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B.Fernandes is the gameweek 2 captain

17.23 captain EV, 19.44 ceiling — the best armband in the model.

eBy the evmax model · 25 August 2026

B.Fernandes (MUN) projects 17.23 captained, off 8.61 expected points, with a ceiling of 19.44 — the average of his best 15% of simulations.

B.Fernandes17.23 → 38.88Haaland14.62 → 32.70M.Sangaré12.11 → 22.98Szoboszlai11.81 → 30.50Thiago10.34 → 26.18Mbeumo10.21 → 29.50Virgil10.15 → 23.58Tavernier9.44 → 28.92Fée9.21 → 26.50Saka9.17 → 30.84solid = captain EV · faint = ceiling upside (captained)
Top 10 by Captain EV. Green = top pick · red = under 10% owned. Full list in the table below. Solid bar = Captain EV, faint bar = ceiling. Ceiling = the average of a player's best 15% of our 50,000 simulations — the score when his best realistic games happen, not a fantasy cap.

Haaland is the alternative at 14.62. He kicks off first, so he is the safer vice.

The data

#PlayerCaptain EVxPtsCeilingPriceOwned %
1B.Fernandes MUN17.238.6119.4412.049.8%
2Haaland MCI14.627.3116.3515.568.6%
3M.Sangaré BREDifferential12.116.0511.495.56.0%
4Szoboszlai LIV11.815.9115.257.042.6%
5Thiago BRE10.345.1713.098.017.1%
6Mbeumo MUN10.215.1014.758.037.0%
7Virgil LIV10.155.0711.796.519.6%
8Tavernier BOUDifferential9.444.7214.466.02.0%
9E.Le Fée SUNDifferential9.214.6113.256.09.4%
10Saka ARS9.174.5915.429.510.3%
11Senesi TOTDifferential9.124.5611.556.08.0%
12Calvert-Lewin LEE9.124.5612.886.029.8%
13Gakpo LIVDifferential9.084.5413.757.04.9%
14Isak LIV8.724.3611.719.016.8%
15Evanilson BOUDifferential8.624.3111.946.02.7%
16Truffert BOUDifferential8.544.2710.435.54.3%
17Gabriel ARS8.524.2611.278.029.4%
18Wirtz LIV8.334.1613.807.512.1%
19Calafiori ARS8.294.1511.305.541.1%
20Ndiaye EVE8.274.1412.766.016.1%

Bottom line

Captain B.Fernandes — 17.23 is the highest doubled projection on the board.

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How we get these numbers. Market odds (de-vigged) → Dixon-Coles scorelines → 50k Monte-Carlo simulations, scored on the official Fantasy Premier League points table. Ceiling = the average of a player's best 15% of our 50,000 simulations — the score when his best realistic games happen, not a fantasy cap. Every figure here is machine-readable at /api/fpl/gw2/captains.json.