FPL Notes for Gameweek 27: Mateta again, Rogers goal + why Robinson was benched
In this article we take a look at some FPL notes for Gameweek 27.
Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.4m) was on the scoresheet for Crystal Palace again on Tuesday. Two matches get the Scout Notes treatment today.
Here, we focus on Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Fulham.
MATETA AGAIN
The in-form Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.4m) scored again on Tuesday. The Frenchman is now up to 12 Premier League goals for the season.
Eight of those strikes have arrived since the turn of the year. This was a period which has seen him average 8.0 points per match.
Once Palace’s Blank Gameweek 29 is out of the way, expect Mateta’s ownership, which currently stands at just 10%, to quickly ramp up.
On his 27th Birthday, Ismaila Sarr (£5.5m) also excelled with a brace of goals. He was directly involved in four of Palace’s six big chances on Tuesday.
His second goal was particularly eye-catching, as he hooked Daniel Munoz’s (£4.9m) cut-back into the far corner on the volley.
For large periods, Villa just couldn’t live with the attacking trio of Mateta, Sarr and Eberechi Eze (£6.7m), with the underlying stats showing Palace’s dominance.
Indeed, the Eagles’ 3.82 expected goals (xG) was their highest total in a Premier League game all season.
They’ve been superb defensively, too, conceding just 0.53 xG in their last two matches.
As for Oliver Glasner (£0.8m), he’s now produced back-to-back 20-point Assistant Manager hauls.
Finally, a quick word on Marc Guehi (£4.6m). He played the full 90 minutes on Tuesday but “felt pain in his knee” so will need to be monitored.
ROGERS GOAL
Morgan Rogers (£5.6m) was fit to start on Tuesday following his injury scare and showed glimpses of his best form at Selhurst Park.
The budget midfielder had a goal ruled out for offside in the first-half but wasn’t to be denied, later smashing it into the bottom corner for his seventh league goal of the campaign.
Overall, however, this was a dismal night for Aston Villa, with a potential injury to Emiliano Martinez (£5.0m) adding further complications.
Unai Emery changed his formation for this game, lining up in a 3-4-2-1 formation to match Palace, before shifting to a more familiar setup after the break.
Yet Villa didn’t look completely comfortable in either shape, with the introductions of Marco Asensio (£6.0m) and Marcus Rashford (£6.7m), the match-winners against Chelsea last time out, failing to ignite them, as they fell apart in south London.
Villa have now lost seven of their last nine Premier League away games, with a trip to Brentford up next in Gameweek 28.
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