The gameweeks are coming thick and fast as we hurtle towards our first double of the season.
The double provides some attractive differential options as well as a few obvious ones, and for the first time this season, Erling Haaland is snubbed for the captain’s armband.
See how we rate five captain candidates in the FPL Captain Call article
Goalscorer odds
| Player | Probability | Probability match 2 | Combined probability |
| Aleksandar Mitrovic | 43% | 36% | 63% |
| Erling Haaland | 53% | 53% | |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 25% | 37% | 53% |
| Kai Havertz | 22% | 37% | 51% |
| Raheem Sterling | 21% | 33% | 47% |
| Mohamed Salah | 47% | 47% | |
| Carlos Vinicius | 29% | 25% | 46% |
| Christian Pulisic | 19% | 32% | 45% |
| Darwin Nunez | 44% | 44% | |
| Anthony Martial | 43% | 43% | |
| Harry Kane | 43% | 43% | |
| Marcus Rashford | 42% | 42% | |
| Mason Mount | 17% | 28% | 40% |
| Roberto Firmino | 38% | 38% | |
| Julian Alvarez | 38% | 38% | |
| Antony | 38% | 38% | |
| Jamie Vardy | 36% | 36% | |
| Eddie Nketiah | 36% | 36% | |
| Patson Daka | 35% | 35% | |
| Bruno Fernandes | 35% | 35% | |
| Rodrigo | 34% | 34% | |
| Kelechi Iheanacho | 34% | 34% | |
| Che Adams | 34% | 34% | |
| Callum Wilson | 33% | 33% | |
| Gianluca Scamacca | 32% | 32% | |
| Harry Wilson | 18% | 17% | 32% |
| Patrick Bamford | 32% | 32% | |
| Danny Ings | 31% | 31% | |
| Danny Welbeck | 31% | 31% | |
| Leandro Trossard | 31% | 31% | |
| Son Heung-Min | 31% | 31% | |
| Ollie Watkins | 30% | 30% | |
| Jadon Sancho | 30% | 30% | |
| Gabriel Martinelli | 29% | 29% | |
| Bukayo Saka | 29% | 29% | |
| Fabio Carvalho | 29% | 29% | |
| Wilfried Zaha | 29% | 29% | |
| Odsonne Edouard | 29% | 29% | |
| Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 28% | 28% | |
| Harvey Barnes | 28% | 28% | |
| Michail Antonio | 28% | 28% | |
| Jarrod Bowen | 27% | 27% | |
| Andreas Pereira | 15% | 14% | 27% |
| Neal Maupay | 26% | 26% | |
| Phil Foden | 26% | 26% | |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | 26% | 26% | |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | 26% | 26% | |
| Adam Armstrong | 26% | 26% | |
| Riyad Mahrez | 25% | 25% | |
| Chris Wood | 24% | 24% | |
| Diego Costa | 24% | 24% | |
| Martin Odegaard | 24% | 24% | |
| Kevin De Bruyne | 24% | 24% | |
| Raul Jimenez | 24% | 24% | |
| Anthony Gordon | 23% | 23% | |
| Leon Bailey | 23% | 23% | |
| Philippe Coutinho | 23% | 23% | |
| Yoane Wissa | 23% | 23% | |
| Bryan Mbeumo | 21% | 21% | |
| Miguel Almiron | 21% | 21% | |
| Emiliano Buendia | 20% | 20% | |
| Hee-Chan Hwang | 20% | 20% | |
| Dominic Solanke | 20% | 20% | |
| Christian Eriksen | 20% | 20% | |
| Goncalo Guedes | 20% | 20% | |
| Dejan Kulusevski | 20% | 20% | |
| Ilkay Gundogan | 19% | 19% | |
| Pascal Gross | 19% | 19% | |
| Kieffer Moore | 18% | 18% | |
| Allan Saint-Maximin | 18% | 18% | |
| Brenden Aaronson | 17% | 17% | |
| Bernardo Silva | 17% | 17% | |
| Jack Grealish | 17% | 17% | |
| Ivan Perisic | 15% | 15% | |
| Bruno Guimaraes | 14% | 14% | |
| Granit Xhaka | 13% | 13% | |
| Virgil van Dijk | 12% | 12% | |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | 12% | 12% | |
| Joe Willock | 12% | 12% | |
| Joao Cancelo | 9% | 9% |
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Aleksandr Mitrovic (63%) is the name on everyone in the FPL community’s lips this week. The in-demand forward is given the highest likelihood of scoring across his two games as he takes on both Leicester and Chelsea for a double gameweek.
Leicester have been poor defensively of late, conceding three big chances in each of their last two games. While Chelsea have looked more solid in recent games, they haven’t really been tested yet.
Mitrovic has been in great form, and was unlucky to have missed his penalty vs Southampton on New Year’s Eve. For the first time this season, Erling Haaland is displaced as captain and the captaincy goes to Mitrovic.
