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Everton unchanged as Eze makes first Premier League start for Palace

Carlo Ancelotti has named an unchanged side for Everton as they travel to Crystal Palace in Gameweek 3.

The Toffees’ key players have been highly sought-after in the transfer market over the last seven days; hardly a surprise given that Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.3m) already has four goals in two matches.

The mid-priced forward arrives at Selhurst Park currently sat in 27.5% of Fantasy Premier League squads, the most of any Everton asset.

James Rodríguez (£7.6m) is not far behind his colleague. Following his 12-point haul against West Bromwich Albion, the Colombian is now owned by 25.1% of Fantasy managers.

Richarlison (£8.0m) is currently the slight differential in attack, currently sat in 11.4% of Fantasy squads for Gameweek 3.

There is also plenty of interest in an Everton clean sheet today, as 14.1% have hold of Lucas Digne (£6.1m). The left-back was unfortunate to blank in Gameweek 2, hitting the crossbar and targetted by more final-third passes than any colleague against the Baggies.

While the majority of the Fantasy community will be siding with the visitors today, Crystal Palace are hardly short of support.

After finding the net three times in the opening two matches of the season, Wilfried Zaha (£7.1m) has already accrued 17% ownership. With Luka Milivojevic (£5.9m) still on the Palace bench, the out-of-position FPL midfielder, deployed as a centre-forward once again, may get another chance at spot-kick duties for the Eagles.

Meanwhile, 24.4% of Fantasy managers remain invested in Tyrick Mitchell (£4.1m), who is yet to register a blank this season. The young left-back kept a clean sheet in his last Premier League outing at Selhurst Park, and provided a Fantasy assist when Palace won 3-1 at Old Trafford last weekend.

There will be plenty of interest from Palace fans and neutrals alike as Eberechi Eze (£6.0m) makes his first league start for his new club. The former QPR man has been restricted to substitute appearances in the Premier League thus far, but replaces Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m) on the left-hand side of midfield in Gameweek 3.

Crystal Palace XI (4-4-2): Guaita; Mitchell, Sakho, Kouyaté, J Ward; Eze, McArthur, McCarthy, Townsend; Zaha, Ayew.

Everton XI (4-3-3): Pickford; Digne, Keane, Mina, Coleman; Allan, Gomes, Doucouré; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Rodríguez.

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  1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    2/3 blanks for JRod

  2. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Cold Rod

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sexy Rod

  3. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Some people did Son to Hamez.

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      kneejerkers

    2. o0Ash
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I did Bruno to Hamez. Feels great this week.

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

        And what did you do with the change?

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

          He's lying, did Saka Auba to KDB Podence lol.

          I wanted to know what he did with the change too

      2. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Ouch

  4. Nice to Finally Michu
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Werner EO?

    1. Livinginapool - Top 100 Any…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      36.98%

    2. Red Red Robins
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      whats EO mean?

      1. dark91
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Effective ownership

        1. Red Red Robins
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Thank you

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

    Martial to DCL looks a mo brainer now ...

    1. Khark
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      unfortunately i agree

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah.
        Feels like stupid me for ignoring DCL.
        Better late than never thought 🙁

    2. Pedram
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Salah approves

    3. AnfieldLad
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I prefer a penalty taker. Probably Jiménez

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Good option yes ...

    4. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Martial to Jimi for me but I already have DCL

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Jimenez is a great option.
        Not sure. I want to save some cash to invest in Midfield Actually. Can't get Son in a straight move anyways.

        Not sure What to do

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

    DCL likely to get any bonus points?

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      not at the mo

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      1 at this stage

      1. Liberate HK - antichinazi
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        0 at this stage

        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          missed Koyate silly me

    3. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Unlikely, jammy 6 pointers

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

      Not without another goal.

    5. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      1 or 2 maybe...

