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Pras: With the extra set of chips we have been handed for the first half of the season, there is certainly a temptation to use one every week. This is especially true with triple captaincy, where there isn’t much planning involved.
If you own a player who has a great fixture, it’s a chip you can just play on a whim.
There is a framework I try to follow when
Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton, £6.5m – Leicester (h)
Backing a forward player against Leicester pays off almost every week and Mitoma is easily Brighton’s most reliable midfielder.
The most shots, shots in the box, on target, key passes, xG, goals – I could go on.
Newcastle’s Murphy had a haul from the flanks against the Foxes, now it is Mitoma’s turn.
Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, £13.8m – West Ham (h)
It is
Matz Sels, Nottingham Forest, keeper, £4.8m – away at Wolves
Forest’s miserly defence is aiming for a third straight clean sheet and takes on a Wolves side without banned talisman Matheus Cunha.
Since week 11, Cunha has been involved in 53% of Wolves’ goals, scoring nine.
They could really struggle without him – alright, they still scored at Spurs when he had left the pitch but everyone does against Tottenham
Mohamed Salah (captain), Liverpool, midfielder, £12.8m – home to Aston Villa
Why change a winning formula? Salah has scored in his past three, he netted in this fixture last season, Villa just shipped four at Spurs and have one day’s less rest than Liverpool after a trip to Belgium in the Champions League.
Simple captain choice this week.
Alejandro Garnacho, Manchester United, midfielder, £6.3m – home to Leicester City
Cardiff City’s Isaak Davies, Jamilu Collins and Kion Etete are all set for lengthy spells on the sidelines due to injury.
The trio missed the Bluebirds’ 2-0 pre-season win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Ground.
And boss Erol Bulut confirmed Wales Under-21 international Davies, Nigerian left-back Collins and forward Etete will miss the beginning of Cardiff’s 2024-25 season.
“Kion is injured, Isaak is injured and JC is also injured