BBC Sport FPL expert Holly Shand looks at some of the biggest dilemmas facing FPL managers heading into gameweek eight. Enzo Maresca confirmed on Tuesday night that Erling Haaland (£13.7m) is fit to start against Aston Villa on Saturday, having been an unused substitute in Manchester City's 5-1 Champions League win against AEK Athens. That immediately puts him at the top of the captaincy contenders this weekend.
He has eight goals from seven league games this season, but has not scored in his past four Premier League appearance against Aston Villa. Chelsea attackers headline the list of alternative options, with Joao Pedro (£7.9m) their best fantasy asset to date, with five goals and three assists. Cole Palmer (£9.7m) has the higher ceiling, though, given that he takes penalties.
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (£9.6m) picked up a quadricps injury in the Champions League on Wednesday night, to add to the injury woes of our template fantasy midfielders, with Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai (£6.8m) and City's Antoine Semenyo (£8.3m) already ruled out long term. There is plenty of interest in City's midfield, with a hope that rotation will be eased with Semenyo ruled out. Rayan Cherki (£8m) is seeing the most transfer traffic, but it was Phil Foden (£6.8m) who shone with a hat-trick in midweek.
Jeremy Doku (£7.5m) has three goal involvements in three games. Three of the top five players in the game are Brighton assets. Out-of-position defender Maxim de Cuyper (£5.3m) leads the way, with Pascal Gross (£6.2m) one point behind him - level with Haaland - and centre-back Luka Vuskovic (£5.1m) in fourth.
Add into the mix Bart Verbruggen (£4.6m) among the top three goalkeepers and Charalampos Kostoulas (£5.7m) in the top three strikers. They are showing all the hallmarks of being season keepers, with the Seagulls scoring a league-leading 23 goals and conceding a league-lowest of five. I know it is deceiving seeing De Cuyper listed as a defender, but he is effectively a £5.1m attacking winger who is also eligible for clean sheet points.
He is the highest-scoring asset in the game, with five goal involvements in seven games, the most of any defender. Consider him fixture-proof. Gross is another player difficult to bench, especially when you consider he is on penalties.
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