FPL gameweek 27 tips and best team: Captain Cole Palmer or Mohamed Salah?

Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford, £8m – Everton (h)

What was I thinking, leaving Mbeumo out of the team of the week last time as he scored 14 points away at Leicester?

He’s now only 11 points behind Palmer for the season and this week’s game against Everton could turn into another bonanza, with David Moyes’ visitors involved in two 2-2 draws in their past three.

Mohamed Salah (vice captain), Liverpool, £13.7m – Newcastle (h)

After a one-week rest, Salah is back in this week but no captain’s armband for the Egyptian.

Why? Well it is a bit of a risk but Newcastle have the potential to keep things tight and the upside of Palmer v Southampton is too much to ignore.

If you own both and are a more risk-averse player then maybe just stick with Salah.

Cole Palmer (captain), Chelsea, £11.1m – Southampton (h)

In FPL you either play the form or the fixtures, and ideally both.

Palmer as captain this week is definitely a fixture pick as he only has one assist in his past five games and looks out of sorts.

But this is a man with eight double-digit hauls this season and the only player with the same explosive potential as Salah.

Saints conceded four at home to Brighton last week – Chelsea can surely get three or four here and, if they do, Palmer WILL be involved in some of those goals.

Pedro Neto, Chelsea, £6.2m – Southampton (h)

Neto was Chelsea’s most impressive attacking player in the defeat at Aston Villa and you’ve got to think Enzo Maresca will give him another start.

Neto has had a stop-start season, but he passed the eye test on Saturday and was unlucky not to score.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham, £7.3m – Leicester (h)

West Ham’s talisman against struggling Leicester is an easy choice to make.

Bowen has two in three games since returning from injury and has been involved in more than half of West Ham’s goals this season.