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Zaha and Lamptey fit to feature as Mitchell keeps his place at left-back

Crystal Palace face Brighton and Hove Albion at Selhurst Park in the second of four Premier League matches to take place on Sunday.

Kick-off in the M23 derby is at 14:00 BST.

All four of the players who have double-digit ownerships from these two teams start this afternoon.

Three of them were doubts for this fixture, be it through injury or rotation risk.

Tyrick Mitchell (£4.2m) sees off the challenge of Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) at left-back for now, with the fit-again Dutchman only among the substitutes.

Tariq Lamptey (£4.7m) and Wilfried Zaha (£7.2m) were both flagged with injuries in Fantasy Premier League but the pair are passed fit to feature.

Mathew Ryan (£4.5m), Albion’s most-owned FPL asset, is between the posts again as expected.

Crystal Palace have made four changes in all to the side that were thrashed by Chelsea before the international break.

Gary Cahill (£4.5m) is back after a long-term lay-off and replaces Mamadou Sakho (£4.5m) at centre-half, while Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m) is in for Eberechi Eze (£5.9m) down the Eagles’ left flank.

Jordan Ayew (£5.8m) isn’t in the Palace squad, so Michy Batshuayi (£5.8m) joins Zaha in a two-man attack.

The injured James McCarthy (£4.5m) is replaced by Jairo Riedewald (£4.4m) in the middle of the park, while new signing Nathaniel Clyne (£4.5m) is on the bench.

Brighton make two changes to the team that lost 4-2 against Everton last time out.

Dan Burn (£4.4m) and Adam Lallana (£6.3m) come into the visitors’ starting XI, with Steven Alzate (£4.5m) and Aaron Connolly (£5.5m) dropping to the bench – possibly as a result of their exertions with their respective countries over the international break.


Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Cahill, Kouyaté, J Ward; Schlupp, McArthur, Riedewald, Townsend; Zaha, Batshuayi.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Webster, Dunk, White; Burn, Bissouma, Lallana, Lamptey; Trossard, Maupay, March.

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  1. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Pay back for that non pen for Everton against us a few weeks back 😀

  2. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Zaha keepers finally rewarded after 2 blanks

  3. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Fck you everyone who instructed me to lose Zaha for Grealish!

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      You didn’t have to listen 😉

      1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Ofc I know that but when 20 people comment why you have Zaha take Grealish, and it happened over and over again. Now Wilf will score a fckin hattrick.

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Blame yourself for getting rid before Brighton

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        And its not like Grealish has already played

    3. Vlekz
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Don't ask for free advice then

      • The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Grealish hasn't played yet, he may double Zaha's score.Plus you made the move you can't blame other people.

      • Dexters Laboratory
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Sell Grealish for Zaha for a -4 hit

      • liner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Its not like it should be ur decision?

      • MINUS FOUR
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Ever thought about making your own decisions based on your own reasoning? It's liberating.

      • Amsterhammer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        He always scores against Brighton.

      • Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Hahahaha

    4. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Having penalty takers is quite tortuous but it normally works out well! Cheers Wilf

    5. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      If that's a pen, we would have min 6 pen per game, so stupid...

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Ridiculous decision.

      2. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        It's stupid because VAR won't overturn one like that but refs won't give 'em 9 times out of 10.

      3. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        It's a problem with VAR. Refs know that VAR will bail them out if it's a clear dive so they are softer on the whistle, less afraid to be tricked. But then VAR in turn are too rigid on what constitutes a 'clear and obvious error' so they never overturn those soft decisions

        1. bOttOmEdpOstrEpliEr.
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Exactly this.

    6. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Flashscore said Batsman scored penalty, my hearth almost stopped. then they changed fast

    7. SteJ
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      And the quest for a gk clean sheet continues for another week

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        You won't get any with Ryan

      2. SteJ
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        And a gk booking too. Fml

    8. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Is Maupay worth 0.6 over Watkins?

      1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        No

      2. Pariße
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        I don’t think so, the stats are very close for now.

