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Captain23 May 2026

GW38 Captain Pick: Haaland at Home or Back Anderson's Stunning Form?

The final gameweek of the season often decides thousands of rank battles, and the captaincy call is everything. Haaland (form 6.8, owned by 64.2%) anchors most squads against AVL, who carry a tough away difficulty of 5. Anderson (form 8.5, owned by just 8.6%) is the differential weapon of GW38 in a NFO vs BOU clash rated difficulty 3 each way -- a low-ownership captain that could catapult your final rank.

Erling Haaland -- MCI (h)CAPTAIN -- 79%
Form: 6.8Owned: 64.2%Price: £14.7mFixture diff: 3Opponent diff: AVL away = 5

Haaland at home is the safest captaincy anchor in FPL history for good reason. AVL travel to the Etihad with a difficulty rating of 5, meaning City should dominate possession and create plenty of chances for their Norwegian striker. At 64.2% ownership the captaincy upside is limited for rank movement, but if he blanks you move with the template.

Brennan Anderson -- NFO (h)DIFFERENTIAL -- 82%
Form: 8.5Owned: 8.6%Price: £5.7mFixture diff: 3Opponent diff: BOU away = 3

Anderson has the highest form score among midfielders at 8.5 and faces a Bournemouth side with a comfortable away difficulty of 3 at the City Ground. At only 8.6% ownership, captaining Anderson is a huge differential play that separates your rank by tens of thousands of places if he delivers. For anyone chasing a top-100k finish, this is the pick.

Also Consider: Doku and EnzoROTATION OPTIONS
Doku -- Form: 7.2, Owned: 6.5%, £6.5m, MCI (h, diff 3)Enzo -- Form: 7.7, Owned: 11.5%, £6.4m, SUN (h, diff 3)

Doku shares Haaland's excellent home fixture and carries genuine differential value at 6.5% ownership, making him a sneaky captaincy fallback. Enzo hosts Sunderland with a fixture difficulty of 3 and his form of 7.7 makes him one of the safer mid-priced captaincy options for managers who missed out on Anderson.

GW38 Top Form Players

DEFSenesiBOU
£5.2m8.7
MIDAndersonNFO
£5.7m8.5
GKPRayaARS
£6.2m7.8
DEFGabrielARS
£7.3m7.8
MIDEnzoCHE
£6.4m7.7

Trending Transfers In

BowenWHU£7.8m
AndersonNFO£5.7m
Gibbs-WhiteNFO£7.5m
SzoboszlaiLIV£7.1m

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