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Andone injured in warm-up as Guaita returns for Palace in Gameweek 30 opener

The “M23 derby” gets Gameweek 30 off and running.

Crystal Palace take on Brighton and Hove Albion in the first of seven Premier League matches to take place on Saturday. Kick-off at Selhurst Park is at 12:30 GMT.

The ten-man Seagulls won this match 3-1 in the reverse fixture back in December.

Roy Hodgson has made three changes to his starting XI from the side that beat Burnley in Gameweek 29, with James McArthur and Andros Townsend returning to the Palace line-up in place of the benched Max Meyer and Cheikhou Kouyate.

Vicente Guaita replaces Wayne Hennessey between the sticks, meanwhile, with the Welsh goalkeeper not even making the bench.

Palace look to be lining up in a 4-3-3 again with Townsend and Wilfried Zaha flanking Michy Batshuayi in attack, with Jeffrey Schlupp dropping back into central midfield.

Chris Hughton has, in a round-about way, named an unchanged Brighton side from the team that defeated Huddersfield Town last Saturday..

Florin Andone was initially named in the Seagulls’ starting XI but pulled up with an injury in the warm-up, so Glenn Murray is promoted off the bench.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Anthony Knockaert retain their starts on the wings in the face of some stiff competition.

The Eagles have scored in every league match in 2019, while only Manchester City have racked up more goals in the last eight Gameweeks.

Brighton have conceded two or more goals in each of their last five away league fixtures, meanwhile.

Crystal Palace XI (4-3-3): Guaita; Wan Bissaka, Dann, Tomkins, Van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic, Schlupp; Townsend, Batshuayi, Zaha.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-3-3): Ryan; Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo; Bissouma, Stephens, Pröpper; Knockaert, Murray, Jahanbakhsh.

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  1. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    AWB cleanse gone, went fast

    1. drughi
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      *cleanie lol

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not hard to predict sadly

  2. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Tomkins you arse! 😡

  3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    how many players will you ideally have playing next week for those without chips?

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      13 maybe

  4. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Palace cleanie kaput.

  5. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sign of things to come

  6. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Shoul've played lascelles over AWB dammit, CS and bonus coming up for lascelles

  7. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Tomkins almost doing a Gerrard slip there for the goal. Solid defender, but that was a f*** up.

  8. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Murray TC in dgw??

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Radical

  9. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    quick poll...who will win ?

    A fh32
    B tc32

    thanks 🙂

    1. Jealous Viper
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        thanks

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        thanks Amey 🙂

  10. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thank you Tomkins. Horrible defending

  11. andrewe63
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Talk about route one ffs

  12. Shultan
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Damn that was quick..no AWB CS!
    Played him over Shaw & Diop

  13. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    A guy here was cebatating earlier that Murray was on the bench, and their rival had him.

    RIP.

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      loll

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      My ML Rival has him, jammy sh*te

      1. andrewe63
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        He gets goals to be fair to the chap

  14. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Have man city had their gw33 fixtures confirmed as a blank?

    Benched Duffy for Lindleof and feel I could regret it.

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No, they need to beat Swansea in the cup.

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thank you

  15. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Played AWB over Doherty

    Doherty cs and assist incoming

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It was hardly a 50-50 choice, though!!!!

  16. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Able to field a team next week with -4 but with all chips remaining is it wise to use FH next week regardless?

    Usually WC before a big DGW to BB and then TC for the next.... but not seeing many more opportunities to use these.

    1. Ravager
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Was just thinking of this. The fixture arrangement so far has killed my 'norm'

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      My two cents as an owner of all chips, I'm thinking free hit 32, wildcard 33, bench boost 34, triple captain 35 pool against Huddersfield.

      Maybe triple captain 32 if theres a city double

  17. Sif
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Time for an assist now AWB please

  18. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    AwB fouls Propper to give away a set piece.

  19. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Benched Jimenez for AWB ffs

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You're not alone.

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Form over fixture

      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Indeed

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      2nd worst home record in the division against someone who has returned in 5 of 8 against top 6

      Hmmmmmm

    4. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Why ?

    5. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Why would you bench Jiminez?

  20. Louis Van Gaalstones
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What a shockingly awful goal to concede

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah. Scott Dann: absolute to$$er!!!!

  21. Jekori
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    2 CS down the drain already. Time to do the groceries i suppose. Thanks Murray. Admittedly, that was quite a decent finish.

    1. Flycroft
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Same boat, utterly ridiculous way to lose a CS. Palace are dominating the game

  22. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Montoya YC

  23. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Well if AWB's start is a portent of things to come then this will be a miserable week. Roll on GW31

    1. drughi
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It often is that way, bad start and it just keeps rolling downhill

      1. FPL_Gyarados
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        All aboard the down rank train!

  24. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Zaha doesn't half go down easily!!!!

  25. Goat
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Do Jay Eggdorf and The General have a bet on who can keep Kamara the longest?

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I think they have a bet on who can break the 1 million rank 😉

  26. Rash
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Delighted the palace clean sheet has gone.. shame dunk trapped on the bench

    1. andrewe63
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      why delighted?

      eejit

      1. Rash
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Simply because I don't own their players.

        1. andrewe63
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Sad, very very sad 😉

          1. Rash
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Triple palace defence? I'd be sad too

    2. Party time
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Dunk's cs will be wiped out soon

        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          famous last words ..... (Palace's home record)

        2. Rash
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Hopefully

    3. jia you
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Should have went with my gut and played Rice over AWB, hats off to captain hindsight!

    4. FPL DONKEY
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This is what happens when AWB isn't on your bench

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        yup every single time

    5. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      All that excitement for guiata starting didn't last long 🙁

      1. Party time
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Hahaha...

      2. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Dunk, what a block to deny Zaha from close range!