      3. Winston.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Depends how you use the money...probably not. Maupay on penalties though...

      4. ReindeerHotdog
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        With the players supporting Watkins I think he's a no brainer for 6m.

    9. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Unbelievable!!! Something positive!

    10. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      It would be Zaha!

    11. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      That’s a pen and the high foot at City-Arsenal wasn’t.

      1. nerd_is_the_werd
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        How is that a penalty?

        1. Pariße
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          I was being sarcastic of how inconsistent the refs are.

    12. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      God i hate Zaha

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Love him 🙂

    13. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I knew it!!!! Goodness.

      Dont go Zaha on WC they said.

      Pulisic over Zaha worked a treat.

      Why do I not trust my own instincts???

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Zaha looks awful

        Palace look worse

        But I guess that was part of the thinking in getting him, he might at least score a pen or 2

        1. The Sociologist
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          The stats aren’t brilliant, was just hoping for pens to tide me over this next week or so whilst KDB our.

      2. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Yep Grealish over Zaha smart people here whenever I listen to advices here I end up losing points

        1. Winston.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Just one GW...

      3. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Because it’s one gameweek? Pulisic is always a better choice than him

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Pulisic is another injury waiting to happen

    14. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      That's not a penalty.

      1. Winston.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Agree

        1. Winston.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Lucky Zaha

    15. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      What do you think ? A or B ?
      A. Fernandes + Werner
      B. Havertz + Kane

      1. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        A

    16. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Did Ryan get booked?

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Yes.

      2. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        yep

    17. The Sociologist
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Yessss he’s on pens!

    18. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Saw the replay, soft penalty imo

    19. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Lamptey will get assist for that right ?

    20. JJO
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I faking hate this game
      Every wc decision i made backfired
      Last day changes were Taa and Neto instead of Robertson and Zaha

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        if you watch the games you can see Robbo getting forward much more than TAA
        Neto is a waste of a Liverpool spot

      2. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Tbh that was an awful decision mate.. Robbo has looked much better than trent and Neto is a rotation risk

    21. Goodricke
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      So Werner, Digne and Zaha were axed in my wildcard. I hate this game.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        The game has zero point to it

        1. Tasty Jerk
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Not if you have Zaha and Mitchell

    22. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Kevin friend's the VAR, he must have zaha in his fpl team.

    23. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Werner + Zaha > Son + Watkins looking like a disaster in FanTeam already.

      I need to just not make transfers apparently...

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        I was tempted to sell Werner in FanTeam but luckily kept him.

        Will you play CL Fanteam?

        1. Camzy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          No. I have so many FanTeam drafts for PL that I don't really feel like doing CL research. It takes too long.

          1. FPL Daniel
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers, I am tempted though

    24. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Mitchel looking lively too

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

      Lol think I've got 2 CSs in total this season

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        average is most that 3.5 goals per game, of course you have 2 CS

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

          I'll add 'defenders who have returned anything' in that case.

    26. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Aw F off, outside chance of a Lamptey CS would’ve been lovely.

      I guess nobody gets CS anymore

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

        Mitchell owners will

    27. Kodap
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      How is that a Penalty, lol...

      Lamptey CS wiped! Another depressing GW..

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Just that kind of season. Soft penalties in every game.

    28. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Who do I dig myself out from this mess?

      No wildcard, 1ft and 0.8itb

      Martinez
      Taa-Saiss-Lamptey (James,Mitchell)
      Salah-Sterling-Son-Foden-Podence
      Dcl-Jimenez (Brew)

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Nothing wrong with it

      2. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Getting rid of Podence will be a good start

        1. S.Kuqi
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah. Might keep him one more gw and ship out for free next gw and go for 343

      3. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Just sit...fine team

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Wait for 2 FTs then remove james and Podence

          1. S.Kuqi
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers. Will do that

    29. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Mitchell CS incoming!

    30. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Only took zaha out because of the "injury" ffs