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The four outfield Bournemouth and Crystal Palace players who are owned by more than 10% of Fantasy Premier League managers – Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.3m), Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m), Ryan Fraser (£5.9m) and Callum Wilson (£6.9m) – all start at the Vitality Stadium this evening, with no huge surprises in either line-up.

Palace’s only change sees Max Meyer (£5.7m) make his first league start of the season at the expense of Cheikhou Kouyate (£4.8m).

Meyer’s creativity in the centre of the park might well be needed to unpick the Cherries’ defence, who have conceded only three big chances on home soil this season – though Eddie Howe’s side did ship four goals at Burnley last weekend.

Howe, meanwhile, has made two changes to his starting XI, with Simon Francis (£4.4m) and Lewis Cook (£4.8m) replacing Diego Rico (£4.5m) and Andrew Surman (£4.8m).

Rico had been a doubt for this match with a hamstring injury, though is fit enough to take his place among the Bournemouth substitutes.

Francis will be presumably be playing at right-back, with Adam Smith (£4.5m) filling in for Rico at left-back: both players played in those positions last Tuesday in the Carabao Cup tie against Blackburn Rovers.

Surman drops to the bench and is joined there by the fit-again Dan Gosling (£4.9m), who has recovered from a calf complaint.

The creative Lewis Cook’s selection again might be an acknowledgement of their opposition’s resilience, with Palace having kept clean sheets in two of their three away fixtures so far this season and having conceded only two big chances to their opposition in those matches on the road.

Wan-Bissaka is owned by more than 30% of all Fantasy managers, but as well as being the most-purchased defender of Gameweek 7 is also the most-benched outfielder of this round of fixtures: 30.9% of his owners started this weekend without the budget defender in their first XI.

Zaha, meanwhile, has scored in every league fixture away from Selhurst Park this season.

No player for any Premier League club has created as many big chances as Fraser in 2018/19, with four of the Scottish winger’s five goal involvements coming on home soil.

Wilson hasn’t scored since Gameweek 2, though has chipped in with three assists since his last league goal.

Bournemouth XI (4-4-2): Begovic; A. Smith, S. Cook, Ake, Francis; Brooks, L. Cook, Lerma, Fraser; Wilson, King

Crystal Palace XI (4-3-3): Hennessey; Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt; Meyer, Milivojevic, McArthur; Zaha, Townsend, Ayew

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  1. FPL Daniel
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Penalty. King out hopefully Wilson to take it

    1. Pukki Party
      8 years, 17 days ago

      Stan

  2. Niho992
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Please miss Wilson

  3. BrockLanders
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Fraser assy???

    1. Bubz
      8 years, 17 days ago

      No

  4. Cok3y5murf
    8 years, 17 days ago

    FFS King

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      8 years, 17 days ago

      That’s a nightmare mate. Unlucky

      1. Cok3y5murf
        8 years, 17 days ago

        In addition to a Bournemouth CS that I’ve been robbed of 🙁

  5. chinmusic
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Time for a Wilson miss

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stanislas the man

  7. RAFA THE GAFFA
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stan the man

  8. Rainer
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stan G
    Lerma A

  9. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    8 years, 17 days ago

    GOallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

  10. FPL Daniel
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stanislas. Oh my

  11. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Hope Wilson misses and Fraser rebound scores

    1. FPL Daniel
      8 years, 17 days ago

      Stanislas scored

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        8 years, 17 days ago

        Indeed

  12. Dr. Agabuse
    8 years, 17 days ago

    OMG King off 1min ago. Feck

  13. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Facepalm. Jeees!

  14. diesel001
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stanislas - useless goal

  15. Rainer
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Wilson 😆

    1. FPL Daniel
      8 years, 17 days ago

      :* :* :*

  16. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stanislas Baratheon scores

  17. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Aw bugger of Stanislas

  18. FISSH
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Omg King owner here. So savage

    1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      8 years, 17 days ago

      Ruthless.

    2. Deli Alli OxenFree!
      8 years, 17 days ago

      Pretty much!
      ...however, having him on my bench—it was kinda half-jam?

  19. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stan the Man.

  20. SADIO SANÉ
    8 years, 17 days ago

    my Sky Sports is behind people on here somehow ffs - Stanislas essential

  21. Deli Alli OxenFree!
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Oh my god!
    Hopefully the last 5-7mins has canceled out the Fraser whining!
    No pts yet, but for under 6mil!
    And then Wow! Who’s taking the PK? King just went off...no Wilson, please

  22. Ghost Gooner
    8 years, 17 days ago

    How Sakho got contracts at PSG and Liverpool is beyond me

    1. Pariße
      8 years, 17 days ago

      He’s been quite solid today though, this was a bit unlucky

  23. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Fraser assisted the assister

  24. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    8 years, 17 days ago

    King fmll

  25. Annie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Wilsoooo, oh

  26. how now brown cow
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Well that will feck all the baps up.

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 17 days ago

      This

    2. Patch
      8 years, 17 days ago

      Stanislas will end up with one bap

      Don't think AWB will get any

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Stanislas essential

  28. Pariße
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Lerma A, Stan G

  29. FPL Daniel
    8 years, 17 days ago

    King Stanis ruined our Wilson pts 🙁

  30. Bubz
    8 years, 17 days ago

    Fraser is somehow on for baps