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Kelly starts again as Gameweek 15 gets underway

The first midweek Gameweek of the season is underway as Crystal Palace host Bournemouth.

Their match kicks off at the unorthodox time of 19:30 GMT as Amazon Prime broadcast the Premier League for the first time.

It means that their team sheet has dropped 45 minutes before Burnley and Manchester City’s as they kick off at 20:15 GMT at Turf Moor.

The key piece of Fantasy news so far is that Martin Kelly (£4.1m) has started for the second Crystal Palace match in a row after an injury to Joel Ward (£4.5m).

That suggests that the defender will hold down the right-back berth for the upcoming run of positive fixtures in the place of Ward – good news indeed.

The only change made to Roy Hodgson’s side following their 2-0 win at Burnley sees Mamadou Sakho (£5.0m) come in for Scott Dann (£4.3m), which may also boost the Eagles’ clean sheet potential.

Meanwhile, Dominic Solanke (£5.3m) starts up-front for Bournemouth, alongside Callum Wilson (£7.6m).

Harry Wilson (£6.0m) and Arnaut Danjuma (£5.8m) have been selected on the flanks of a 4-4-2, consigning Ryan Fraser (£6.9m) to the bench.

At Turf Moor, Bernardo Silva (£7.9m) comes in for Riyad Mahrez (£8.3m) in the Manchester City attack.

While Fantasy managers are usually left somewhat perplexed by Pep Guardiola’s tactical decisions, it’s Sean Dyche, typically a 4-4-2 no changes man, who has named a pragmatic line-up.

Burnley have fielded a 4-5-1 featuring a midfield trio of Jack Cork (£5.0m), Jeff Hendrick (£5.4m) and Danny Drinkwater (£4.4m) behind centre-forward Chris Wood (£6.2m)

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Sakho, Tomkins, Kelly; Townsend, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur; Zaha, Ayew.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Rico, Mepham, Aké, A Smith; H Wilson, Lerma, Billing, Danjuma; C Wilson, Solanke.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Drinkwater, Hendrick, Cork, Lennon; Wood

Man City XI: Ederson; Angelino, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Walker; de Bruyne, D Silva, Rodrigo; Sterling, Jesus, B Silva.

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  1. Gentlemens club
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Just woke up.. 12h of sleep after nightshift.
    (C)Zaha .... oh my.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Taxi driver?

      1. Gentlemens club
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Supervisor at Volvo.

        1. fr3d
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Who buys Volvo at night

          1. Gentlemens club
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Production supervisor.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Zaha finished in 2nd place on this sites captain poll, you are not alone.

      1. Gentlemens club
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Haha is that so... well, brace incoming.

    3. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Ouch. May I ask why you don't change your C as soon as transfers have completed? First thing I do when a GW starts is go in and change my captain for next week/make my subs. 😀

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      That should be illegal

  2. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Where my fellow KDB cappers at? 😀

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Oh no, not you again! 😉

    2. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy's 180% EO scared me. I was almost doing it.

    3. gedda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Me me me!

      1. gedda
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        ...but only because I missed the deadline tihi

  3. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    So it's Barnes out and Drinkwater In for Burnley

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Barnesy out, Drinky in, bus parkedy. .

  4. kamdaraji
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Abraham to drop tonight?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No red flag increases the chances but FPL might hold his price and its still under priced, like they thought with Martial earlier in the season.

  5. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Drinky's back. Let's see if he's better at wrecking City's defence than he is at wrecking homes

  6. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Just have a feeling Otamendi will score this week!

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      score 1p?

    2. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      in his own net?

  7. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Willy will shoot blank

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Try viagra

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Townsend will score

      1. kamdaraji
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Couldn't score in a brothel

        1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          he left his wallet at home

  8. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero dropped!

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      his pants

    2. kamdaraji
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Jesus!

