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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. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lowton confirmed start now for next match

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

    Anyone who went Pieters + Mee is hoping for a goal.

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You know your maths.

  3. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gundo TC in the house hands up

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane gw26

    2. 3 A
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      wow

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

      Hope he does well for ya. Got him as captain only.

      1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Hoping Mou doesn't do what he knows best.

    4. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Well then, think I will enjoy a dirty brace alone against TOT.

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

      Sterling better option, by far

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

    Pls score palace

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

      I hope so too. A lot of injury time.

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

    Hold on Burnley

  6. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Goal for Palace and Mee could get BAPs here

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

      I really hope Palace score

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Same but they bloody won’t. And then they’ll get a CS v Fulham without Mee

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Come on palace.

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

    Palace are awful!

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

      Beware the TOWNSEND SCREAMER

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

      Easy clean sheet for opponents when Zaha is out

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

        Yea without Zaha they look very poor

  8. VAR United
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Why would you rotate your CB’s? Makes no sense.

    Non Dias owner.

    1. mwa1t
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dias was ill, has only trained 1 day

    2. Vlekz
        3 years, 1 month ago

        He was sick. Probably because of that.

        1. VAR United
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ahh my bad didn’t know he was out sick.

      • Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        They’re not being rotated, clearly has recovered from his fever yet

      • Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        He was never going to play every game. Fever or not!

      • Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Back for a goal and clean sheet against Everton. 😎

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

      Assuming Ings is the Soton pick of choice for gw25 right?

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

        Nowhere else to look. Raphina/Ings will rise fastest is my guess.

      2. Ch0udini
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Vestergard also tasty if you want defender

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

      Palace are completely useless. Target them heavily for CS.

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

      What happened to Mee gents?

      1. DRIZ ✅
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        What happened to you?

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

          Lol 🙂

      2. TOLV TUMS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        looks like concussion - not sure how severe

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

          Thanks mate.

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

      So much selfishness on here today.

      It's all Mee, Mee, Mee. 😀

      1. DRIZ ✅
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Good try

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

      JRod needs to kick someone and Pope waste time over a goal kick.

    8. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Palace are woefully toothless

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

      Palace goal now please

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

      Palace putting on the pressure in search for a consolation goal

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

        You sound desperate for them to score

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

          I want the CS. But I can see what is happening in the game.

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

            Close your eyes and ears and don’t look lol that’s what I do

    11. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Who will survive the Pep roulette v Everton? That City bench looks too strong

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

      Would be interesting to see MCI defence without Dias, been a while.

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

      7 minutes. Ugh

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

        Oh god. It would be absolutely typical too.

      2. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        7 minutes of pain

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

        Come on Palace please score!

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

        They better not score a pointless consolation!

    14. boombaba
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I have Pope and lowton
      Yet still fuming I bottled captaining pope for gundog

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

        How can you be fuming when games aren't even played?!

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

          That’s my personality unfortunately
          Never happy

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

        Early penalty for City and you're laughing

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

        Yawn

      4. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        My VC

    15. fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Woe is Mee (owners)

    16. MGD
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Was deciding between Lowton and Mee.... jezuz

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

        Same. Went with Mee obvs.

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

      HOLLLDDD Pope

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

        This is so sweaty right now.

        Give us the cleanie.

      2. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Hold for Mee

    18. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Need a Palace G 🙂

    19. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      7!!!!

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

      Lowton all 3

    21. Bounce
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Anyone doing Bruno > Kane on WC?

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

        God no, will find another way.

    22. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bringing Mee in instead of Lowton really sums up my season. Roll on 2021/22.

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

        Come on. It's only gonna be 24 points difference come the end of the week.

    23. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hopefully City concede 5 today so Pep learns to never bench Dias again.

      Absolute fraud

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

        All scored by Son

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

        Haha. Chill man. He was ill, which we knew about. Also the first rotation for him this season.

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

      7 mins.

      Suspect the Pope baps watch and save watch has changed...
      To a Palace shot watch!