Salah vs Kane for Captaincy

Below is a thread with some of the key points, differences and similarities between Kane and Salah.

Enjoy, I hope it is useful. Good Luck in Gameweek 6. #FPL

Stats are from @FFH_HQ link below

RTs and Likes appreciated

A few key stats from this season.

Total points scored
Kane = 60
Salah = 48

Expected points this season
Kane = 44.2
Salah = 45.0

Salah has performed as expected and in line with his stats.
Kane has outperformed his Xpts but still matches Salah for Xpts

A few more in detail shots about their goal scoring ability.

Expected goals
Kane = 4.33 (scored 5)
Salah = 3.93 (scored 6)

Big Chances
Kane = 6
Salah = 4

Goal Involvement
Kane = 80%
Salah = 54%

Shots in the box
Kane = 16
Salah = 19

A few stats on their creativity and assist potential.

Big Chances Created
Kane = 7 (7 assists)
Salah = 4 (1 assist)

Expected assists
Kane = 3.79
Salah = 2.87

Kane has over-performed for assists where as Salah has over-performed for goals.

Dividing this into home and away fixtures for Salah and Kane.

Salah at Home this season
Points per Game = 12.50
Expected points per game = 10.2

Salah at Home last season
Points per Game = 8.22
Expected points per game = 7.9

Goal Involvement = 40%

Looking at Kane’s away stats.

Kane away this season
Points per Game = 18.50
Expected points per game = 10.1

Kane away last season
Points per Game = 5.29
Expected points per game = 5.0

Goal Involvement = 47%

Finally onto the opponents
(All the below starts are per game)

Shots on target conceded
Burnley = 7
Sheffield Utd = 5.2

Big Chances Conceded
Burnley = 1.25
Sheffield Utd = 1.6

Goals Conceded per Game
Burnley = 2
Sheffield Utd = 1.4

Overall Summary of the defences

Burnley
Injuries to defenders in Mee and Bardsley means they have not been at their best

Sheffield United
A large drop in form, partly caused by injury to defender O’Connell

Little between them but Sheffield United concede more Big Chances

Overall Summary of Findings

Key points for Salah
Salah is stronger at home.
Salah has performed as expected this season overall...

Key points for Kane
Spurs are in incredibly hot form
Kane has matched Salah for expected points this season.

I find it very hard to recommend one of the two assets here.

It feels as though...
Salah = The consistent pick, will likely get a home return again.

Kane = The more high risk high reward pick out of the two.

Feel free to make your mind up on these two. I’m going Kane

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