Best Crystal Palace FPL Players | Crystal Palace FPL Preview

This blog is written by Stephen (@FPL_EZE), he finished 493rd in the world in the 20/21 FPL season and was the number 1 CPFC FPL player in the world! An avid Crystal Palace fan and the CPFC correspondent for AllAboutFPL.

At the beginning of last season, Crystal Palace had no manager, an aging squad, and were tipped to be struggling against relegation. Fast forward a year, a solid mid-table finish, an FA Cup semi-final later, Patrick Vieira has transformed an aging squad into an exciting youthful squad playing an attacking brand of football. In this Crystal Palace FPL Preview article, I will analyze whether Palace can continue with this upward trajectory, new signings at Palace, how pre-season has gone, likely line-ups, and my predictions for the season for Crystal Palace.

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Crystal Palace FPL Preview

Crystal Palace New Signings

Sam Johnstone (4.5m)

Sam Johnstone is well known in English football, he has been a stalwart of the West Brom team for the past 4 years. Playing so well in his stint in the Premier League, he earned himself a full England call-up, earning 3 caps to date. At just 29 years old, Johnstone is in his prime years as a goalkeeper and will want to assert himself as the Palace number 1 keeper for years to come. With Guaita getting older and Butland still not pushing for 1st choice, Johnstone will make that position his own and bring an improved solidarity to the Palace back line. At 4.5mil, if Johnstone earns the number 1 shirt and Palace have a good run of fixtures, he could be a great addition to your FPL teams.

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Cheick Doucoure (5.0)

Doucoure is an all-action, box-to-box midfielder. He has been dominating in Ligue 1 and now wants to test himself in the best league in the world! Under the coaching of Vieira, I believe he will become a superstar and help Palace become a real force in the Premier League! Doucoure will fill the boots of Conor Gallagher in a defensive sense and will allow the likes of Eze, Olise, and Zaha to focus on attacking. Doucoure may not be a great FPL asset, but his signing may ensure that Eze, Olise, and Zaha can be great ones.

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Malcolm Ebiowei (4.5m)

Another star from the championship being signed by Palace. Ebiowei follows the likes of Olise and Guehi in earning a premier league move by performing well in the championship. Ebiowei broke into the Derby team towards the end of last season, at just 18 years of age this is impressive. Having been at both Chelsea and Arsenal through his youth career, Ebiowei has plenty of potential and he will want to prove that potential at Palace. Not one to start with in our FPL teams but one to keep an eye on in the future!

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Chris Richards (4.5m)

Palace are signing Richards from Bayern Munich, a sign already of the calibre of player Palace are now attracting to the club. Richards is just 22 years old, tall, quick and a strong defender, Richards is mostly a central defender but can play across the back 4, showing his versatility and potential, two big reasons why Patrick Vieira wanted Richards at the club. Richards is a big talent and will be looking to cement a role in the Palace back line, not one to start with on FPL but one to keep an eye on!

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Crystal Palace Pre-season overview

It has been a strange pre-season for Palace. With half of the first team squad in Singapore/Australia and the other half left in England. This is due to travel complications including vaccination status etc. So, let’s start with the touring side, only 10 senior players were taken on this tour. These include Mateta, Edouard, Mitchell, Andersen, Guaita, Ayew, Ward and Clyne. So far, Palace have lost 2-0 to a strong Liverpool side and 3-1 to a full-strength Man United side. In the final game of the tour, Palace played out a feisty 1-1 draw with a full-strength Leeds side.

The other half of the squad who remained in England included the likes of Eze, Zaha, Olise, Guehi, Hughes, McArthur, Benteke, and Doucoure. This more attacking half of the squad have had high-scoring victories against Gillingham 3-2 and Ipswich 4-2.

The squads re-joined for a final pre-season friendly against Montpellier. Palace raced into a 4-0 lead with Zaha, Edouard x2 and Guehi on the scoresheet. Eze, Zaha, and Edouard linked up fantastically well in the first half. Palace took their foot off the gas in the 2nd half and the game finished 4-2 but a really encouraging run out for the final time before the season starts.

With both squads building towards full fitness, Patrick Vieira will be confident that his Palace side will be ready to start the season strongly and push for a successful season.

