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FPL differentials the key figures as West Brom host Brighton

It is the Fantasy Premier League differentials on offer in the second match of Double Gameweek 26.

Despite playing just once over the next few days, Brighton are the more popular outfit in this match, Lewis Dunk (£4.9m) starting the match with 5.6% ownership.

Robert Sánchez (£4.5m) is another leading figure as the Seagulls travel to West Bromwich Albion although on 3.0% of Fantasy managers currently rely on the goalkeeper.

2.8% are still invested in Neal Maupay (£6.1m) who leads the line today, accompanied by an out-of-position Leandro Trossard (£5.7m).

It looks as if Graham Potter has gone with a back-four for the visit to the Hawthorns, with Dan Burn (£4.2m) and Joël Veltman (£4.3m) in the left and right-back positions either side of Dunk and Ben White (£4.4m).

Meanwhile, Matheus Pereira (£5.4m) is the most fashionable starting Baggies option today sat in 1.8% of teams.

Ahead of facing two fixtures, the midfielder has a goal and assist in his last two at home.

Mbaye Diagne (£6.0m) has been a much-discussed asset in the build-up to Double Gameweek 26 and starts up-front for the fourth-successive Premier League match.

He is inside the top-four among all players for minutes per expected goal involvement (xGI) over the last four matches but only 0.8% of Fantasy managers are invested in the forward.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.6m) is also on the radar even though just 0.6% of managers possess the Arsenal loanee.

He is deployed out of position once again today, operating on the right-hand flank of West Brom’s attacking midfield trio.

Double Gameweek 26 Line-ups

West Bromwich Albion XI (4-2-3-1): Johnstone; C Townsend, Bartley, O’Shea, Furlong; Yokuslu, Gallagher; M Phillips, M Pereira, Maitland-Niles; Diagne.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-4-2): R Sánchez; Burn, Dunk, White, Veltman; Connolly, Mac Allister, Bissouma, Groß; Maupay, Trossard.

Double Gameweek 26 so far…

Another Double Gameweek, another attacking haul for Manchester City’s centre-backs.

João Cancelo (£6.1m) watched Saturday’s lunch-time kick-off in dismay as Pep Guardiola benched him for the first time since Gameweek 21.

And his absence from the team, which lasted the whole game, made goals for Ruben Dias (£6.1m) and John Stones (£5.2m) all the more painful for the Portuguese international’s 26.6% ownership.

Cancelo was named on Manchester City’s bench alongside Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) and Phil Foden (£6.1m), although the latter made it on for the second period.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) were the providers for the Citizens’ two goals while Ilkay Gundogan (£6.2m) continued his run of matches without an attacking return to three before coming off in the 89th minute.

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

    Unless u r a Westbrom or Brighton fan, u aint watchin this game lol

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

      I am, supporting one of the Albions. 😉

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wrong! Giving Pereira & Maintland-Niles the eye-test. Sounds wrong I know, but it's for a mate 😉

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

        The dedication is unbelievable.

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

    That would be harsh as far as a penalty goes

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Not harsh at all

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Unfortunate yes

            1. MoSalad
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Justice served

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Weird idea of justice, stonewall penalty

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

          Come on Johnstone!!! Save!!!!

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

          Bench one of:

          A) Raphinha whu
          B) Bamford whu
          C) Bruno mci

          1. TKC07
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            C

          2. LC1
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            My guy relax it's a week away. Enjoy this GW first lol

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

          Penalty for Pereira?

          1. MoSalad
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Nah Penalty Brighton mate

          2. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 1 month ago

              He switched teams?

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

              You should find a stream mate 😆

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

                I’m out and about mate but desperately trying to keep up haha

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

                  Radio commentary?

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

                    Good shout

          3. Liberate HK - antichinazi
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            AMN punter unite here

            1. Hy liverpool
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Brighton will score surely

              1. Liberate HK - antichinazi
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                OK after he subbed off at 60 mins

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

            Gross miss there...

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

            Pen save or just straight miss?

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

              Hit the bar

            2. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Off the bar

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

                  Thanks both.

              • AzzaroMax99
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                I hope that Gross missed xD

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

                Miss

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

              🙂

            4. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Gross point blank

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

                  Touché!

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

                  Gross miscalculation. should have written the figures below the bar not on it.

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

                Newcastle fans breathing again for now...

              • HuttonDressedasLahm
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Gross misconduct

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

                  😀

              • Scholes Out For Summer
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                That doesn’t count as a save does it

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

                  Unless we count all misses as saves, then no

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

                  Of course not

              • Chandler Bing
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Johnstone gets no points for that pen miss, right?

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

                  Nope

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

                  Nope

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

                  Not in a zillion years

                4. Rolls-Royce
                  • 10 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Gets to keep the CS for the moment.

              • Tasty Jerk
                • 11 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                lol Brighton 😀

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

                  Ha

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

                Dunk would have scored that.

              • HuttonDressedasLahm
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                If Brighton go down, you could fairly say they blew it themselves

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

                  If it's by a point or so, let the Palace lads rake the credit. I'm sure they'll have have the honour.

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

                  Yeah, they really look a decent side but they clearly have a severe, potentially fatal, allergy when it comes to scoring.

                3. @persecuted_by_mods
                    3 years, 1 month ago

                    At some point they can't call themselves unlucky, it becomes bad players coaching and management. This deep into the season they're definitely at the point where I don't think oh they were unlucky to not score after dominating

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

                      Agreed

                      Guaita only had to make 4 saves last week. Most of them were from one goal line scramble.

                      Really poor attack. Pretty midfield.

                4. pingissimus
                  • 5 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Brighton defence have 2 really useful fixtures in BGWs 29 and 33 against Newcastle and SHU. Otherwise a sea of red.

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

                  F off Burn and Brighton. Good defensively, yeah right.

                6. Napoleon IV
                  • 6 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  I think goalies should get the point credits when a player misses the target on a penalty. it's a psychological game more than anything, especially at that level, and if a penalty taker has missed the target then the keeper should get the credit for doing enough to put him off taking a good penalty.

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

                    He didn’t though. Gross apparently finds it difficult to just run up to the ball and kick it on target. Decided to do some odd Peruvian fertility dance en route which simply made things harder for himself.

                7. Bushwhacker
                  • 4 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  WBA taking full advantage of ... the sun.

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

                  DUNKY!

                9. MoSalad
                  • 10 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Sceenneessss madness!

                  1. MoSalad
                    • 10 Years
                    3 years, 1 month ago

                    Could it be offside?

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

                      How is he interfering? Not in line of sight

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

                      Wow Ref blew his whistle twice this is crazy

                10. Muchentuchel
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  corruption all over... what a joke this ref is.

                11. Bushwhacker
                  • 4 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Apparently OK for Brighton but not Southampton .... consistent

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

                  Chaos created by Mason

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

                  offside Maupay blocking vision.

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

                    Absolute nonsense

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

                  Embarrassing moment for Lee Mason.

                  I think VAR must have told him to allow the goal to stand and rightly so.

                15. Alan The Llama
                  • 14 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  I love a quick free kick

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

                  Carnage at West Brom .... absolutely shambolic ...