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Lundstram starts as Zaha returns to the Palace line-up

Premier League football returns to Bramall Lane on Sunday as Sheffield United take on Crystal Palace. Kick-off is at 14:00 BST.

Both clubs drew in Gameweek 1, with the Blades snatching a late equaliser against Bournemouth and Roy Hodgson’s side being held by ten-man Everton at Selhurst Park.

Chris Wilder has named an unchanged starting XI from the team that drew 1-1 at the Vitality Stadium, so last week’s goalscorer Billy Sharp (£6.0m) is only among the substitutes.

That also means budget FPL defender John Lundstram (£4.0m) again starts ‘out of position’ in central midfield.

The Blades will line up in a 3-5-2 shape, with David McGoldrick and FPL midfielder Callum Robinson (both £5.5m) leading the line for the hosts.

Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) makes his first start of 2019/20 for the Eagles, joining Christian Benteke (£6.0m) up front.

Jordan Ayew (£5.0m) is the man to make way.

That is the only alteration that Roy Hodgson has made from Gameweek 1, although Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m) has recovered from injury to take his place among the substitutes.

Budget FPL defender Martin Kelly (£4.0m) gets his second start of the campaign at centre-half.

Palace were much better on the road than at Selhurst Park last season and indeed had the sixth-best away record in the top flight.

Only three Premier League clubs scored more goals than the Eagles on their travels (32) in 2018/19.

Fifteen of Sheffield United’s 21 clean sheets last season came in a remarkable second half of the campaign in which they conceded only 14 goals in 23 matches.

The Blades recorded a shut-out in 12 of their 23 home fixtures.

Sheffield United XI (3-5-2): Henderson, Baldock, O’Connell, Egan, Basham, Fleck, Lundstram, Norwood, Stevens, Robinson, McGoldrick.

Crystal Palace XI (4-4-2): Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Dann, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, McArthur, Townsend, Meyer, Benteke, Zaha.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 2

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  1. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    ahahahahaha

    1. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Perfect top post

  2. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lundstram over KWP and Dendo, yes! Something jammy for this gw

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes same her. Over AWB and dend for me.

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Awb ballsier (probably would have played Awb over Lund)

        1. Regin
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Just felt manu won't keep clean sheet away to wolves. And Sheffield could get cs at home to goalshy crystal.

    2. Twisted Melon
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      also started lund over KWP, great success.

  3. zizoo10
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Hoping Perez has a minor ankle tweak in warmup and doesn’t play as a precaution, and is fully fit for next gw

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Selfish thinking not everyone has Lundy first sub mate

  4. La vida FPL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sitting first on my bench... Perez don't play!!

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      This

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Started for me. Perez, please play! 😉

  5. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    TAA -> Lundstram (-4) confirmed

  6. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    10% of Lundstram's all goals in his career have come in PL. A gift for us this legend. 😀

  7. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I never WC early, but I swear even this is tempting my patience now!

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I did WC in gw2. Brought in mane, pukki, sterling and started lundstram!!

  8. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    What’s the point of having a Sheff Utd ITK who advises us not to get the goal scoring 4m defender!!

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He is clearly not ITK.

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Do you think! 😀

    2. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lol tell me about it

    3. Greasy Grealish Gang
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who are they and what drives them?

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who?

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        TSparkes I think, but there was another guy too.

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          potentially me? I wasn't claiming to know anything though, just parroting the Sheff Utd message board and how they played last season

    5. Jonesfromthere
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      In his defence Wilder usually plays a number 10 at home instead of a flat 3. Barely did this set up last season, and Lund would have been the one to make way

    6. Coolbean
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wait, am I the ITK? 😆 goodness, I gifted you my opinion based on having followed them more closely than you and am flamed for it.

      In my opinion, Palace at home is an easy game that warrants the use of a AM instead of a third DM. Wilder thought otherwisr. Form your own damn opinion, you leech.

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    And we thought AWB was good for 4 mill 😮

  10. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    People pretending they actually picked 4.0m Lundy ahead of quality like AWB and Laporte......

    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      hahahaha

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        😉

    2. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I started him over Diop so...

    3. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Benched for Stones and Gomez more like.

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        This...

      2. SH1M1
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same

      3. Manani
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Stones did it for me lol

    4. Team17
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Played him in front of KWP. He was always going to play, at home, against Palace. If you don't start him then, when?

    5. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I did!

    6. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No need to justify your logic (or luck) lads. Leave them to their sour grapes

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        😛

    7. schwing
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I benched Moura for Lundstram!

  11. One More Hit
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    No value in premium defenders at the minute

  12. FlyingWithoutIngs
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Now to hope jota gets injured in the warm up

  13. Agger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Best thing about the yellow card is, hopefully he'll be subbed off again soon..

    1. MITHRRANDIRR
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      After 5 mins you mean.

  14. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Who would've thought Johnny bloody Lundstram would dig my grave for gw2. Ridiculous I'm already behind enough

  15. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    WTF

    An OOP goal scoring defender for 4.0

    I’ve seen it all now

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      *apart from seeing a man eat his own head

      I haven’t seen that yet

  16. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    imagine if Lunds gets another or an assist, the scenes!

  17. rdpx
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    WC picks changing by the minute!!

    Ryan. Button.

    Boly. Pieters. Mina. Kelly. Lundstram.

    Sterling. Mané. KDB. Martial. Trossard.

    Rashford. Pukki. Barnes.

    £0.2 ITB

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Defence looks pretty awful.

      1. rdpx
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        At the moment it's

        Digne. VVD. O'Connell. Dunk. Rico.

        Dropping the first two lets me get in KDB.

  18. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lets home barnes comes in for Perez, Mirror predicted lineup has Perez not in the 11

  19. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Fort Minor was wrong about 10% luck.

  20. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Robinson 1pt 😡

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Subbed?

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yep, injured

  21. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Fleck off Robinson

  22. All For One
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Made some changed to wildcard

    Gtg?

    Ryan
    Vvd, Zinchenko, Coleman
    Son, Salah, Sterling, Perez, Martial
    Jota, Pukki

    Button, Greenwood, Kelly, Lundstram

    0.1 ITB

    1. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You need KDB if you're wildcarding IMO. Would fund by going Salah -> Mane and losing Jota.

      1. All For One
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Son can become Kdb, my rival has Kdb but no Salah.

    2. rdpx
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Mane saves you cash over mo.

      1. All For One
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        yeh could use the extra mil to upgrade defence if I choose Mane

  23. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    On all benches surely?

    1. Freaki
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Starting defender for me!

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Firmly in the starting lineup for me today.

    3. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      no, playing him in front of Holebas. Few people done similar tbh

    4. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nah

    5. Johnny Drama
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      🙂

  24. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Start diving in the box Zaha, ffs......only thing you’re good at....

  25. FISSH
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I have Robinson too. Thats it. Wildcard activated.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I’ll join ya

  26. Freaki
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    lundstram and pukki for ballon dor?

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      That’s so not funny that even Jafooli wouldn’t use it

  27. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    owning players like Lundstram is what makes fantasy so fun

  28. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ha highs n lows. Lundstram goal, Robinson off.

  29. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Leave it to my enabler to salvage my GW.

  30. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Bye bye Callum Robinson