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Crystal Palace Season Predictions

I am predicting another successful season for Crystal Palace. With Eze, Olise, Guehi, and Mitchell all a year older and a year more experienced I see those 4 really starring for Palace. With the additions of Johnstone and Doucoure, Palace have recruited two players who will improve the 1st team. If the Selhurst supporters continue to get behind Palace and the feel-good factor remains around the club, then I see Palace pushing for a top 10 finish. With a year under Vieira’s belt in the Premier League, he will want to push onwards this season and unleash the masses of the potential currently at Crystal Palace Football Club.

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Crystal Palace Predicted Lineup

GW1 Predicted lineup and formation

For the first game of the season, I predict Palace to line up in a 4-3-3 formation. (Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Doucoure, Schlupp, Eze, Zaha, Mateta, Ayew)

However, once all signings have been embedded into the squad, I believe the best team available will be as follows. (Johnstone, Richards, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Doucoure, Hughes, Eze, Zaha, Edouard, Olise)

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Goalkeepers –

Johnstone, Guaita, Butland (all 4.5 Mil)

Whoever nails down the number 1 spot for Crystal Palace could be FPL gold. The fixtures for Palace start off tough but this could be ideal. We can use those fixtures to work out exactly who will be the Palace goalkeeper and then bring them in when the fixtures improve. I expect Guaita to start the season as number 1, but Johnstone will be hot on his heels, and I believe he would’ve been made assurances that he will get game time. So, when the time comes that Johnstone becomes the Palace first choice keeper, it could be a great differential and a way into a solid defensive side

Further Read: FPL Goalkeepers Analysis & Combinations with pros and cons

Defenders –

The Palace defence was very impressive last season, in terms of xGC only coming behind the top 3 sides in the league. However, the Palace defence remains to only cost you 4.5mil. But why is this? Well, the defenders don’t put up too much of an attacking threat. In the era of attacking full-backs and wing-backs, the Palace defenders just aren’t as attractive. However, Guehi and Andersen (both £4.5 Million) do provide a goal threat from corners and are good on the bonus point system. Mitchell (£4.5 Million) also gets forward and can get a few assists, so, with the right fixtures, I do think the Palace defence could feature in our FPL teams at some point.

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Midfielders

The introduction of Doucoure into the Palace midfield should make it much more solid. This could then encourage Vieira to use Eze (5.5m) as a number 10. I see Palace using a midfield 3 of Hughes/McArthur alongside Doucoure with Eze getting the number 10 role, his favored position.

Therefore, I think Eze could find his best form this season and be a great asset. Someone else who may benefit from a more solid midfield is Zaha £7.0 Million and Olise £5.5 Million. Zaha has been the main man at Palace for a long time now and I think he is underpriced at 7.0m.

Zaha is on penalties, is always involved, and scored 14 Premier League goals last season. With Eze and Olise alongside him, I can see plenty of attacking threat for Zaha to continue to score goals for Palace.

Olise at £5.5 Million is also someone I believe to be under-priced. Everyone saw just how talented and deadly he can be when he’s on the pitch. I see him getting more minutes this season which will lead to more points. An incredibly talented player who if he gets on a roll will make a mockery of the 5.5m price tag.

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Forwards

Currently, Palace have some real cheap forward options. The only problem is that we can never be sure who will play each game. Mateta made the role his own towards the end of last season but Edouard and Benteke won’t be happy to sit on the bench.

I think Mateta £5.5 Million will start the season off as the Palace striker, but I can see Edouard £5.5 Million having a much better season and getting more game time. I think Edouard is the striker with the higher ceiling and Vieira will want to get the best out of him. I think for the start of the season it is a wait-and-see, see who plays, see how well they play. If either Mateta or Edouard really nail down the striker spot and are scoring goals, I think they could be great differentials this year.

To conclude, my favourite three Palace assets at the moment are…

• Zaha (7.0m) The talisman, on penalties, will score goals.
• Olise (5.5m) is an incredible talent, will get more game time, and will make a mockery of his price.
• Defensive option (4.5m) Any of Guehi, Mitchell, Andersen, Johnstone, or Guaita could be brilliant value if Palace have a strong set of fixtures.

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