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Adams lines up alongside Ings as £4.0m defender starts for Crystal Palace

After weeks of debate, Che Adams (£6.0m) finally has the chance to prove himself up against colleague Danny Ings (£8.5m).

The former Birmingham City forward has been named in Southampton’s starting line-up for a trip to Crystal Palace having outscored Ings in the last three matches of 2019/20.

The Saints’ back-four, which has been targeted by plenty of Fantasy managers this summer, is mostly as expected, featuring Ryan Bertrand (£5.0m), Jan Bednarek (£4.5m), Jack Stephens (£5.0m) and Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.5m) in front of Alex McCarthy (£4.5m).

Will Smallbone (£4.5m) comes in for the injured Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m), offering another budget midfield route into the Southampton team alongside Oriol Romeu (£4.5m), who is paired with James Ward-Prowse (£6.0m) in the centre of the park.

A large portion of Fantasy Football Scout readers will be pleased to see Tyrick Mitchell (£4.0m) handed a start at left-back.

The youngster has commanded a hold over that position during pre-season although it did come with the caveat of Palace’s injury issues.

However, despite the return of James McCarthy (£4.5m) to central midfield, displacing Jairo Riedewald (£4.5m), Roy Hodgson has kept Mitchell in the starting line-up. Meanwhile, Riedewald has missed out on a place in the matchday squad altogether.

As expected, Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) starts up-front as an out-of-position midfielder, and Fantasy managers may want to keep an eye on the fact that Eberechi Eze (£6.0m) is on the bench alongside Luka Milivojevic (£6.0m) and Michy Batshuayi (£6.0m).

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Dann, Kouyaté, J Ward; Schlupp, McCarthy, McArthur, Townsend; Zaha, Ayew.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Walker-Peters; Smallbone, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Redmond; Adams, Ings.

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  1. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Well that was disappointing

    1. Gazpilicueta
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      is it over?

  2. 1zverGGadeM
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Mitchell even with a chance for 1 bap 😀

  3. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    An absolute disgrace McCarthy couldn't get one more save. Have a word son.

  4. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Will be well annoyed with myself if Wilson ends up smashing it now... swapped my Wilson JRod for Ings ASM before the deadline 🙁

    Looking crap now

    1. Society
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Wilson hasn't played for teams that "smash it".
      The Wilson pick is a playing the odds pick.

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        14 goals + however many assists (fair few) in 30 games the season before last isnty half bad

  5. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Well that was not at all disappointing

    1. Society
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No Palace or Southampton here either.
      Gotta say, Ezewe might come on the watch list.

  6. The Gambler.
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks Arteta for blocking Mitchell with a 3 min cameo for Nketiah

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Oh crap. I had forgotten he was on my bench too!

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      10 mins of Ceballos playing CB for me x

    3. Society
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Need 2 with no minutes to pick up Mitchell's 6 pts ..... but glad it's there in case.

  7. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Eze looks like he has some potential.

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      he's class

  8. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Zaha fluffs his lines

  9. Holmes
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Glad McCarthy and Walker Pieters are just bench fodders in my team...

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Money man

  10. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Guaita best keeper outside top 6

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Leno

    2. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      very close between him and Dub imo

  11. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Ings wastes KWP assist.

    That was it.

  12. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Rip ings

  13. The Gambler.
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Ings shot saved

  14. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KWP Assist
    Ings goal

    DENIED 🙁

  15. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Why is guaita so good! Stupid idiot saving again

  16. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    top save

  17. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    That is a disgraceful miss from Zaha holy sh*t

  18. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Terrible finishing from Zaha but he does look a good option at that price - could have had a hattie today

  19. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    FPL is back! 😀

  20. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Guaita showing his from from first half of last season. What a free transfer he was.

  21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Dammit Ings

    Good effort lad

    Zero service all day & still nearly exits with the goal

    He’s class

  22. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Oh are you bloody joking. That was the one. Perfect

  23. Ser Davos
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    McCarthy couldn't be further from a Pope/Henderson

  24. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hodgson is the league’s most underrated manager

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If you enjoy watching paint dry.

  25. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Mitchell ma boy have a beer 😀

  26. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    YES!!! Well in Palace. With our 3rd choice defence as well.

  27. davies
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Ings > Martial done 😆

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Good.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yep.

  28. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Very poor from Southampton.

    Redmond, in particular, was terrible. And the defence is not good enough to play that sort of high line against players as fast as Zaha.

  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Classic FPL. That game hurt

  30. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Palace actually look like they might have some attacking threat this season with some reasonably priced attackers

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A big wait and see. Southampton had their full backs so high up they were in a different postcode. It's still Palace.

      1. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        True but add Bats and Eze to that starting line-up and they have some serious pace to hit teams on the break

    2. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Zaha is almost a great fpl asset as long as he plays striker but unfortunately it’s unlikely going forward as they signed Batshuayi.

      1. Klaren
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Always* not almost