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Palace v Spurs team news: Richarlison recalled, no Richards

28 December 2025 271 comments
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The final match of Gameweek 18 sees Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur square off at Selhurst Park.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Oliver Glasner makes four changes from the midweek Carabao Cup defeat to Arsenal.

Dean Henderson, Nathaniel Clyne, Will Hughes and Justin Devenny come into the starting XI.

Walter Benitez, Jaydee Canvot and Eddie Nketiah drop to the bench, while Chris Richards is injured.

As for Spurs, Kevin Danso and Richarlison replace the suspended Cristian Romero and Xavi Simons.

LINE-UPS

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Lerma, Lacroix, Guehi, Clyne, Hughes, Wharton, Mitchell, Devenny, Pino, Mateta

Subs: Benitez, Nketiah, Uche, Esse, Canvot, Sosa, Rodney, Drakes-Thomas, Benamar

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Spence, Bentancur, Gray, Kudus, Bergvall, Kolo Muani, Richarlison

Subs: Kinsky, Dragusin, Palhinha, Tel, Johnson, Takai, Odobert, Davies, Scarlett

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  1. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 hours, 55 mins ago

    Guehi RC please.

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    1. faux_C
      • 13 Years
      6 hours, 53 mins ago

      Yes please

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    2. Bigbars
      • 15 Years
      6 hours, 53 mins ago

      I'm guessing you dont have him in your team ?

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    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 hours, 53 mins ago

      You just get more negative as the weekend unravels, don't you!

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      1. Naatie
          6 hours, 48 mins ago

          Took him 11 yrs to realise he's no good at fpl. What a waste of time!

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          1. Brosstan
            • 11 Years
            6 hours, 39 mins ago

            What's your main account ?

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          2. MJF
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            6 hours, 31 mins ago

            We have a troll we don't need another one, you know where the door is.

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        • Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          6 hours, 26 mins ago

          When you have 11m gw rank all you can take a bit of solace in is other popular picks failing

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      2. F4L
        • 11 Years
        6 hours, 50 mins ago

        and a lacroix brace

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      3. The Florentine assassin
        • 3 Years
        6 hours, 41 mins ago

        How about 2x Guehi goals, a clean sheet, DefCon points & all 3 bonus instead.

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      4. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 hours, 37 mins ago

        As somebody who no longer has any Palace assets a straight red would be great

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    4. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      6 hours, 51 mins ago

      The white roll neck sweater is back 🙂

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    5. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      6 hours, 47 mins ago

      A VDV 23 pointer bench jam please

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      1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        6 hours, 47 mins ago

        *and 18 for Guehi.. somehow

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    6. AzzaroMax99
      • 9 Years
      6 hours, 44 mins ago

      Nothing new on Calafiori and Timber? Have both od them, not sure what to do?

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      1. Babit1967
        • 9 Years
        6 hours, 43 mins ago

        Tempted to transfer timber out for Gabriel and just be done with it - going to need Gab in at some point..

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      2. Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        6 hours, 42 mins ago

        Cala's only a yellow flag so hopefully not too bad

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      3. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        6 hours, 37 mins ago

        We aren't gonna get anything from Arteta.

        I think Timber was just rested and Calafiori pulled out in the warmup so it's probable that he's not too far off. I dunno what to do either as a Calafiori owner. Probably will just bench him and play Keane this week.

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    7. JohnnyB10
        6 hours, 40 mins ago

        81, bench boost this week

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        1. bitm2007
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 hours, 39 mins ago

          Mine added just 7

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        2. JohnnyB10
            6 hours, 38 mins ago

            Donnaruma
            VVD Tarkowski Reece
            Gravenbech Cherky Saka Cunha
            Ekitike Haaland Bowen

            Dubravka Anderson Senesi Gudmondsson

            FH next week or g2g, roll and have 2 ft?

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          • Bobkat
            • 3 Years
            6 hours, 31 mins ago

            Nice! Mine got me 79 and jumped from 1.2m to 500k. A happy Christmas!

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            1. JohnnyB10
                6 hours, 15 mins ago

                Cool! Finally some really good gw 🙂 Happy Holidays as well! You think I should just roll and waste FH? Really got no need to do anything, looks set? Saka to Palmer maybe but not much upside anyways…

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          • AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            6 hours, 40 mins ago

            Start one for Gw19 on Tuesday:

            1. Van Hecke (whu)

            2. O'Reilly (sun)

            3. Mukiele (MCI)

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            1. JohnnyB10
                5 hours, 39 mins ago

                2

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              • F4L
                • 11 Years
                5 hours, 33 mins ago

                2, sunderland looked worse today ballard-less

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            2. Camzy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              6 hours, 40 mins ago

              My team is in good shape.

