Story by[BBC Sport]Thomas Woods - BBC Sport Senior JournalistThu, January 22, 2026 at 8:41 AM UTC·5 min readWhat should FPL managers do with Erling Haaland?The one-time perma-captain has just 14 points and one goal from his past five games. In his 17 games before that, the Norwegian netted 19 times, and a closer look at his underlying data shows a bit of a decline too[BBC Sport]A home fixture versus Wolves would normally be a prime time to captain Haaland and potentially play a Triple Captain chip. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut his form is worrying, and there's always the threat he gets a rest - the striker has played every league game for City and started on Tuesday in the Champions League too. Egypt striker Omar Marmoush is back from the Africa Cup of Nations and could take Haaland's place. There's no benefit from benching Haaland - more than three in four FPL manager own him - but this is definitely the time to consider handing the captain's armband to someone else. And that's what I've done in this team of the week. The team of the week is selected based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDon't miss our FPL special Q&A with expert Holly Shand, live on the BBC Sport website on Friday, 23 January at 15:30 GMT.'Battered in Bodo' - is this more than just a blip for Man City?How did last week's team do?A low-scoring week for most managers but returns from Florian Wirtz (10 points), Gabriel (8), Nordi Mukiele (6) and Enzo Fernandez (6) led the team to 45 points, five higher than the average score. BBC Sport's FPL team of the week for gameweek 23[BBC Sport]Keeper and defenceJordan Pickford, Everton, keeper, £5.6m - Leeds (h)Pickford is the top-scoring FPL keeper again, with 100 points already. In the past five games, Everton have a league-high three clean sheets and, while they've struggled a bit at their new stadium, they face a Leeds side who are low scorers on the road, with just 11 goals in 11 games. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJames Tarkowski, Everton, £5.6m - Leeds (h)Another Everton asset worth the investment is Tarkowski, who has the second-most defensive contribution points (defcon) this season (32) and is fourth in the defender rankings with 108 points. A decent pick in any Toffees home game. Gabriel, Arsenal, £6.8m - Manchester United (h)United's attacking performance in the Manchester derby last week doesn't exactly fill you with confidence of an Arsenal clean sheet - they were mighty impressive and could have scored five or six. But Arsenal at home is a different matter, with just five goals conceded. And Gabriel is probably the most reliable FPL asset right now, with goal threat and a chance of defcon. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMarc Guehi, Manchester City, £5.2m - Wolves (h)New City defender Guehi is likely to be a popular choice, given his price and the attacking returns he has had so far this season. Wolves have only scored five goals on the road - this is a huge clean sheet chance. Nathan Collins, Brentford, £5m - Nottingham Forest (h)Continuing a theme of centre-backs with high defcon and attacking return potential, Collins has been an FPL gem recently with 10-point and 13-point hauls in his past three games. He is worth a shot in another nice home fixture. MidfieldersFlorian Wirtz, Liverpool, £8.3m - Bournemouth (a)The German has three 10-point performances in his past five games and only Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes has more points (38) than his 36 in that time. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBournemouth have only conceded 11 in 11 home games, so this isn't an easy game for Liverpool. However, Wirtz leads all Liverpool players for xG (2.31) and expected assists (1.45) in those five games - he is bang on form. Antoine Semenyo, Manchester City, £7.6m - Wolves (h)City have just three points from their past four league games but at some point they are going to put that right and a team is going to be on.