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31 December 2017 4044 comments
Mark Mark
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Sunday’s pair of Gameweek 21 matches get underway at midday as Crystal Palace welcome Manchester City to Selhurst Park.

The latest teamsheet twist from Pep Guardiola sees both Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling drop to the bench, with Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus joining Bernardo Silva in the front three.

Ranked fifth and seventh top captains for Gameweek 21, Aguero and Sterling have been backed by 7.2% and 4.8% with the armband against the only side yet to register a clean sheet in front of their own fans.

Over 219,00 FPL managers drafted in Sterling on the back of three successive double-digit returns, though it’s worth noting that he’s emerged from the bench to score in two of his three sub appearances this season.

A big haul from the ever-present Kevin De Bruyne could have an impact on the FPL standings – 4.05% have handed the Belgian the armband as he goes in search of a sixth double-figure haul of 2017/18.

City arrive with the league’s best defensive record on the road, claiming more shut-outs (six) and conceding fewer goals (five) away from home than any side.

Yet the Eagles have proven a reliable source of goals at home – indeed, they have scored exactly twice in seven successive matches at Selhurst Park, which includes clashes with Chelsea and Arsenal.

With a goal or assist in all but one of those seven encounters, Wilfried Zaha has played a pivotal part in their renaissance under Roy Hodgson.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Totti
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    come on aguero
    an assist from otamendi and aguero goal would be great 🙂

  2. GE
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Please let it be 0-0
    (Hennessey and Otamendi-owner)

  3. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Hen 5 saves

  4. puhd
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Who’s more likely to play tomorrow Coutinho or Salah?

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Both unlikely

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Cout

  5. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Get Speroni on to ruin this filthy double-up

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Doesn't matter, they've benchwonkered anyway by playing Henno.

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Played Henno with Speroni doing benchwankery duties 😆 😀

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Ban!

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          😛 😎

  6. melvinmbabazi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Best Lukaku Replacement?

    Have Kane and Niasse as my other strikers

    1. Rash
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Aguero

    2. Butcher
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Kun

  7. Rash
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Hold those baps like they're your misses otamendi!!

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      or like their someone elses missus if your john terry

    2. Scholsey
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Or may be your brother's missus if you are Ryan giggs

    3. Rash
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Which ever results in a 3some for ota

  8. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Walker scares Zaha over to the other flank 😉

  9. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Is there a FAQ section on here?

    Like ‘will Son play both games’ 🙂

  10. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    superstitions.......

    if you haven't checked your teams points before 60mins do you wait til the end?
    I do so I dont feel crushed literally seeing my score drop 😕

    1. PÍE
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      No.

    2. sillyhilly69
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      No - I'm an optimist.

    3. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Never look at cs points until confirmed

    4. Sponge-worthy
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      I try to do this, but usually I don't succeed.

    5. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      I try but it never works...

  11. Rik Waller
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Speroni gonna struggle to get back in after this performance from Hennessay

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Won't play City every week.

    2. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      True

    3. puhd
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Was thinking the same thing

  12. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Wtf are you doing Sane

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Not much

  13. Stevie B
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    A) Alli + Eriksen + Rooney

    or

    B) Eriksen + Arnautovic + Firmino

    Thank you!

    1. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      B

    3. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Ewwwww.

      B, maybe.

  14. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Does Sterling get clean sheet points if it ends up 0-0?

    1. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      no

    2. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      No

    3. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Needs to be minimum 60mins of gametime

    4. Sponge-worthy
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      No, has to get 60 mins.

    5. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      lol

    6. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      60 mins ?

    7. PÍE
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Only if he can time-machine his way to 60+ mins

    8. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      There's only 1 clean sheet point

    9. Stevie B
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Unfortunately not. Sorry!

  15. GAMBIT
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Henn trying to steal Otamendi BAPS

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Not happening

  16. Debauchy
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    A long 20 minutes for Jafooli

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Enjoying it while it lasts, he will defo lose his CS 😀

      1. Debauchy
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Well,, he should 🙂

  17. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Love owning CBs like Ota and Jones where you just know they’ll be in the mix for baps before you even check

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Christensen is the same, when he plays.

      1. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Azpilicueta is the bap king from Chelsea

  18. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Hodgson needs to take Cabaye off. Properly getting tired here. A mistake could cost them.

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      He's doing alright

  19. Jebiga
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Score that fecking goal leroy

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Not happening

  20. Rik Waller
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Sane looking better this half

  21. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Henno max bapping 😎

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      nah, ota wins

  22. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Just caught up with events.

    How bad was Jesus' injury?

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Looked bad to me

    2. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      He cried. So expect long absence. (Or he’s just being a soft git)

  23. Nathan20
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    71 from 10 players. Literally the 1st opportunity ive had to gloat this season.

    1. Andy1
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Good score this week.

    2. PÍE
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      33 from 10.
      I win.

    3. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Link?

      1. Nathan20
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        to my team?

        1. Nathan20
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/238222/event/21

          actually 9 players 🙂

  24. SantiClaus
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Need city to maintain this gap just so Mourinho has to perform guard of honour at the Etihad at beginning of April...

  25. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Do we think Danilo is a good bet as starter now? Need to shift Ake. Would be great if so.

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Stones back. I don't know

      1. Limbo
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Good point. Short term I’ll punt elsewhere and monitor.

    2. Scholsey
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      No

      1. Limbo
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Same reason? Stones.

  26. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Really need Palace to score here, sadly that would involve them leaving their half

    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Just bang it in from the centre circle?

  27. Butcher
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Otamendi is a beast

  28. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Benteke not even watching the play

  29. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Otamendi down

    1. L'Aeroplanino
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      and up

  30. LIARS POKER
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Read on here that if you have dgw player starting you don't get your sub as a replacement as it wasn't unforeseen postponement, is that correct?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      No

    2. GAMBIT
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      That cannot be correct

    3. PÍE
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      It was a joke post.