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Holgate and Sidibe benched as Everton face Palace in Gameweek 26 opener

The first of ten Premier League matches in as many days takes place between Everton and Crystal Palace, with Gameweek 26 getting underway at Goodison Park at 12:30 GMT.

Carlo Ancelotti has delivered a blow to owners of Mason Holgate (£4.5m) and Djibril Sidibe (£5.4m), with both of those defenders only among the substitutes.

That is Holgate’s first benching since Gameweek 9, with the budget Fantasy Premier League asset losing his ever-present record under his new manager.

Michael Keane (£5.2m) and Seamus Coleman (£5.3m) come in at centre-half and right-back respectively, with Bernard (£6.4m) ousting Alex Iwobi (£5.6m) on the left flank.

Ancelotti’s other change is an enforced one, with Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.4m) replacing the suspended Fabian Delph (£5.3m).

Richarlison (£8.1m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.1m) again form a two-man strike force for the hosts.

Speaking of his line-up changes, Ancelotti said:

We need more of everything. More quality, more intensity, more pressure, more concentration. It’s not easy to pick the line-up but I want everyone to be involved and the players accept my decisions.

The Palace team news is nice and easy to digest, with the Eagles unchanged from their defeat to Sheffield United last weekend.

Martin Kelly (£4.3m), who lost his place to Joel Ward (£4.3m) in Gameweek 25 anyway, is absent with a minor calf injury.

Vicente Guaita (£5.0m) is between the posts again after his clanger against the Blades, with Roy Hodgson saying:

You don’t drop first-choice goalkeepers because they’ve made one mistake – it can happen to anyone. We’re very happy with him and very happy he’s playing today.

Palace are without a clean sheet since Gameweek 16, which is the longest barren streak in the top flight at present.


Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Walcott, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Cahill, van Aanholt, Milivojevic, McCarthy, McArthur, Zaha, Ayew, Benteke.

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  1. SHOWSTOPPERRR
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sidibe owners lucky atleast he will get 2 points..

    1. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Prophet?

    2. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Unless he gets -4 for a og followed by a rc

  2. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sidibe trolling FPL managers, he'll come on in the 31st minute.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He is on.

  3. Saxe-Gotha
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    LOL. Sidibe hitting the toilet to avoid giving owners the cleanie.

  4. Francescoli
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Come on DCL

  5. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DCL misses sitter

    1. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Dumb

    3. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Good, hopefully 2 blanks for Holgate and DCL

  6. FPL FREAK
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    In my team Lundstram's price is 4.5 and in market it was 5.1.

    This week he fell and become 5.0 and it doesn't effect my price and it remain 4.5..

    So now if he fall again and become 4.9 then will it fall in my team...??

    1. Francescoli
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes you must have bought at 4.0

      1. FPL FREAK
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yes I bought him when I started the fantasy premier league..

    2. Crystal Alice
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes. Every 0.2 rise is equal to 0.1 profit

      1. FPL FREAK
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Thanx

    3. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      You’ve been on here 6 years and don’t know this?

  7. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sidibe gone from being a bad transfer to a good one for owners. Just from one substitution.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, hopefully he bags that G/A+CS.

  8. lordkippe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DCL is going to give me 1 point today. Thank you

  9. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sidibe RW??

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yup

    2. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yep

  10. Jullepuu
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I believe in the fpl gods now (Sidibe owner)

  11. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    He was just strapping the lad to his leg

    Nothing worse than tripping up over your own lad

    Happens to me sometimes

  12. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I still remember when DCL scored a goal that was ruled offside seconds later and he got a yellow just after that. Went from 6 to 1 instantly. Will happen again today surely.

  13. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How did DCL not get on the end of that!

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Umm.. too much pace/out of his reach.. do you not have eyes?

  14. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Class from Epic.He captained Mane.
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/3971/event/26

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Who is he?

      Never heard of him

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Epic Comment

      2. wulfrunian
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

  15. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DCL -> Ighalo imminent.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ighalo still a coronavirus risk

  16. ppv
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Have people rage sold Sidibe? He's on -102%

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Fixtures are terrible from now on. No point keeping him anyway.

  17. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sidibe owners with a massive stroke of luck

    1. evilfish
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      That remains to be seen with Stephens 1st on bench.

    2. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      The way Carlo looked he'll prob take him off at HT!

  18. Eze Really?
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    No CF covers as much ground as DCL

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Most aerial duels won in 2018-2019. Very good in the air

    2. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I don't want him covering ground, I want him sat in the box!

      1. Eze Really?
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Similar to young Firmino. A bit to learn though

    3. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Carlo has told him to curb that and stay central more.

      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I put him in after those comments.

        1. Eze Really?
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Ha Ha

      2. Eze Really?
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Told not to come too deep. Not told not to run.

  19. Vpan
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Best combo:

    A) Son + VDV/Robertson

    or

    B) Mane + Soy

    1. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Depends if you have Salah. Too much (Mane) if you do.

    2. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      A for me. Either def is good.

  20. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cmon DCL save my GW...

    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Right...

  21. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Palace would be much better off playing a 4-3-1-2 long ball game today. Benteke and Ayew and strikers. Zaha in the hole. PVA gives the width down the left side.

  22. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lund haul incoming from bench with Everton defence being switched - just to punish sellers. Oh well

  23. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Is Sidibe advanced or defensive?

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Advanced. RW to replace Walcott.

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Get in!

  24. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DCL limping

  25. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DCL with a bit of a knock. Looks like he'll walk it off though.

  26. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    The funniest thing would be if Sidebe gets subbed off around 85mins, losing his CS and 1pt for 60

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Fortunately for him Big Dunc is no longer managing.

  27. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Palace with everybody behind the ball, trying hard to defend their 1-0 loss

  28. Matjes_taet
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Digne on Bonus.

  29. HashAttack
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Have to wait until Friday 21st to make my next transfers (Mane and Jimi incoming) ... it's going to be long, long wait 🙁

  30. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What happened with Sidibe?One sock?