{"id":558379,"date":"2026-04-30T08:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558379\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:17:19","slug":"best-crystal-palace-players-for-fpl-double-gameweek-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558379\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Crystal Palace players for FPL Double Gameweek 36"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, finally, it\u2019s confirmed that Crystal Palace and Manchester City will \u2018double\u2019 in Gameweek 36<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Eagles have been largely dormant as Fantasy picks for a while. They blanked in Gameweek 31, have not had any doubles to date, and played away at Liverpool when many managers were Free Hitting in Gameweek 34.<\/p>\n

But now, they\u2019re back on the radar for this final Double Gameweek of 2025\/26.<\/p>\n

In \u2018Scouting the Doubles\u2019, we look at the pick of Palace\u2019s players, analyse their Gameweek 36 opponents, assess the rotation risks and more.<\/p>\n

Jump To\u2026PALACE\u2019S DOUBLE GAMEWEEK 36 OPPONENTSxG rank (last six)xG rank (season)xGC rank (last six)xGC rank (season)Everton14th14th16th16thMan City1st1st3rd2nd<\/p>\n

How about that for consistency?<\/p>\n

The underlying data for both Everton and Man City is near-identical over the last six matches and the whole of the season.<\/p>\n

Even when looking only at away matches (the Toffees visit Selhurst Park in Gameweek 36), Everton rank a similar 12th\/15th for xG\/xGC on the road.<\/p>\n

City, who host Palace in Gameweek 36, are 2nd\/3rd for xG\/xGC in home fixtures in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n

EVERTON\"FPL<\/p>\n

Given that they\u2019ve kept a fourth-best 11 clean sheets, it\u2019s a surprise to see Everton so low down in the xGC stakes.<\/p>\n

Having a reliable goalkeeper between the sticks always helps. In fact, Palace will be coming up against two of the best custodians for xG prevented in Gameweek 36:<\/p>\n

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Everton are without a clean sheet in their last six away matches but they don\u2019t concede many on the road.<\/p>\n

In fact, not once in 2025\/26 have they shipped more than two goals in an away fixture:<\/p>\n

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Expect some stubbornness at Selhurst from the Toffees, who have the lowest block in the division in away fixtures:<\/p>\n

\"\"MANCHESTER CITY\"FPL<\/p>\n

The toughest test, in theory, is at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

City haven\u2019t lost at home in the league since August, when Tottenham Hotspur left with three points.<\/p>\n

If there is a glimmer of hope for Palace, it\u2019s that City have conceded twice as many home goals to bottom-half teams (eight) as top-half clubs (four). A bit more carefree abandon shown in the easier-on-paper fixtures, perhaps?<\/p>\n

\"Palace<\/p>\n

Of course, the present City side has little resemblance to the one that lost to Spurs in Gameweek 2. Nine of that defeated starting XI<\/a> weren\u2019t in the line-up for the Gameweek 33 win over Arsenal!<\/p>\n

Guardiola seems settled with his current regulars, and you can see why, looking at the underlying attacking numbers:<\/p>\n

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Above: Man City\u2019s rolling six-game xG\/xGC graph in 2025\/26<\/p>\n

A tough test awaits the Eagles at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

ROTATION RISKS \u00a0\"\"\"\"\"price<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, finally, it\u2019s confirmed that Crystal Palace and Manchester City will \u2018double\u2019 in Gameweek 36. The Eagles have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[191785,191786,191787,49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-558379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-best-double-gameweek-36-players","tag-best-palace-players","tag-best-palace-players-for-gameweek-36","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}