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

    Cold Rod indeed 🙁

    That's irritating, thought he'd tick along quite nicely

    1. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      unlucky, looks scary not owning

    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If you are being ironically annoyed and watched the game, you sir are a comedic genius.
      David Brent of fpl?

  8. Joey Barton and Friends
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    How did Martial look today?

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

      2 glimpses of being class out of 90 minutes.

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

      The invisible man.

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

      Not like a good FPL asset

  9. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Now, it's not easy to get 2 or 3 clean sheets in a gameweek.

    1. Livinginapool - Top 100 Any…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I still think Liverpool will be very good for clean sheets this season. Better than last season.

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Don’t know why anyone would play with more than 3 at the back this season

  10. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Game not over yet but I’m disappointed. Got Zaha, Guaita and DCL on wc and 9 pts from them. Very bad.

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

      Don't worry about Guaita too much. I've got him too and didn't really expect a CS.

      Long stretch of favourable fixtures. Will continue to make saves and Palace should hopefully strengthen a bit more at the back once players back from injury.

      1. AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Guaita is ok. But expected more from Zaha today.

    2. BobbyV
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      This was never going to be high scoring though. So it’s good enough...

  11. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Caballero starts...does that make Kepa a £70 million 3rd choice keeper!?

  12. Vpan
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Where is Zouma?

  13. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    James Rod wagon derailed ... all off at the next stop

  14. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    DCL on 0 bap

  15. Evasivo
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    DCL out the BPs 🙁

  16. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Amen Kepa is dropped. He costed us so many points. Kind of a muppet

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

    How many points does DCL got?

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

      Only 6pts this week.

      A new low for him.

  18. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Forget Hamez, can't handle Mitchell blanking.

  19. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    6 points not good enough today for DCL, not happy.

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

      Why? Did you captain him?

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

      I didn't expect much against Palace...

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah agreed but the 0 bonus and missing sitters is annoying

    3. Evasivo
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      For his price I'm happy, who else is better?

  20. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    come on richa another cheeky goal please

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I told ya Tammy is going to start. That partnership with Havertz was amazing in the cup game. I watched it closely. This should work for Werner too imo

  22. pablo discobar
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bonus points are a joke. Richardson has had a rubbish game. At fault for palace goal, booked, top of bonus points

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      he hasnt had a rubbish game, what game are you watching.....hes been very involved

    2. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      scored the winning goal.

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

      He’s had a brilliant game. Best forward outside the top 6

  23. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Iwobi 😀

  24. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Who do we think is the best EVE attacker to have now? Richa given penos?

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

      Almost. He’s just playing so so so deep. Would be a no brainer otherwise

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not much in it between him and DCL

    3. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      DCL - gets loads of chances. scores some of them

    4. Mighty Banana
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If they're the same price, I go Richarlison.

      But for the 1m to spend elsewhere, I go DCL.

  25. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Werner blank be lovely

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Indeed, gulp

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

      Would break my WC lol

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

      Gulp I hope so

    4. Mighty Banana
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I like this idea

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

    Would you keep Hamez and just hope he gets more returns rather than AA?

    He must've been close a few times today (been out, havent seen much)

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He’s superb, be mad to sell at that price

  27. ElliotJHP
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    On the draft version

    A) Robertson Bruno
    B) Mina Mane

    Would bench Mina anyway for Saiss James Laporte

  28. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Guys, what's the current baps?

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      3
      2
      1

    2. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Rich 3
      Kouyate 2
      Coleman 1

  29. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    dcl down

  30. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Was reminiscing about Italian football in the late 90s the other day. Italy should have been more successful with their strikers.

    Baggio
    Del Piero
    Totti
    Zola
    Inzaghi
    Vieri
    Ravenelli
    Casiraghi
    Chiesa

    1. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Top as well

    2. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Some magnificent talent there, loved watching Serie A during those times

    3. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      cant play them all!

      and they were up against that brazil team.

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

      And now Moise kean, Everton’s 3rd choice striker gets regular call ups at 19 lol