              Got one more FT left.

              Sanchez
              Calafiori Nunes Thiaw
              Saka Foden Cunha Wirtz Wilson
              Haaland Ekitike
              (Dubravka Keane Rodon Guiu)
              0.3m ITB

              I'm considering Rodon > Heaven. That gives me money for Calafiori > Gabriel in future weeks if I have the transfers spare.
              Roll the FT this week? Or make the move?

              We're not gonna find anything out about Calafiori right? Maybe I should just play Keane?

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              1. JohnnyB10
                  6 hours, 37 mins ago

                  Play Keane!

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              2. Stimps
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                6 hours, 39 mins ago

                Any Richards news?

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              3. Kaneyonero
                • 9 Years
                6 hours, 38 mins ago

                Any goals yet?

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              4. Legohair
                • 9 Years
                6 hours, 37 mins ago

                Need some help with my team?

                Raya
                Timber-VVD-O'Reilly
                Cunha-Semenyo-Rice-Minteh-Foden
                Haaland-Ekitike

                Dubravka, Andersen, Esteve, Guiu

                A. Esteve to Dorgu
                B. Semenyo to Wirtz
                C. Semenyo&VVD to Palmer&Dorgu(-4)

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                1. JohnnyB10
                    6 hours, 35 mins ago

                    2

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                2. Philosopher's Stones
                  • 5 Years
                  6 hours, 35 mins ago

                  Seems like pundit of punts didn't have a good GW. Haven't seen any score checks around.

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                3. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  6 hours, 31 mins ago

                  3, 10, 9 for robbo since he came back and an assist in his only other start in the league cup. even got close to 10 defcon against west ham after getting it in his first 2 starts

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                4. Supersonic_
                  • 4 Years
                  6 hours, 29 mins ago

                  57 all out.

                  Andersen in for Richards...

                  Stach to Kudos, Szobo? Or roll

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                  1. F4L
                    • 11 Years
                    5 hours, 30 mins ago

                    roll if can bench stach for next gw, like the look of united at home fixture for him

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                    1. F4L
                      • 11 Years
                      5 hours, 29 mins ago

                      *i mean as well liverpool seem bad defending set pieces so not the worst option this gw either tbh

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                    2. Supersonic_
                      • 4 Years
                      5 hours, 28 mins ago

                      Verb
                      Hincapie Richards Gvardiol
                      Rice Saka Cunha Foden Stach*
                      Ekitike Haaland

                      Dub Thiaw Andersen Kroupi

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                      1. F4L
                        • 11 Years
                        5 hours, 25 mins ago

                        just start thiaw imo

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                        1. Supersonic_
                          • 4 Years
                          4 hours, 53 mins ago

                          I have just done that actually and put Stach first sub.

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                5. Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  6 hours, 28 mins ago

                  Was Palmer any good yesterday. Would need a hit to get him but Bou are there for the taking

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                6. Camzy
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
                  6 hours, 26 mins ago

                  I legit think Cole Palmer is the best captain this week. He's had increased minutes, he's playing the 2nd worst team in the league who just shipped 4 to Brentford.

                  Is it complete madness to consider Saka > Palmer?

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                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    6 hours, 23 mins ago

                    Reply to above or thinking the same? Would you do it for a hit?

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                    1. Camzy
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 15 Years
                      6 hours, 21 mins ago

                      Definitely not for a hit. But I'm thinking about it... Might need to see if he actually did alright yesterday or not.

                      I probably won't simply because it's City after this fixture.

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                      1. Albrightondknight
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 10 Years
                        6 hours, 20 mins ago

                        Yeah my plan was hold some transfers and go in 20/21 but this not looks a peach of a fixture

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                  2. Tonyawesome69
                    • 7 Years
                    6 hours, 17 mins ago

                    Seems to be fit enough to start two games in three days but I would think he gets 60-70 mins against Bournemouth

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                7. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  6 hours, 26 mins ago

                  richy g
                  porro a

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                  1. Philosopher's Stones
                    • 5 Years
                    6 hours, 24 mins ago

                    Always the case, isn't it. The Poor keep assisting while the Rich keep eating good.

