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Rodríguez returns for Everton as Ancelotti uses wing-backs against Palace

James Rodríguez (£7.7m) is back in the Everton team as they host Crystal Palace in Gameweek 30.

The Colombian international has missed each of the last four Premier League matches through injury, making his first start since the Gameweek 25 win over Liverpool.

As he did during Everton’s blistering start to the 2020/21 campaign, Carlo Ancelotti has deployed Rodríguez on the right-hand side of a front-three, which features Richarlison (£8.0m) on the other flank with Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.6m) as the spearhead.

Of particular interest is what Everton’s Gameweek 30 line-up means for Lucas Digne (£6.2m), who has been purchased by 250,000 Fantasy managers since the Gameweek 25 deadline.

Mason Holgate (£4.8m), Yerry Mina (£5.5m) and Michael Keane (£5.1m) all make the cut alongside Digne, who is joined in the team by Seamus Coleman (£4.8m).

That suggests a three-man defence with advanced wing-backs either side of Tom Davies (£5.2m) and André Gomes (£5.3m) in midfield.

Meanwhile, Allan (£5.2m) misses out while Ben Godfrey‘s (£5.0m) international break knock means he is fit enough only for the bench.

The former Norwich defender is joined among the substitutes by Jean-Philippe Gbamin (£5.0m), who makes his first appearance in an Everton matchday squad for 596 days.

Crystal Palace name an unchanged XI from the side that saw off West Bromwich Albion in Gameweek 28.

That means budget option Tyrick Mitchell (£3.8m) is fit enough only for a bench role with Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) in for a fifth successive Premier League start at left-back.

Wilfried Zaha (£7.1m) and Christian Benteke (£5.5m) are likely to feature up-front with Jordan Ayew (£5.6m) and Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) providing width in midfield.

Gameweek 30 Line-ups

Everton XI: Olsen; Mina, Keane, Holgate; Digne, T Davies, A Gomes, Coleman; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Rodríguez.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Cahill, Kouyaté, J Ward; Eze, Riedewald, Milivojevic, Ayew; Zaha, Benteke.

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452 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    That's why I don't see live rank with CSs and games still on. It's so painful

  2. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Digne has never been anything other than a total flop in my team. He's blacklisted with Wood & Adams now.

  3. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Everton are crap.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      At home especially?

  4. GreennRed
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Guaita savage

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Brosstan knew...

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        What username is he going by now? An amateur troll.

  5. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    DigneDigneDigneDigneDigneDigneDigneDigne

    Batshuayi

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Go back to Chelsea's bench !!!

  6. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Digne you little piece of sh*t

  7. ZAMUNDA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    That's what you get when you keep on missing chances and not playing anymore after the goal you scored

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Jose is that you ?

      1. ZAMUNDA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Spot on

  8. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Goodbye Everton players !

  9. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    How is Richarlison a premier league level footballer? So many chances he has had, his finishing is atrocious.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      He'll deliver next year

    2. richarlison2348
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      I'm kind to Carlo 😀

  10. fusen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Realistically Everton were never going to keep that cleansheet.

    As a Digne owner, there wasn't anything more certain to happen than him losing those points before the final whistle.

    1. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      I'm done with them now.

      No more now. Jesus.

  11. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Wow. Feels like I have lost 90% of my CS the last 5 min this season.

  12. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    A Digne red card would cap this performance off well 🙂

  13. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Zaha unplayable.

  14. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    F off Everton

    28 points with coufal and souceck to play

    Minor miracle needed

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Whats your fav spud dish?

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Mash and gravy

        1. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          Jesus man, you need steak and veg to give you strength 😉

  15. frankiefernandez
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Things you love to see in a match where you have no players involved:

    - Home team's clean sheet wiped out by a player with 0.6% ownership

    1. frankiefernandez
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      - Assisted by someone with 0.1% ownership

  16. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    All I wanted was a Digne CS or DCL points to salvage my abysmal GW. Of course it doesn't happen 🙁

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Same. Pathetic

  17. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    just realized Digne, DCL and Dallas are the rotten side of my team.

  18. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Everton, just dreadful. What a useless football team.

    1. richarlison2348
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Well yes, but yes

  19. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Perfect result for non owners!

    1. SEXY SON
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Quite content with my JRod & Batshuayi double up

      1. Oggle22
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Not as content as I am with my pereira triple captain......

  20. veedub1989
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    This WC draft look good?

    Mendy
    TAA Rudiger Shaw Dias
    Salah Bruno Son Jota
    Iheanacho Kane

    Button Lingard Antonio Struijk

    0 ITB with these moves.

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Looks good- TV must be high

    2. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Good but dont like WHU double attack

  21. SEXY SON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Absolute joke

  22. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    What an idiot Zaha is.

    1. Oggle22
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      What's he done? Not watching

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Handbags. The whole world is against him.

        1. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          He's not too good to still be at Crystal Palace. He has runs of very good games mixed with runs of average games. If he's that good why did Man Utd sell him and no big club try and pry him away from Palace?

    2. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      It's like he just does stuff like that because he's bored.

    3. Oggle22
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Haha was debating bringing him in he must want a few weeks of and trying to get carded

  23. Jerse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    What purpose in FL does Luka Digne serve ? How is he valued at £6.1m ? Must be the most overvalued FL asset going. I cannot get rid, too many fires to put out !

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Why did you buy him?

  24. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Handbags at the end, any cards?

  25. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    How many we reckon Antonio scores as he's 1st sub on my bench and Bales 2min cameo will keep him there

  26. richarlison2348
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    This comments section is pure sodium. Non owners rejoice!

    1. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Lol, so true.

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      As in it’s irrelevant? Some would say it’s N/A. 😉

      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        This is the best chemistry joke this forum will ever see

  27. Baps hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    I would like to hate transfer Digne to TAA but I need .1 million. Well, Raphinha, DCL or Shitkins could go. At least with starting XV I have a lot of choices.

  28. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Guys Is Masuaku @4.3m WC good buy Given playing in midfield?

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      You get starting Liv def for 4.0

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Yeh Got Philips and Masuaku Seems bargain at 4.3 playing out of position

  29. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Well that was great
    Wasting 2 hours watching donkey trying to pin the tail to the donkey and constantly missing it

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      He's supposed to ping the ball past the goaldonkey. But the goaldonkey is no wonky donkey.

  30. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    It makes me shudder to think how much that clown Richarlison gets paid. Ive never seen such an exhibition of attrocious finishing from a supposed premier league level footballer who gets paid thousands a week. Disgusting fraud!