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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. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    GTG?

    Martinez
    Dias - Mee - Tarkowski - Lowton
    Salah - Sterling - Bruno - Grealish - Foden
    DCL

    Button - Bamford - Wilson - Mitchell

    1. Ozzy smith
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Looks good

  2. Ozzy smith
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Assume many in the same position as me with WC + BB left. Any thoughts?

    Worth activating the bench boost this week? The idea being, I’d be able to keep the Leeds triple up from a GW25 wildcard beyond DGW26? Happy to take a hit this week, as I’d take a hit in 26 if bench boosting. Tough one.

    Steer KWP Pereria > Pope Mee Gundo (-4)

    Pope
    Dias Stones Mee Digne
    Salah Son Bruno Gundo
    Antonio DCL
    (Martinez Watkins Coufal Soucek)