentality from wounded has undoubtedly helped Saka and the England planetary is surely among the starring captaincy candidates for Gameweek 13 up of games against West Ham and Manchester United.

A uncommon treble Gameweek for each 20 apical formation teams opens up each mode of alternate captaincy options for gaffers who similar to deliberation extracurricular the box.

Joao Pedro (£4.1m) has added 25 points to his tally from conscionable 2 outings since regaining fittingness and the Brazilian guardant volition beryllium hopeful of extending his bully signifier astatine location to Saints tonight.

Brighton question to Fulham connected Thursday for their 2nd fixture.

Pedro averages 8.7 points-per-game this season, a complaint lone bettered by Haaland and Salah among forwards.

Matheus Cunha (£4.8m) is among the astir fashionable recruits this week and Dream Team bosses who person transferred Wolves' talisman into their XI mightiness privation to spell the full hog and skipper him.

After a 20-point haul astatine Fulham's disbursal past weekend, the erstwhile Atletico Madrid antheral is the astir in-form subordinate successful the game!

Gary O'Neil's troops look Bournemouth and Everton this coming Gameweek.

Elsewhere, beardown cases tin beryllium made for Nicolas Jackson (£4m), Bryan Mbeumo (£4.3m) and a mates of Spurs assets - it truly is simply a wide unfastened field.

Confirm your skipper (and vice captain) earlier the 6:30pm deadline!