Crystal Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion failed to break the deadlock in a goalless draw on Sunday, with an injury to Marc Guehi (£5.1m) is among the top talking points on Fantasy.
Here are our scout notes from Selhurst Park.
GUEHI INJURY LAST
Marc Guehi was left out for Palace on Sunday due to an injury sustained in Thursday’s win over AZ Alkmaar.
In his post-match presser, Oliver Glasner at least expressed optimism that the 25-year-old will be fit for Gameweek 12.
“Last night he couldn’t sleep, it was so painful and the next day we examined him and it was a bad bone bruise. He was on crutches for the last two days and couldn’t even step on his foot. Luckily nothing is broken but at the moment he can’t even walk.”
“It looks like he will miss the England games but then, maybe in 10 to 14 days, hopefully he can return to training and be available again.” – Oliver Glasner on Marc Guehi
Guehi has since withdrawn from Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.
ANOTHER PALACE CLEAN LEAF
With Guehi absent, Jaydee Canvot (£4.5m) started on the left of the back three and impressed, creating an immediate solid partnership Chris Richards (£4.5 million) and Maxence Lacroix (£5.0 million).
The highly rated youngster collected points for defensive contributions (DefCon), leading the Palace team in approvals (eight). He also claimed part of the bonus.
“Jaydee replaced Marc one-on-one in this position and I think he played a very good game.
“The whole team defended really well today. It was a very intense match, a lot of duels. Brighton had a lot of pace in attack and we did so well defensively.” – Oliver Glasner
Elsewhere, Tyrick Mitchell (£5.0m) enjoyed a fine afternoon, which was successfully canceled out Yankuba Minteh‘s (£6.0 million) threat.
He also claimed DefCon along with Canvot and Richards.
Above: The players who earned DefCon points at Selhurst Park on Sunday
Palace have now kept a clean sheet in five of their 11 Premier League matches, which is tied for third of all teams.
Furthermore, Brighton have achieved back-to-back clean sheets for the first time since February.
SARR + DATE
It ultimately became an exciting battle, with Brighton having more ball possession (57.6%), but Palace creating the better chances.
During a frenetic start, Palace’s relentless counter-attacks led to chances ahead Ismail Sarr (£6.7 million) and Jean-Philippe Mateta (£8.0m), the most transferred player of Gameweek.
Sarr looked particularly dangerous and forced the Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen (£4.4m) in a fine early save.
As for Mateta, he made just one shot, an angled effort that flew over the crossbar.
Daichi Kamada (£5.0 million), which started again To elect (£5.8m), also hit the side netting from a tight angle.
WELBECK QUIET
Meanwhile, Brighton had a difficult time against the Palace defense.
Fabian Hurzeler stayed with the same XI with which Brighton started last weekend’s 3-0 win over Leeds, so there was no Kaoru Mitoma (£6.2 million) in the matchday squad.
Instead of, Diego Gomes (£4.9m) continued down the left and was undoubtedly Brighton’s brightest spark, compelling Dean Henderson (£5.0m) in a fine save. He also created four chances for his teammates, double that of any other player at Selhurst Park.
Elsewhere, George Rutte (£5.7m) did well between the lines and won a penalty in the second half, which was later canceled out for a dive, while Danny Welbeck‘s (£6.5 million) scoring streak ended abruptly, in a match in which he failed to muster a single shot.
A final word on that Ferdi Kadioglu (£4.4 million); He has now played seven games in a row for Brighton and popped up in some great positions on Sunday, often playing in midfield.
He also grabbed three of the Seagulls’ eight corners and could be an interesting choice given Brighton’s fixture list:
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