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FPL managers eye Burnley clean sheet in first Double Gameweek match

Burnley’s key defenders are all in place for their first Double Gameweek fixture.

Nick Pope (£5.5m) comes into the round as the most popular Claret, owned by 16% of Fantasy Premier League managers while 1.9% of the top 10,000 have captained the goalkeeper.

However, the rest of Burnley’s defence can be considered differential figures for the visit to Crystal Palace.

7.1% possess Ben Mee (£5.0m) worldwide while 3.2% are invested by James Tarkowski (£5.3m).

Charlie Taylor (£4.4m) is absent from the matchday squad once again, allowing for Erik Pieters (£4.3m) to continue his run at left-back.

Matthew Lowton (£4.5m) could do well against Palace’s (and Fulham’s) weak left flank but is only owned by 3.0% of Fantasy managers.

Chris Wood (£6.2m) joins Taylor on the sidelines with his hamstring injury, while Matej Vydra (£4.8m) has picked up a similar problem, so misses out as well.

That means Jay Rodriguez (£5.8m) partners with Ashley Barnes (£6.0m) up-front today.

Crystal Palace are without Wilfried Zaha (£7.1m) for the second Premier League match in a row.

Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) is on the left flank of midfield while Jordan Ayew (£5.6m) is in the other winger role in support of Christian Benteke (£5.5m) and Michy Batshuayi (£5.7m).

Meanwhile, Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) occupies the left-back role and keeps Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) on the bench.

Double Gameweek 24 Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Dann, Kouyaté, Clyne; Eze, Riedewald, Milivojevic, Ayew; Benteke, Batshuayi.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Cork, Westwood, Gudmundsson; Rodriguez, Barnes.

Double Gameweek 24 so far…

James Maddison (£7.4m), Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) and Harvey Barnes (£6.9m) got the goals for Leicester as they executed an impressive second-half comeback to beat Liverpool 3-1 on Saturday lunch-time.

The latter looks set to emerge from the King Power Stadium with the most impressive tally as he recorded a goal and an assist, putting him in the running for two bonus points.

It was bad news for owners of Liverpool defenders as Ozan Kabak‘s (£5.0m) debut ended in disaster. Goalkeeper Alisson (£5.9m) collided with him in the 81st minute, allowing Vardy to convert into an open net.

With goals for Maddison (15.2%-owned) and Vardy (14.8%), the fact that Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) also found the net means the Fantasy masses are likely to be content with the way Double Gameweek 24 has begun.

The Egyptian is owned by 42.7% of managers worldwide, although was not considered a big part of the captaincy by the highest-performing managers.

Just 0.5% of the top 10k handed him the armband this week, a total of nine players receiving more attention in that department, including Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m)

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

    Can't wait for Palace to ruin the party

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

      Party plays for Leicester

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

        epic joke!

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

        I thought it was Arsenal?

    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Royal family to gate crash and urinate on the carpet...

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

    Benteke, Batshuayi, Ayew and Eze. Three strikers and a tricky playmaker, won't be surprised to see these Burnley cleans wiped out.

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

      It's deffo going.

    2. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I brought in Pope and benched Martinez. That should be enough confirmation

    3. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep - there's got to be a goal from one of those

  3. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Why have so many Championship and League 2 matches been postponed? Weather or Covid?

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Frozen pitches

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Ok, thanks.

  4. MIDIMAN2010
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    World OR 1 captaining Mee.

    1. Captain Vantastic™
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Goal incoming.

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

      Need the CS wiped

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Are you around him?

        1. ivantys
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          No one is, love the scenes here when it happens.

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

      You mean the soon-to-be former World Number 1 😀

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

      Brave

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

      Made sense given his team.

  5. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gw started well with Salah and Maddison un my team 🙂

    But now things get though with Pope (c) and no Sterling.

    Just hoping for no goals today

    1. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I LOVE Pope (C) - very ballsy!

  6. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool fans shell-shocked, like snails sitting on an electric fence.

  7. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Tarkowski 15 pointer needed in this game

    1. JJO
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      +15

    2. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, please!

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      McNeill to steal the show

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

      He will score for sure
      .

      Next SoT is a goal

  8. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How can they draw the line sometimes from armpit and sometimes from end of sleeve

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

      depends on who's in charge of the MS Paint

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

      Teams dependent.

    3. Steve Chance
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      The hand (attacker) seems to be in play in some decisions too.

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

    Anyone with triple/double Burnley and Pope captain?

    1. Vamos Los Celeste
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pope cap Tarko here.

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

        Good luck!

        1. Vamos Los Celeste
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          U 2.

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

      Pope captain and Mee.

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

      Pope and Lowton, Pope VC, couldn't bring myself to go for it

  10. Captain_Shirokov
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Need an Emerson Boyce-esque brace from Tarkowski this match.

  11. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Best Robertson replacement? Target Villa/Spurs ahead of 26/29?

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

      You already said it...

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

    Anyone else with only lowton lol?

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

      Yep, can see cleanies wiped in both games so didn't go all out.

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

      Yes sir, one assist would be lovely.

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

      Yeah. haha. Gulp.

    4. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Here - expections are extremely low

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

    Squawka Football

    @Squawka

    ·

    20m

    Liverpool when Thiago has played 60+ mins in the Premier League this season:
    9 games
    5 defeats
    2 draws
    2 wins

    A 22% win-rate with him in the team.

    ---
    Case closed

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Worse than Kepa? 😀

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

      He is awfull
      In the end i was right that he will be key player for Liv as title contenders

  14. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I need an ashley Barnes brace now

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Let's go Burnley

  15. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Squeeky-bum-time for Burnley cappers

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

    How come Palace are not in the relegation battle?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Because Woy is a genius

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

      Give it time. They've been awful.

  17. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A Burnley defender scoring in this gameweek would be just epic!

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

      Will be Lowton

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

      Charlie Taylor on Wednesday 😉

      1. Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        This

  18. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Klopp lost the dressing room. We have seen this before at Borrusia Dortmund, after great success he cannot manage downward spiral out of control... he's finished. Will stay in charge obviously but he's done.

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

      He is finished?

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

      Ridiculous comment.

      His mum died the other day btw. Everyone's human.

  19. Rash
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ben mee bullet header please

  20. Jonesfromthere
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pope captainers unite!

    1. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Unite .... in sorrow ....

      Sorry ... mini league rival has gone triple Burnley defence and Pope (c) ....

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

    Palace players xGloves 8.

    Vs.

    Burnley toughing it out from Turf Moor with 0 gloves on show!

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Burnley with 9 English players

  22. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Will Burnley be Duffy and Dunk or Dias and Stones?

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

      Dunk (c). Still sobbing.

  23. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Typical Palace finally try somthing different with their attack today as I’ve rolled out triple Burnley defence. Hopefully the Belgian duo aren’t my undoing!

  24. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Saturday Night Football is live!
    Ok then Sky Sports!

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

    Batshui working his feet like Pelé

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

      Graziano?

  26. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hold tight lads

  27. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Let's go Pope!

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

    It's my birthday. So far all good. Salah goal. Pope in nets. Sterling(TC) to come... 🙂

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Happy birthday, sterling might ruin it though

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

      Every pope save cheered like a 90th minute winner

    3. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ryan, Dunk, Duffy(C) get in