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Joél Drakes-Thomas — Starter or Bench? Price, Projection & Fixtures

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The read — Crystal Palace’s GW6 XI is not settled — Joél Drakes-Thomas has not started this season. £4.5m, 0.1% owned, 2.5 pts projected over six gameweeks. Joél Drakes-Thomas is a midfielder for Crystal Palace, on 2.5 points over the next six gameweeks — a very tough run of fixtures. Next: NFO (H) in GW6.

Drakes-Thomas at a glance
Stat	Value
Club	Crystal Palace
Position	MID
Price	£4.5m
Ownership	0.1%
Projected points (next 6)	2.5
Predicted starter	No
Proven PL record	New to the league
Availability	available

Drakes-Thomas — projected points, GW6–11
Gameweek	Fixture	Fixture ease	Projected points
GW6	NFO (H)	average	0.4
GW7	BHA (A)	very tough	0.4
GW8	NEW (H)	kind	0.5
GW9	TOT (A)	very tough	0.4
GW10	LIV (H)	very tough	0.4
GW11	COV (A)	very tough	0.4

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Dean Henderson (£5.0m · 2.1 proj)
Axel Disasi (£4.5m · 1.7 proj)

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