Fulham Vs Crystal Palace FPL: Who Hauled And What It Means

That is the line from this match. Palace won 3-2. No clean sheet on either side, so the returns here came from goals, not shut-outs.

Palace's third came from Ben Chilwell. He came on, played 16 minutes, scored, and left with 7 points. He is £4.5m and owned by nobody — the ownership figure rounds to zero. Note the minutes: 16. He came off the bench. A goal from a substitute defender is a fact, not a role. He does not go in your team until he starts matches.

Fulham's goals came from King and Palacios. King played 90 minutes, scored, took all three bonus points and finished with 10. He is £5.5m and owned by fewer than 1 in 100. Palacios scored in 61 minutes for 8 points at £5.5m, owned by almost no one. Two returns from two midfielders in a losing side. One match. That is the sample.

Elsewhere: Nketiah assisted in 45 minutes for 4 points. Yeremy and Kamada both assisted and both played 88 minutes for 5 each. Muniz lasted 7 minutes before coming off — his owners, about 1 in 200, take a single point. Berge came off after 28 minutes for 1 point.

What it means for the deadline. Mitchell is the actionable name. £4.5m, starting, 73 minutes here, two goals, six defensive contributions on top. He is priced with the cheapest starting defenders and he just returned a double-digit score. Buy him. Chilwell scored, but 16 minutes is 16 minutes — ignore until the team sheets change. King goes on the watchlist at £5.5m; one goal and three bonus in a defeat is a return, not a pattern. Hold your Fulham and Palace attackers if you have them; neither defence kept anything out, and neither defence beyond Mitchell earned a thing here.

The call: bring in Mitchell at £4.5m.