Jack Hinshelwood Leads Haaland Captain Call for Gameweek 36
jack hinshelwood sits at the top of the Fantasy Premier League discussion for Double Gameweek 36, but the captain call still points to Erling Haaland. Manchester City are one of only two clubs to play twice, and Haaland is the runaway favourite for home matches against Brentford and Crystal Palace.
Haaland has scored in three successive matches for the first time since Gameweeks 6-8. He remains the most-owned player in Fantasy, and his return to a lone forward role has kept him in the frame even with team-mates pressing the case through recent double-gameweek points.
Haaland’s edge at home
The main reason Haaland still leads the captain race is volume. In Manchester City’s last four matches, he has had six big chances, at least four more than any team-mate, and he has blanked only once since the side moved back to a lone forward formation.
That run has not come in isolation. Jeremy Doku leads City players on 31 points across the last four matches, while Rayan Cherki and Nico O'Reilly have each posted 28. Haaland is still the central pick, but the scoring around him has narrowed the gap enough to keep the debate alive for managers.
Cherki and O'Reilly keep pace
The strongest warning to anyone looking past City’s other options came in Double Gameweek 33. Nico O'Reilly matched Haaland’s 13 points against Arsenal and Burnley, and Cherki did the same.
Cherki has since backed that up with one goal and three assists across City’s last four matches. He was involved in five big chances, had two big chances of his own, and created three more. O'Reilly has returned one goal, one assist and two clean sheets in that same stretch, and he ranked third for big-chance involvement and shots in the box among City players in the analysis.
Jeremy Doku’s recent surge
Doku has given managers another route into City’s attack. He has three goals and one assist across the last four matches, plus five shots in the box, and that 31-point run is the best among his team-mates in the same span.
Even so, the captain decision still runs through Haaland. The points gaps over four matches are real, but the fixture split in Gameweek 36 is not: City have two home games, and their forward has the clearest scoring role in a side that has gone back to a lone striker.
For FPL managers, that leaves a simple call. Haaland offers the highest ceiling and the safest minutes profile in the best captaincy spot on the schedule, while Cherki, O'Reilly and Doku look more like strong differentials than true challengers for the armband.
