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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. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Is Saiss warming up yet ? asking for a friend 🙂

  2. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Thats Coady out of the max baps race.

  3. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Odds on Saiss staying on the bench please?

    Fernandez' 6 points are winking at me suggestively from my bench.

  4. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Ayew hurt?

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      no I am fine 🙂

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Palace, I've actually come to your stadium to watch you play.

    The least you could do is score a goal for me now.

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

    Saiss on for Doherty and concece please, the dream

  7. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Anyone watching, is it looking like Saiss is coming on or nah?

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      No sign of subs yet

    2. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      He can play both DM and CB so hopefully he comes on..

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jonny G
    Jimenez A

  9. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    C'mon Raul, score!

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jonny G
    Jimmy A

  11. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jimmy A (?)

  12. HTL
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jimi assist

  13. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jonny to steal the 3 BAPS grrrrrr

  14. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Why do people want Saiss to come on?

    1. Shark Team
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Because they don't own him

    2. thegame983
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I want the point

    3. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Benchblocking

    4. Mr. Chimes
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Me personally because I started him and bench order prevents him from being replaced. So a 1 pointer and the false hope in him snatching an assist or goal

    5. timmmuh
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I'll get Aurier's CS if Saiss stays off ... please don't play Roman

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

      I see. Didn't know he was highly owned

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jimmy’s missus having Jonnys baby?

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

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

      Kane is claiming it

    3. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Jimmy assisted it.
      So technically it could be his too

  16. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    No chance thats Jimmy assist

    1. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I shouldn't be but it will

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Clear as day

    3. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      how is that not?

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

        it had about 2/3 Palace touches after Jimis touch??
        Hows thats a Jimi assist, the mind boggles

  17. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Here's Jonny!!!

  18. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I've got no one to come in for Saiss (Holgate and Lascelles injured!). My rival has TAA on his bench lol

    1. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Same
      Saiss one point needed

  19. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Doherty fail.

    1. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      10/11 pt fail?

  20. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Traoré deserves the assist but Jimmy gets it.

  21. alexh87
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts on this FH team?

    Martinez
    Aurier TAA Pieters
    DSilva Sterling Salah Antonio
    Kane Auba Ings

  22. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    It's Jonnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

  23. LeicesterA
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Noooo, Jonny first on bench 🙁

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Wtf lol

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

        Doherty and Jimi playing but still.

  24. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jimmy tried to shoot and completely fluffed it. No way that is an assist

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      It's in the rules son.

  25. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Haven’t had a brag this year at all really as been rubbish, but I own Jimmy, Doherty and Jonny and this feels good

    1. waltzingmatildas
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nice jonny pick especially! Well done

  26. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Yes captain Jimi points....now more please!

  27. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I'm struggling this week so far. No Jimenez.

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

    clearly not a Jimi assist

  29. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    JUMMY ASSIT. Get in

  30. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    No assist hopefully