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      yes surprised Pep started Jesus over Dzeko in his absence

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He’s getting older

  9. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Did everyone who kept Tammy bench him? He's first on my bench, but my 5 man midfield will hopefully carry me through...

    1. Fitzy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      If they were smart they did the opposite and left him in the starting side.

      1. moment
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Afraid of a 15 minute cameo...

        1. Fitzy.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          I can't see that happening.

          1. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I remember Ota.

    2. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Started him

  10. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hope Jesus will score some points tonight after that disappointing last game.

  11. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Any Jordan Ayew owners in da house?

    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      on the bench ready for any rotation

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Me first bench

    3. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Starting him. Got him for this run of fixtures and figured no point in doing that and benching the bloke.

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bald birds flying around the Palace.

    Not yours though, Andrew.

  13. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Palace cheerleaders sighted

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Elaborate!

  14. kamdaraji
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Has pope made a save yet?

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Amazon throwing opta stats at us, I like it

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Guess I don't need the membership on here then. How do I cancel it?

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Only thing missing is Amazon advertising the new monthly membership at FFS.

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      NBCSN trying to get us to name their "Elf on the Shelf".....haha

      1. Pumpkinhead
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        lol

  16. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gooo Zahaaa!!!

  17. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What are you going to do with Leicester assets for games vs City and Liverpool?

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      We're going to stuff them both so keep them all. 🙂
      (I wish)

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Sell, bench and Sell

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

      Starting Vardy, benching Soy.

    4. Fitzy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Play them. It's not like teams aren't scoring against those two sides.

    5. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Im thinking to sell Maddison and bench Soy but my defence for that GW is : Lund, TAA, Jaanmat, Tomori and Soy

      Last 3 has though fixtures and i dont want to sell TAA..

    6. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You mean the leagues top scorer vs a team that haven't kept a clean sheet at home and have only kept two on their travels?

  18. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    And KDB, you can score too!!

  19. F4L
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    are the Amazon streams behind or not?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nah, the KO was minute late.

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        neat cheers

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You not seen the Zaha dive yet?

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        😀

    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      it's a few seconds behind I am sure. Maybe 40 seconds because twitter said they kicked off and my stream was still showing the players preparing

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        oh dear 😆

    4. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Statistics show that for the Open (tennis) was around 40-45 seconds delayed in comparison to the TV broadcasts on AP.

  20. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know Vardy’s EO this week?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      181.47

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      180

  21. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Otamendi

    Admit One
    Mad Tonie
    O Diet Man
    Moan Ride

    Just sayin

    1. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      *Moan Tide

  22. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ayew looks up for it

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    hold on amazon has a delay to the picture..wtf is this crap

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Tennis on Prime has been a lagging mess for ages.
      Predictable

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Mine seems fine, UHD is crystal

  24. Bob B
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gazzaniga
    TAA Robertson Lundstram
    Mane Martial Pulisic Tielemans
    Kane Vardy Abraham

    Rico Dendoncker Taylor

    A. Tielemans + Robertson > Alli + Kelly
    B. Kane + Tielemans > Mousset + Alli
    C. Tielemans + Martial > Grealish + Alli
    D. Dendoncker + Taylor > Cantwell + Kelly

  25. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Did Amazon show consumers that goal?

    Very quiet on here considering who scored it.

    1. fantasyfog
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      naughty naughty

  26. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Martial to Zaha or Alli for next GW?
    I have Kane also.

  27. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Miles-over-the-bar-evic

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      4 minutes ago.

      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Took him that long to type it

        1. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          😆

  28. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Rico looking lively

  29. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    How do I find the match on the Amazon Prime video app?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      should be right at the top list of games. click on the game you want to see then watch live

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Took me a while to suss out on my oled, seemed to be clicking & nothing happened.
      Searched football, bingo.

  30. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bit unnecessary for NBCSN to have a clock in the top right hand corner counting down to the Man City kick-off.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      There isn't. It just says Bonus Coverage. They wont be showing this game, theyll be showing City