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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. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas you beauty.13k fall with Antonio(c),i'll take it and run away.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dallas saved us massively

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

    Thank you Bam and Dallas for shrinking my red arrow right down!!

    68pts all out and managed to stay in the top 100k for now.

    Made a shocking GW an average one which I’m fine with!

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Well done, you’re still in a strong position going into the doubles

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

        Cheers PB!

        Got a nice plan hopefully for next couple so hoping the midweeks don’t put a spanner in the works!

    2. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dallas and Bamford made my red arrow green. A great way to finish a GW.

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

        Awesome! I couldn’t hope for a green but a tiny red is great!

  3. Bring the Cavalry
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas meslier and Bamford (c), Leeds saving my terrible game week

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

      Nice!

  4. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Small red at the end really happy for Dallas points.

    Only if I played Martinez would have been a red .

    Time.to go bold and finally jump into top 10K

    Thinking of getting Tark Gundo Rodriguez DCL and Digne for 12 pt hit

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Good or bad plan ?

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

      Time for bed!

    3. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Well done but relax on the hits and at least wait for fa cup games!

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

        This

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

      Sleep on that!

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

      Which defenders for Digne and Tarkowski?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Mitchel and Dallas. Will get Dallas back on a WC

  5. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Play bamford (arsenal) or Bowen (SU)?

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

      Bamford. Bowen is useless as an FPL asset - often comes off before 60 and goal threat isn't great.

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers I can’t wait to get rid of Bowen ! Will do Bowen to Raphinha gw25

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

    First GW i own Mr Dallas. Feels great.

    1. Kane and Ablett
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You won’t look back, if you watch the games he makes it a pleasure

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

    Finally! ML leader doesn’t have any Leeds players. Success! Closing in

  8. matiakez
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Needed a Dallas 12 pointer to stay in the cup. What a guy.

    1. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I needed a Dallas 12 pointer to stay out of the cup. I hope all Crystal Palace players die. My best to Dallas though

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

      Saved my bacon too. What a hero.

  9. Maeki2
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling & Mee in BB activated

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

    2 decisions for next week, finally rolling a ft

    Bench
    A) son
    B) bamford

    Captain
    1) Gundogan
    2) DCL

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A1 Sauce

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

      A1 Sharon.

    3. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B1

    4. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A1

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

      Thanks all, that’s my gut.

      Son's past record v city is a bit worrying though.

  11. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Risky benching Bamford, Soucek and Coufal?

    Pope
    Digne, Stones, Cancelo, Mee
    Salah, Saka, Bruno, Sterling
    DCL, Antonio

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

      vary, however i'm BB'ing this weekend

    2. Maeki2
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Then bench boost

  12. Casual Player
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dallas saving my ranking, what a hero.

  13. mr messi
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A. Steer to Pope or
    B. Taylor to a Burnley defender likely to play and play McCarthy?

    And should I take a hit to do Antonio to DCL?

  14. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Would have been inside the top 1k if I’d stuck with DCL over Soucek. That’s a stinger. Roll on some more bench points next week!

    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I’ve just been thinking the same mate!! I’d be 35k if I had!! I play 3-4-3 every week and the one week I go 3-5-2 it bites me!! Haha

  15. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Did Ayling...... Just get a clean sheet?

    Am I dreaming?

  16. Blue&White85
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Not often I get these but brilliant night as a Meslier, Dallas and Bamford owner.

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

    Is Soucek's ban canceled? Should I do after cup games Soucek > Gundo and keep Son/Bruno/Salah/Raphinha?

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

      Yes

  18. Arthur Shelby
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    101 all out, allow the brag 🙂 First ever non-DGW ton...

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

      Well done.

    2. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wowsers!!

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I have yet to hit a ton in a non DGW.

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

      Well done

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

      Smashing score. Well played.

    6. Arthur Shelby
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers all, feels good.

  19. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone else going in with the Dallas Soucek Coufal bench next week?

