Sure, but I have 10 players playing away from home - so an unusual situation.
Free hit in the first half of the season is probably worth even less than bench boost and will amount to a max 10 points difference - so it's either in a round like this or in one in which you want to captain the alternative of the premium player you've got (so for example Salah in this GW if you're not quite sure about Haaland).

Still plan to switch Salah to Haaland quite soon - so this bench boost looks attractive. No way Mateta blanks, and I'd like to add Ekitike to my team for this GW as well.