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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. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Save Pope.... like your life depends on it

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

    jesus deflected goal

    offside

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

    Jesus G
    Angelino A

    Disallowed.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Put disallowed first. You know why

  4. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Jesus plays to deep

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

    City offside goal

  6. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope saved by the flag

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

    Jesus goal disallowed

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

      Another one?

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Guaita haul incoming. Palace are at their best when they just defend and don't try to attack.

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

      Nah, Harry Wilson will score soon

  9. beric
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Jesus is in the mood

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      for dancing?

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

        lmao

      2. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        romancing

  10. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Not great being on FFS when your stream is 20 secs behind.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah. I'm off...

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

      Kidney stones?

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        it took me a while 😀

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

          But you got there in the end

    3. One More Hit
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      How can your stream be behind?! Surely everyone is on Amazon Prime, trial or otherwise, this week?

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

        The audio is behind with Prime (:

      2. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Eh? Amazon Prime don't broadcast football OTA last time I checked. It's a stream.

        1. One More Hit
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Are you sure you're not in Mansfield?

          Genuinely though, out of interest what are you comparing against? Sky Sports News or a live text commentary or something?

          My TV has Prime Video built in which I'm guessing is possibly marginally better than my Fire TV or streaming through a laptop, but comparing against the live score on the BBC it's not a minute behind like Sky Go would be.

    4. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      have you tried turning it off and on again

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        even kicking it doesn't work

  11. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone make a Pope and Jesus joke yet?

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

      Burnley will Tweet - Pope denies Jesus at some stage, surely.

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

      Does it involve Mee?

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Does it involve a minor?

    3. Indpush
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No cuz Pope hasn't saved Jesus yet

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

    Wood owns otamendi

  13. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Do I need to wear rainbow laces to view the article pic?

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

    Pope and Jesus joke

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Pope believes in Jesus

  15. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Cs, full bonus points, probably assist as well. Fair play Rico owners.

  16. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    City looking good today?

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

      Very

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Do does Burnley

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        So *

    3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Cheers fellas

  17. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hope Burnley keep bombing it up to the forwards, no way city deal with that all night

  18. Chenku╰☆╮
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Knew I had to play 10 at the back.

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

    Bet Pope loves Wood up top

  20. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    PVA and Zaha on same BPS...

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

      Zaha didn't touch it for the 15 mins PVA missed.

  21. DALEDOBACK
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Beard question.

    A) Keep, grow
    B) Trim
    C) Get rid

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

      A

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

      A

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

      *Bad

    4. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      C for added minutes in life.

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

      c differential

  22. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    when was the last time lennon and drinkwater started a game ??

    Rotation season officially underway

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      decent bench advisable

    2. tambourineman
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Drinkwater's last PL game was 4 March 2018, Fabregas, Courtois and Moses were in the same Chelsea team.

  23. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope pen save...from De Bruyne for some reason would be lotto win

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

    Not sure which game has been worse so far...

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Sakho ruined the fun of owning Zaha

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      This. Amazon bosses must be fuming 😀

      what a let down so far

  25. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KDB back pass, counts as a Pope save

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      stop it!

  26. DALEDOBACK
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    It stays. Thanks for your views

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

    Boredom levels RISING

    1. DALEDOBACK
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Was always gonna be a let down with these fixtures.

  28. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KdB with a pea roller straight at Pope

  29. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KdB in rocking mood

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

    KDB putting Pope to the sword.