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                    1. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 10 Years
                      6 hours, 22 mins ago

                      Mind blown

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                8. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  6 hours, 25 mins ago

                  lacroix's barren run continues 🙁

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                9. Tinmen
                  • 12 Years
                  6 hours, 25 mins ago

                  Folks. Should I swap Saka and Anderson to Rice/Rogers and Cunha for free ?

                  Feel I need money freed up and Saka out is the only way

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                10. Tonyawesome69
                  • 7 Years
                  6 hours, 25 mins ago

                  Palace CS wipe out

                  Rich G, Porro A

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                  1. Glasner Ball
                    • 13 Years
                    6 hours, 24 mins ago

                    Clearly offside, don't know how they took so long there.

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                  2. Tonyawesome69
                    • 7 Years
                    6 hours, 23 mins ago

                    Offside, no goal

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                11. Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  6 hours, 25 mins ago

                  CS gone oh well

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                  1. PartyTime
                    • 4 Years
                    6 hours, 20 mins ago

                    Restored

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                12. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  6 hours, 25 mins ago

                  reprieve 🙂

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                13. 1zverGGadeM
                  • 8 Years
                  6 hours, 24 mins ago

                  Bergvall offside. Goal ruled out!

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                14. Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  6 hours, 24 mins ago

                  Might be off

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                15. Kaneyonero
                  • 9 Years
                  6 hours, 23 mins ago

                  Need CS on both sides gone c'mon

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                  1. FPL Blow-In
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    6 hours, 22 mins ago

                    Need a Vicario clean sheet and 8 points for my cup game lol

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                16. La Roja
                  • 13 Years
                  6 hours, 20 mins ago

                  How is she looking on FH?

                  Lemmens
                  Gvardiol James Dorgu
                  Cherki Wirtz Cunha Palmer
                  Haaland Thiago Ekitike(c)

                  Dubravka Kudus Aldere Kadioglu

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                  1. Camzy
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 15 Years
                    6 hours, 19 mins ago

                    Looks pretty good. I'd probably go Pedro over Thiago.

                    And I'm partial to Palmer (c).

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                    1. La Roja
                      • 13 Years
                      6 hours, 17 mins ago

                      Gonna stick with Ekitike I think. Just don’t trust Chelsea

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                      1. JohnnyB10
                          6 hours, 11 mins ago

                          Same here, don’t trust them at all except Reece 🙂

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                      2. PartyTime
                        • 4 Years
                        6 hours, 13 mins ago

                        Wirtz(C)

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                  2. TheSteel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    6 hours, 20 mins ago

                    Guéhi DEFCON hoover.

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                    1. keefy59
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      6 hours, 19 mins ago

                      As an owner it's a shame he can't get multiple Defcon
                      Another 2 points for 20

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                  3. Drizzle
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 2 Years
                    6 hours, 19 mins ago

                    Selling Semenyo and possibly KDH. I'm considering a significant downgrade to free up money for Gabriel/Palmer moves.

                    Which two of these are the best options.

                    A) Wharton
                    B) Casemiro
                    C) Caicedo
                    D) Anderson
                    E) any others under 5.7m?

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                    1. Drizzle
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 2 Years
                      6 hours, 18 mins ago

                      Miley too I guess.

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                  4. F4L
                    • 11 Years
                    6 hours, 19 mins ago

                    last 5 matches stach has 32 shots + chances created combined 😯

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                    1. Drizzle
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 2 Years
                      5 hours, 19 mins ago

                      Maybe I should add him to my cheap mids list above...

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                      1. F4L
                        • 11 Years
                        5 hours, 15 mins ago

                        yeah. although i think from the list would get anderson and just start him in the odd home match. best/most reliable bet long term

                        im not sure when longstaff comes back what happens to stach, whether his mins go down or maybe the odd benching. but he has been monstrous of late thats for sure

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                    2. PartyTime
                      • 4 Years
                      5 hours, 15 mins ago

                      He has been on my shortlist for quite sometime now. Just finding it hard to sell my current midfielders.

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                  5. PartyTime
                    • 4 Years
                    6 hours, 19 mins ago

                    Poor Sabalenka getting her arse clapped by Nick Krygios in the battle of the sexes. Anyone but Nick!!!

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                  6. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    6 hours, 18 mins ago

                    Is selling Semenyo silly if he might end up at City in a few weeks. Then again probably no way Pep just starts him from the get go.

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                    1. Tonyawesome69
                      • 7 Years
                      6 hours, 15 mins ago

                      I'm probably selling this GW regardless of his transfer in January

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