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Mitchell and van Aanholt start together for Palace side missing injured Zaha

Gameweek 23 comes to a conclusion at a wintry Elland Road this evening as Leeds United take on Crystal Palace.

Kick-off is at 20:00 GMT.

Patrick Bamford (£6.7m) carries the hopes of almost 50% of Fantasy managers this evening, having seen his ownership swell even further in the last Gameweek: just under 250,000 FPL bosses transferred in the striker ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

Bamford’s ownership is up around the 85% mark in the top 10k, with Stuart Dallas (£4.8m) also widely owned among this elite group: the Northern Ireland international sits in over one in three of these squads.

As we’ve become accustomed to seeing this season, Leeds are unchanged from their previous game.

There is no Pablo Hernandez (£5.7m) among the substitutes, however, with the veteran playmaker missing out through injury.

The Palace team news is more noteworthy, with Roy Hodgson opting to field Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) and Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) in the same side.

One of them, likely van Aanholt, will presumably be playing ‘out of position’ further up the left flank.

Hodgson also hands Jean-Philippe Mateta (£5.9m) his debut, with Michy Batshuayi (£5.7m) only on the bench and Wilfried Zaha (£7.2m) absent because of a hamstring problem.

Mitchell and Leeds’ Pascal Struijk (£3.9m) are two of the three cheapest starters of Gameweek 23, with the latter making his eighth successive Bielsa line-up in the Premier League.

The reverse fixture between these two sides ended in a 4-1 win for Palace, a match in which Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) registered his highest FPL score of the season.


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Cooper, Struijk, Alioski, Dallas, Klich, Phillips, Harrison, Raphinha, Bamford.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Van Aanholt, Cahill, Dann, Clyne, Mitchell, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Eze, Mateta, Ayew.

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1,878 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Orion
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    TAA to Stones for a hit?

    1. Esalman
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dias or Cancelo but yes

      1. Orion
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Have Dias already

  2. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Palace only scored 4 times in their last 18 games without Zaha. Dallas you better haul

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A Dallas haul would greatly upset me

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bad fixture this for leeds. Gary Cahill 2 goals and a cleanie coming up

    3. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He's my only chance of survival in the cup

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

    Mr Stuart Dallas,

    It is on you to save the week from hell

    1. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thissssss

    2. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why the bench w*nkery with steer?

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

        Makes me feel better when I check my score

        1. No Professionals
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Kinda think the dcl bench points serve you right...

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

            Absolutely disgusting comment lol

    3. Jindaljain
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He had just read your comment on his way to score brace

    4. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Good start then

  4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    With Son’s contract running to 2023 - does he start to become buyable in the summer?

    1. BremerHB
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Would take him at Werder if the price was right 😉

  5. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford and Dallas haul needed desperately!!

    Bamford won’t make much difference but Dallas..... def will!

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bamford and Dallas blank needed desperately

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        You’re on 75pts! Don’t be greedy!

        I’m on 50!

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Cash league rival has both. My week score is irrelevant

          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Early days to be worrying re ML rivals

  6. shiraz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Come on (B)amford and dallas

  7. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas one pointer needed. Bamford can score a hattrick

    1. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      too late...

  8. BremerHB
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford, Dallas & Raphinha. You could say my GW depends on a big Leeds wins and clean sheet...!

  9. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Goal

    Leeds

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Harrison

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Slight nick off Cahil but no change to the goal.

  10. STEP rOVERS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cheers Dallas

  11. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas (A) right?

    1. shiraz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yup look like it

    2. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes he passed it to him and that’s how it works

  12. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallassssssssssssssss

  13. shiraz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What a goal

  14. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dalllllllas a

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas assist

  16. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas assist 😎

  17. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas what a legend

  18. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nightcrawler fuming?

    Dallas assist takes him out of the FPL Cup?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nowhere to hide for him now.

    2. Party time
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Absolutely nowhere to hide

      • Lazaretti
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Theres still time for 3 yc and penalty miss

    3. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dallas

    4. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dallas! Good lad. Right then Bambo (c) let’s have a brace.

    5. djman102
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Looks like I picked the wrong week to wait on bringing in Dallas.

    6. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      before i even just logged in i knew i'd hear something about Dallas, get the eff in lad!

    7. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dallas is my Justin. Hate him.

    8. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yikes bench points gonna outscore my playing team

        1. Gizzachance
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Martinez, dcl, Dallas on bench ! Who said play b/boost my in a dgw !

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

        Dallas on for a major haul

      • Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Very happy that I have Dallas and Bumford already in prep for the DGW - no transfers in needed!

        1. Dirty Harry
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          So does everyone else lol

      • Lev Yashin
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Dallas-sist.

      • TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I hate Dallas

      • FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Dallas 😀