    1. Arthur Shelby
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      More or less, actually thinking of BB.

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Instead of whom ?

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

    Ouch. 20k drop tonight as a non-Leeds owner. That and benching DCL and Justin has taken the gloss off what looked like a decent week yesterday with 76.

    Still, 80k now, having been 3m around GW7!

  21. D.Glynn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    With 2ft would you do Son to Sterling just for this GW? Reverse the following.
    McCarthy
    Cancelo Coufel Mee
    Salah Bruno Son Gundo Lookman
    DCL Bamford
    Johnstone Wood Dallas Justin

  22. A. PRISE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    This GW should be named "the casual's GW". The high scoring teams are those whose manager gave up or simply doesn't watch football anymore.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ok Mr no-linked-team

      1. A. PRISE
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        20k mate. 11k last week

    2. jammie26
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      An odd comment.

      1. A. PRISE
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        But true nonetheless

  23. OptimusBlack
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Martinez
    Dallas , Coufal, Dias
    Salah, Bruno, Sterling, Gundo
    Antonio, Bamford, DCL
    Forster Soucek James Holding
    2 FT AND 2 itb
    Any Thoughts ?

  24. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Approaching 1K now, and that's with benching Martinez, Dallas and DCL

      Sign of a good team!

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

        Nice going, just about stayed in the top 5k. Having no Gundogan has cost me recently a lot

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Played him over DCL in the end, was kicking myself when he blazed the peno over because I brought him into my team last minute purely because he had pens!

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

              Paid off in the end, he looks essential, can’t believe next week will be the first time I owned him.
              Like you I also started Soucek over DCL 🙁

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Damn, just bad luck soucek had chances and then the red. And I actually posted on here that gundo was a trap but the community convinced me to get him been points galore since

          • Botman and Robben
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Jeez. Where are you up to now?

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 1 month ago

                1.2K before this Leeds game in which I own raph and bamford. Could be a small drop to 1.3 or 1.4 depending on Dallas ownership near me I'm not sure but overall should be a green again

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

              Yep. Great job bud!

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Cheers!

              2. BeWater
                • 3 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Brilliant mate 🙂

                1. @persecuted_by_mods
                    3 years, 1 month ago

                    Thanks!

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

                  I'm approaching 1k too, just from a long way away!

                  How close are you?

                  1. @persecuted_by_mods
                      3 years, 1 month ago

                      Haha gotta start somewhere right!

                      At gameweek start I was 1.5k, I'm 1.2k before this game kicked off in which I own raph and bamford, might actually be a small drop back depending on Dallas ownership but should still be a tiny green!

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

                        That's brilliant.

                        I'm trying to improve my transfer discipline.

                        Please can you share your ID so i can learn from your approach?

                3. how now brown cow
                  • 9 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  There's nothing better than having players do well in the last game of the week, particularly when it wasnt going well beforehand.

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

                    This 100%, literally saved a week from hell for me

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

                  Does Debbie Does Dallas hold onto the 3 BAPs?

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

                  Cooper was the man of the match for me.Excellent performance defensively,covering,through balls.

                  1. @persecuted_by_mods
                      3 years, 1 month ago

                      Gotta be Raphina for me, Palace were just woeful in attack and still had a few decent opportunities

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

                        What a footballer!

                  2. Coaly
                    • 11 Years
                    3 years, 1 month ago

                    Mitchell to:
                    a) Mee
                    b) Stones

                    Bench:
                    1. Coufal (SHU)
                    2. Bamford (ars)

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

                    Dallas overtakes Rob Holding as FPL player of the season

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

                      Err.

                  4. umerlfc
                    • 8 Years
                    3 years, 1 month ago

                    Happy with 80 without Gundo & Justin
                    Thank you Raphinha and Dallas!

                    1. School of Poch
                      • 8 Years
                      3 years, 1 month ago

                      93 without those players as well, has been a very enjoyable week. Haven't been able to say that a lot this year!