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8 February 2020 1580 comments
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The first of ten Premier League matches in as many days takes place between Everton and Crystal Palace, with Gameweek 26 getting underway at Goodison Park at 12:30 GMT.

Carlo Ancelotti has delivered a blow to owners of Mason Holgate (£4.5m) and Djibril Sidibe (£5.4m), with both of those defenders only among the substitutes.

That is Holgate’s first benching since Gameweek 9, with the budget Fantasy Premier League asset losing his ever-present record under his new manager.

Michael Keane (£5.2m) and Seamus Coleman (£5.3m) come in at centre-half and right-back respectively, with Bernard (£6.4m) ousting Alex Iwobi (£5.6m) on the left flank.

Ancelotti’s other change is an enforced one, with Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.4m) replacing the suspended Fabian Delph (£5.3m).

Richarlison (£8.1m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.1m) again form a two-man strike force for the hosts.

Speaking of his line-up changes, Ancelotti said:

We need more of everything. More quality, more intensity, more pressure, more concentration. It’s not easy to pick the line-up but I want everyone to be involved and the players accept my decisions.

The Palace team news is nice and easy to digest, with the Eagles unchanged from their defeat to Sheffield United last weekend.

Martin Kelly (£4.3m), who lost his place to Joel Ward (£4.3m) in Gameweek 25 anyway, is absent with a minor calf injury.

Vicente Guaita (£5.0m) is between the posts again after his clanger against the Blades, with Roy Hodgson saying:

You don’t drop first-choice goalkeepers because they’ve made one mistake – it can happen to anyone. We’re very happy with him and very happy he’s playing today.

Palace are without a clean sheet since Gameweek 16, which is the longest barren streak in the top flight at present.


Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Walcott, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Cahill, van Aanholt, Milivojevic, McCarthy, McArthur, Zaha, Ayew, Benteke.

  1. BNMC
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    If you told me at the beginning of 2020 that I'd be selling Vardy, Mane, and Lundstram within the first 5 weeks of the year, I'd have laughed at you.
    And now here we are...

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    OMG Bernard

  3. Maddamotha
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Richarlison is a bich. Always on the floor every game multiple times.

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    theo assist

  5. The 12th Man
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    BEEEEERRRRRRRRRRNNNNNAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRDDDDDDDD

  6. IRBOX ⚽
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    EVERTON!!!
    Bernard G, Walcott A

  7. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    That’s a great goal that.

  8. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Nice started B.Williams I’ve Cahill 🙂

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Over

  9. IRBOX ⚽
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Floodgates open here

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    walcott bandwagon

  11. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Bernard goal
    Wally assist

  12. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    f off Guaita

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Feel for you - got rid on wc two weeks ago

  13. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Nice goal

  14. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Thats a proper netbuster!

  15. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Wally Bernie show.

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Wow Bernard prophet

    2. The 12th Man
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Bernard. Called it.

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Congrats!

    4. BigBillyBass
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      You did get him right?

      1. The 12th Man
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        No.
        Greenwood > Ings

  16. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Sold Holgate last week!
    😎

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Jammy 😛

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Walcott down

  18. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Wally two returns in last two games, Choo Choo 🙂

  19. FPL Pillars
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Wally essential

  20. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Wally in for GW 31 yet again, 1 pointer incoming!

  21. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Wally down.

  22. IRBOX ⚽
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Everton into 6th

    1. The 12th Man
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Shhh!

  23. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Why did I get DCL, I should have transferred Bernard in 🙁

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    walcott injured, bandwagon derailed as it was leaving the station

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Booo I just transferred in for Salah

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Wally up .

  25. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Walcott down.

  26. Never Captain Nicky Butt
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Sublime assist, then gets injured. Peak Walcott

  27. BigBillyBass
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Who’s more inessential right now?

    A) Sidibe
    B) Holgate

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      A

    2. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Sidibe will give you more options to downgrade, so A.

  28. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Iwobi warming up

  29. seewhyaxe
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    there goes holgate's starting spot?