Erling Haaland (53%) still makes our team, though, as he is given the best chance of scoring out of all the single gameweekers.
Even though Manchester City were frustrated as they dropped more points at home, Haaland was still not to be denied as he scored the opener.
There’s really not much more to say about this man. On any given week he could score 3 or more goals. So he’s an easy inclusion in our XI.
Kai Havertz (51%) took his goal against Bournemouth well in Gameweek 17 but followed it up with a lacklustre performance against Forest this weekend.
Man City have been leaky of late and Havertz will be hoping to capitalise on that while Fulham are no great shakes at the back either.
The Bookies rate Havertz as the most likely goalscorer for Chelsea across the two games so he takes our third striker spot.
He is joined by teammate Raheem Sterling (47%) who now has a goal and assist in his last two and have a point to prove when he faces his old club at home this gameweek.
Mo Salah (47%) had a raft of chances against Leicester and on another day, he could have had a hattrick but it just wasn’t to be. The Liverpool forward missed two big chances and created chances for Nunez who also failed to score.
Salah is still well backed to score away at Brentford in Gameweek 19 though, the Bookies rating him joint highest of the premium midfielders. He is an obvious pick in our team this week.
Marcus Rashford (42%) slept in on Saturday to earn himself a benching, however the United forward came on in the second half to catch Wolves defence napping as he scored the game’s only goal. He could have put the game to bed late on but a VAR check ruled it out for handball and ruined owner’s dreams of a haul.
Up against Bournemouth this week at home and in hot form. It would take a brave man to bet against Marcus Rashford.
On the bench for us this week is Andreas (27%) who also has a double and he he is joined by Josh Dasilva (£4.2m) for budget sake.
Clean sheet odds
| Team | CS Probability | CS Probability game 2 | Combined probability |
| Man Utd | 51% | 51% | |
| Chelsea | 17% | 38% | 49% |
| Aston Villa | 39% | 39% | |
| Liverpool | 38% | 38% | |
| Southampton | 38% | 38% | |
| Man City | 38% | 38% | |
| Brighton | 36% | 36% | |
| Fulham | 22% | 18% | 36% |
| Arsenal | 35% | 35% | |
| Tottenham | 33% | 33% | |
| Leicester | 30% | 30% | |
| Wolves | 26% | 26% | |
| Leeds | 25% | 25% | |
| West Ham | 25% | 25% | |
| Crystal Palace | 24% | 24% | |
| Everton | 24% | 24% | |
| Nottingham Forest | 24% | 24% | |
| Newcastle | 19% | 19% | |
| Brentford | 13% | 13% | |
| Bournemouth | 10% | 10% |
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Man United (51%) made it two clean sheets in a row away to Wolves in Gameweek 18. They are top three for big chances conceded and minutes per expected goal conceded since their heavy defeat away at Man City in Gameweek 9.
This week they play host to Bournemouth who are without a goal since the restart, putting up an expected goal tally of just 0.54 vs Chelsea and 0.56 vs Crystal Palace.
Luke Shaw is a bonus points magnet at the moment, even playing from centre back. With Lisandro Martinez returning, he should shift over the left back again and play higher up the pitch. He is joined by David De Gea for a Man United defensive double up.
Chelsea (49%) have a double gameweek this week and their odds reflect the possibility of at least one clean sheet from the two games. They looked uninspiring away at Nottingham Forest last gameweek as they failed to keep a clean sheet, however this is purely a numbers game with two chances for points.
Marc Cucurella seems the most nailed and the most likely to get forward. He makes our team again this week.
Aston Villa (39%) shocked Spurs on New Year’s Day to win 0-2 and keep a clean sheet away from home. Unai Emery seems to be instilling his ideas into this under performing Villa side.
This week they play Wolves at home and while they look improved under Lopetegui, they still lack the quality of players in attacking areas to make a difference.
Lucas Digne is always a good shout for a haul, the full back’s ability to create and even score himself are well known. He makes our XI this week.
Liverpool (38%) continue to frustrate in terms of clean sheets but they are improving. With key players returning in midfield and defence the team is looking more solid as a whole and the Bookies believe it’s only a matter of time before things begin to click again.
An away trip to Brentford is never easy but we’re backing an old stalwart of our FPL teams in Trent Alexander-Arnold. With Robertson injured it will be up to Alexander-Arnold to provide the attacking threat from the back and with an assist last week, the Liverpool man provides a highly explosive differential.
Daniel Iversen (£3.9m) is our sub keeper this week for budget reasons as well as Hugo Bueno (£3.9m) who banked his clean sheet points before conceding last week.
Team of the week gameweek 19
Odhrán Brennan is a data journalist for a sports data company, living in Finland. He’s been playing FPL since the 06/07 season and is a long-suffering fan of both Arsenal and the Republic of Ireland national team. You can follow him on Twitter here