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Tottenham v Palace team news: Xavi + Gallagher benched

5 March 2026 355 comments
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Gameweek 29 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) concludes with Tottenham Hotspur hosting Crystal Palace.

TEAM NEWS

The Champions League side enters this match just one point away from the relegation zone after being winless in 10. Therefore, Igor Tudor is shaking things up with four changes to the starting XI.

Out go Xavi Simons (£6.5m), Conor Gallagher (£5.3m), Yves Bissouma (£5.2m) and Radu Dragusin (£4.5m), making way for Mathys Tel (£6.2m), Pape Matar Sarr (£4.5m), Kevin Danso (£4.2m) and Joao Victor de Souza (£4.0m). It’s the latter’s first start for Spurs.

Centre-back Cristian Romero (£5.0m) is serving the final match of his suspension, while Palace’s Maxence Lacroix (£5.1m) is also banned.

Oliver Glasner has changed two spots from Sunday’s defeat at Manchester United. Chadi Riad (£4.0m) and Evann Guessand (£6.2m) replace Lacroix and Brennan Johnson (£6.5m).

Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.5m, knee) will return to training next week, whereas Eddie Nketiah (£5.4m, hamstring) is out until April.

LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario; Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Souza; Gray, Palhinha, Sarr; Kolo Muani, Solanke, Tel

Subs: Kinsky, Austin, Olusesi, Kyerematen, Xavi, Bissouma, Richarlison, Rowswell, Gallagher  

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson; Richards, Riad, Canvot; Muñoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Guessand, Sarr; Strand Larsen

Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Sosa, Clyne, Devenny, Hughes, Yeremy, Johnson, Uche  

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  1. ball c
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 8 days ago

    Behind ML leader by around 24 points.. is it still recoverable and wait until they make a mistake?
    Or do I go differentials now?
    I have all the chips apart from TC.. he has them all.

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  2. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 8 days ago

    VAR has been dreadful this season

    No consistency

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  3. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 8 days ago

    This VAR is atrocious, the nose was off side OMG!

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    1. Punned It
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 8 days ago

      Don't forget two fingers!

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 8 days ago

        Yeah yeah speechless tbh

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      2. Raoul Nogues
          1 month, 8 days ago

          No, you can not score with fingers

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          1. Punned It
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 8 days ago

            You might.

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            1. Raoul Nogues
                1 month, 8 days ago

                Then it's ruled out

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                1. Punned It
                  • 1 Year
                  1 month, 8 days ago

                  Possibly.

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        • Raoul Nogues
            1 month, 8 days ago

            Any valid part of the body that you can use to score

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        • Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          How on earth is that offside. No skin in the game and the game's gone if VAR thinks that is off.

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          1. Gudjohnsen
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            Agreed.

            There have been many bad desisions but this one is the worst

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          solanke g
          gray a

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          1. Ze_Austin
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            I saw an I. Sarr goal notification

            Clicked it and saw Spurs 1 : 0 instead

            Thought Google had the wrong Sarr...

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            1. Ze_Austin
              • 7 Years
              1 month, 8 days ago

              Ah, there it is!

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        • Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Dear me need justice for CRY 😛

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        • DRIZ ✅
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Spursy

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        • snow pea in repose
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Do we dare consider Dom for a 2 week rental?

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          1. Ze_Austin
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            Which of the Doms?

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            1. snow pea in repose
              • 5 Years
              1 month, 8 days ago

              Solanke

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              1. Ze_Austin
                • 7 Years
                1 month, 8 days ago

                Wouldn't trust Spurs enough for that yet

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        • Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Did they draw the line from where the ball was?

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          1. Gudjohnsen
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            probably not

            Absolutely incompitent

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          2. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            100% no. Expect the apology tomorrow.

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          3. The-Red-1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            They drew the line from the front of the ball

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          4. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            Yes they did. His face was in front of the ball

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        • OneTeamInBristol
          • 2 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          VAR has ruined football. What a shame.

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        • Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Very Spursy

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        • Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          I suppose Palace could yet be dragged into this?

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          vdv red card

          sarr wins pen

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        • Punned It
          • 1 Year
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Oh, it's one of those games.

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        • The Knights Template
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Spacecadet owns VdV.

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          1. Ze_Austin
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            I think I remember that comment thread

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          (E)kitike time 😉

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        • Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Everything happening in this game!

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        • Royal5
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          That is cheap as feck

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          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            Red and a pen for that!?

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            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              1 month, 8 days ago

              Specsavers mate

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            2. MyPrettyPony
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 8 days ago

              Red card for cynically pulling someone down who is clean through on goal and without making any attempt at all to win the ball? Er, yes.

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              1. brianutd-why always we? 20
                • 14 Years
                1 month, 8 days ago

                Lacroix on Cunha then

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                1. MyPrettyPony
                  • 8 Years
                  1 month, 8 days ago

                  Guess so. Haven't seen that one but couldn't care less about United.

                  If anyone says tonight's one isn't a stonewall red, they're watching a different game to me.

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          2. Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            Did you not see what happened with Cunha last week?

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            1. Royal5
              • 14 Years
              1 month, 8 days ago

              Yep same shite

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            2. xuwei
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              1 month, 8 days ago

              This was much more of a pk to me.

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              1. Hughes Your Daddy
                • 13 Years
                1 month, 8 days ago

                Exactly.

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              2. Mr. O'Connell
                • 13 Years
                1 month, 8 days ago

                There was actually contact here. Sarr buys it, but can't say it's a dive.

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                1. Qaiss
                  • 10 Years
                  1 month, 8 days ago

                  Yeah this was a pen, last week was not

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        • snow pea in repose
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          What the deuce vdV?

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        • Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Spurs joy last all of 3 minutes 😀

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          sarr g
          sarr a

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        • DRIZ ✅
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Vdv a joke

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        • Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          That penalty was ridiculously good.

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          sarr ahead of jsl

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        • Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Sarr hattrick please

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          spurs forest in 2 GWs, how big is that match

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        • adstomko
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Van de Ven getting sent off to avoid playing his next club next week

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        • JBG
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          As I said. "Yeah they probably will smash themselves"

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        • Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          VdV on -2 points, will most likely be -3 do

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          1. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            Highest owned player in this game, nice

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          2. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            And there it is..

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        • Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 8 days ago

          Imagine Spurs relegated 🙁

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          1. Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 8 days ago

            You mean the team who last won the league BEFORE Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?

            Spurs being called a big club is a joke

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