Team profile · CRY

Crystal Palace

Squad: 28
Available: 27
Home rating: 3
Away rating: 3

Defence · our rating1.41xGC / 90#12 of 18Expected goals conceded by the regular back line. Lower is better.

Attack · our rating0.45xGI / 90#8 of 17Expected goal involvements across the five best attackers.

Squad leaders

Four different questions, rather than one ranked list.

Points leaderMuñoz136 ptsMost points last season

Best projectionSarr4.2 xPHighest xP for the upcoming fixture

Best valueMitchell30.0 pts/£mMost points per £m last season

Under 10% ownedSarr9.1% ownedBest projection nobody else owns

Schedule pulse

Difficulty across the next 6 listed fixtures.

Average difficulty

3.00

Favourable (1-2)

Difficult (4-5)

Blanks

Best five-game run

The kindest five consecutive gameweeks left in the season - average difficulty 2.40 across GW23-27. Often months out, which is exactly the point when planning a wildcard.

GW23HUL A2
GW24COV H2
GW25BRE H3
GW26BOU A3
GW27SUN H2

Rotation partners

Pair a CRY player with one of these and start whichever has the kinder fixture each week. Rated over GW1-6.Season-long table

CRY + SUNNo week where both are difficult2.33
CRY + COVNo week where both are difficult2.50
CRY + EVENo week where both are difficult2.50
CRY + MCINo week where both are difficult2.50
CRY + MUNNo week where both are difficult2.50
CRY + NEWNo week where both are difficult2.50

Who starts

The squad ranked by modelled chance of starting. Grouped rather than arranged as an eleven on purpose - this is a model, built from start frequency and FPL's fitness flags. It has not seen a press conference and it is not a predicted lineup.

GoaHendersonLikely37/38 starts
DefMitchellLikely36/38 starts
DefRichardsProbable31/38 starts
MidWhartonProbable29/38 starts
DefMuñozProbable29/38 starts
ForStrand LarsenProbable26/38 starts
ForMatetaProbable25/38 starts
MidYeremyProbable26/38 starts
MidSarrProbable24/38 starts
MidKamadaProbable22/38 starts
MidJohnsonRotation19/38 starts
MidHughesRotation19/38 starts
MidLermaRotation18/38 starts
DefCanvotRotation14/38 starts
DefCardinesRotation1/38 starts
ForNketiahRotation2/38 starts
MidDevennyRotation7/38 starts
DefChadi RiadRotation6/38 starts
GoaBenitezUnlikely1/38 starts
MidDoucouréUnknown0/38 starts
MidEsseUnknown0/38 starts
MidJ.Rak-SakyiUnknown0/38 starts
MidM.FrançaUnknown0/38 starts
MidDrakes-ThomasUnknown0/38 starts
DefMinguezaUnknown0/38 starts
DefSosaUnknown0/38 starts
GoaMatthewsUnknown0/38 starts
ForUcheOut0/38 starts

Full squad

Every Crystal Palace player with price, ownership, last season's points and our projection.
Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Pts	xP
Sarr	Mid	£6.5m	9.1%	117	4.2
Mateta	For	£6.5m	6.9%	114	4.0
Muñoz	Def	£5.5m	11.7%	136	3.8
Canvot	Def	£5.0m	0.6%	72	3.6
Richards	Def	£5.0m	0.8%	128	3.5
Wharton	Mid	£5.5m	0.2%	112	3.4
Mitchell	Def	£4.5m	6.9%	135	3.2
Henderson	Goa	£5.0m	3.1%	131	3.1
Johnson	Mid	£6.0m	0.2%	65	3.1
Lerma	Mid	£5.0m	0.1%	69	3.0
Devenny	Mid	£5.0m	0%	36	3.0
Strand Larsen	For	£6.0m	0.6%	75	2.8
Yeremy	Mid	£5.5m	0.2%	77	2.7
Kamada	Mid	£5.0m	0.3%	67	2.7
Chadi Riad	Def	£4.5m	0.1%	20	2.3
Hughes	Mid	£4.5m	11.1%	45	2.1
Nketiah	For	£5.5m	0.5%	23	1.5
Esse	Mid	£5.0m	0.1%	4	1.4
M.França	Mid	£5.0m	0%	0	1.4
Doucouré	Mid	£5.0m	0.1%	0	1.4
J.Rak-Sakyi	Mid	£5.0m	0%	0	1.4
Sosa	Def	£4.5m	0%	6	1.2
Mingueza	Def	£4.5m	0.1%	0	1.2
Cardines	Def	£4.5m	0%	2	1.2
Drakes-Thomas	Mid	£4.5m	0.1%	2	1.2
Benitez	Goa	£4.5m	0.1%	7	1.1
Matthews	Goa	£4.0m	1.7%	0	1.0
Uchedoubt	For	£5.0m	0%	17	0.0

Attack and defence ratings are ours, built from expected goal involvements and expected goals conceded per 90. Home and away ratings are FPL's own. Not a guarantee.