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Saiss benched and Doherty returns as Santo continues to rotate Wolves starting XI

Wolverhampton Wanderers take on Crystal Palace in Monday’s late kick-off, with play getting underway at Molineux at 20:15 BST.

Nuno Espirito Santo continues to tinker with his starting XI and has made three changes from the side that drew 1-1 against Burnley.

Romain Saiss (£4.8m), Ruben Vinagre (£4.1m) and Diogo Jota (£6.0m) are the men to drop out, with regular wing-backs Matt Doherty (£6.5m) and Jonny (£5.5m) returning along with Leander Dendoncker (£4.4m).

Saiss’s benching is a notable one from a Fantasy perspective: the Moroccan sits in just over 6% of FPL teams overall and in 35.11% of the squads in the top 10,000.

Dendoncker appears to be playing at centre-half this evening as a result of Saiss’s omission.

Doherty sits in more than one in two of the teams within the top 10,000, with Raul Jimenez (£8.1m) – starting his 36th league game of the season – boasting an ‘effective ownership’ of 50.63% among this group of leading managers.

Crystal Palace have made two changes to the side that lost 2-0 against Manchester United in Gameweek 36+, both of which are enforced through injury.

Patrick van Aanholt (£5.6m) is replaced by budget FPL defender Tyrick Mitchell (£4.0m) at left-back, with Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.4m) coming in for Luka Milivojevic (£6.4m) in midfield.

Not one of Palace’s starting players has a double-digit ownership in FPL and there is negligible interest within the top 10,000.

Jordan Ayew (£5.1m) has the highest ‘effective ownership’ among these managers – and his ‘EO’ is only 0.19%.

The Eagles are on a six-game losing streak, a sequence of results that has seen them ship 15 goals and score just twice in reply.

Wolves have kept clean sheets in eight of their last 12 games, by contrast.


Wolves XI: Patricio, Doherty, Dendoncker, Coady, Boly, Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Traore, Jimenez, Podence.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Dann, Sakho, Mitchell, McArthur, McCarthy, Schlupp, Zaha, Ayew, Townsend.

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  1. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why are they playing Coldplay?

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Don't think Palace are that soft!

  2. Mr. Chimes
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Patricio with the crucial damage control point

  3. dshv
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Patricio and doherty from today si i am okay..

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

    Doherty nice amount of defensive BPS tonight.

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      3 ?

  5. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Patricio and Doherty signing off in style. Cheers boys

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes, thx and goodbye!

  6. umerlfc
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    To bring in Martial I had 2 options to get rid of a United player

    AWB - > Doherty
    Greenwood - > Wood

    Well you know which move I made

    Feels weird hoping AWB hauls 🙂

  7. Pooodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Triple Wolves defence... Thanks boys!!

  8. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Another week where Raul outscore Ings. Hell yeah

  9. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Doherty 3
    Podence 2
    Jonny 1

    Pat 1 away

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lol
      That's amazing
      Thank you mate

  10. enrico.palazzo
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Doherty Captain!

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Beautiful!

    2. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I though about doing that but just feel that theres a Martial hatty coming

  11. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Triple captained Jordao, so glad he didn't come on

  12. Licky
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Saiss not playing brings Pieters off of my bench for 12pts, i got lucky with Greenwood a few weeks ago as well. o.o

  13. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Kiko coming in for Saiss then. Well well..

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same, expecting -2 at least 😆

  14. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Saiss doesn’t come on... Kiko on bench... minus points incoming FFS

    And I thought i was being clever getting out Lacelles for Tanganga and playing saiss and not removing saiss for a burnley def. A series of unfortunate events

  15. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pope Tark and Doc do the business. Need Trent now to do his bit.

  16. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Love that save RUI you leggend

  17. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Jimmy see you next season...

  18. lordkippe
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    24 from 3. And on a red arrow. Harsh

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      25 from 2 and red for me

    2. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It shouldn't be red for long, you'll have more left to play than most.

  19. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Patricio 1 bps?

  20. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Aurier points unlocked...4 clean sheets out of 4 at the back.

  21. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Amazing, Pieters off the bench. Woot!

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wow

      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah, pretty much sown up my Money League with BB over rivals in 38 too.

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          How many are you ahead by?

    2. Crouching Tiger
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same here! Amazing week so far, 55 points at the moment.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        What? I have 5.

        5.

        1. Crouching Tiger
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Free hitting, hit the jackpot with Kane, triple Burnley defense + Doherty / Ings.

  22. Pino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    47p with 7 players to go. Used BB. Have 3 City, 3 United and 1 Pool player to go.

  23. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How is this for a start.

    Patricio, Dunk, Doherty = 27 points(-4)

    And the rub of the green, Greenwood autosub for Connolly...

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      30 from 3 here!
      Will be all downhill when the Man City lineup is released though

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah, Pep is handing out vaseline!

    2. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      32 from 4 here 🙂

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Nice bro!

    3. One More Hit
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      33 from 5, still got captain to play too. Things are looking up. Plenty to ponder on FH, Crystal Palace look rotten

      1. Hammarby IF
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Snap. We almost have the same team

  24. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    For 38+, best combo:

    1. TAA (new) Greenwood (lei) KDB (NOR)
    2. Aurier (cry) Ings (SHU) KDB (NOR)
    3. Long (BHA) Jesus (NOR) Fernandes (lei)

    Martinez
    XXX Bardsley Pieters
    Salah Martial Silva Sterling XXX
    Kane XXX

    Thanks all

  25. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Nice Doherty, not sure I want to lose him now :/
    Keep for Chelsea?

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I am

      1. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I am too

    2. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Chelsea will score

  26. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pat gets that BAP if his name is Pope.

  27. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Who wins?
    1. De Gea, Willian, Martial, Martial
    2. Tierny, Pulisic, Silva, Rashford

  28. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Saïss no show, Fernandez 6 points off the bench... Phew!!!!!

  29. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    45 points with 5 to go including cappo ... top 10 k looking very likely.. 😀

  30. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Best single result for me in a while as a Jimi, Doherty, Patricio owner!