Who are the best Crystal Palace FPL players for the 2025/26 season?
We take a look at our top three Palace players to own ahead of Gameweek 1, using Hub <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">data</a> and <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">AI</a> to inform our decisions.
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<h2>Best Crystal Palace FPL players 2025/26: Daniel Munoz (£5.5m)</h2>
Colombian defender Munoz banked an impressive 10 attacking returns in the Premier League last season thanks to four goals and six assists, and with an expected goals (xG) of five he could even have added more.
Unusually for a fullback, the high energy Munoz is also expected to perform relatively well under the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-2025-26-changes-defensive-contributions/">new defensive scoring system</a> based on last season&#8217;s performance &#8211; even outscoring Marc Guehi in this regard.
While he&#8217;s unlikely to hit the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-2025-26-changes-defensive-contributions/">DEFCON</a> threshold as often as teammate Maxence Lacroix at centre-back, in combination with his attacking returns it could be another useful string to Munoz&#8217; bow.
<div id="attachment_73696" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73696" class="size-full wp-image-73696" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Munoz-bordered.jpeg" alt="" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Munoz-bordered.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Munoz-bordered-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Munoz-bordered-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Daniel Munoz&#8217; <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></div>
Defensively, the Eagles impressed last season too, finishing 8th for clean sheets and 9th for goals conceded, which is something manager Oliver Glasner will hope to build upon in 2025/26.
This will be made slightly more difficult by the European qualifiers sandwiched between Gameweeks 1 and 2, which could make Palace&#8217;s start to the season more challenging.
Munoz however will hope to be a relatively rotation-proof asset, such is his importance to Glasner&#8217;s style of play &#8211; only Trent Alexander-Arnold had more expected goal involvements among defenders last season.
<div id="attachment_73768" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73768" class="wp-image-73768 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-attack-xgna-bordered.jpeg" alt="" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-attack-xgna-bordered.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-attack-xgna-bordered-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-attack-xgna-bordered-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Total expected goal involvements by defenders, 2024/25</div>
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<h2>Best Crystal Palace FPL players 2025/26: Marc Guehi (£4.5m)</h2>
Guehi is currently the most owned Crystal Palace asset, and this may down to a combination of his price and the points uptick he is expected to benefit from under the new defensive scoring system.
At just £4.5m, the England defender presents FPL managers with a reliable set-and-forget option that doesn&#8217;t break the bank, and other than European distractions there is no reason to expect Palace&#8217;s defensive numbers to dip.
Providing that Guehi doesn&#8217;t depart in the Summer transfer window, having been frequently linked with a move away, he is likely to be one of the most reliable £4.5m assets in the game &#8211; particularly when you consider the lack of value in midfield and up front at this price point.
<div id="attachment_73698" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73698" class="wp-image-73698 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Guehi-bordered.jpeg" alt="" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Guehi-bordered.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Guehi-bordered-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Guehi-bordered-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Marc Guehi&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></div>
The fixtures aren&#8217;t the best to open the season, and where Munoz can lean on his attacking returns, Guehi will need clean sheets which may be hard to come by across the opening three gameweeks.
Teammate Maxence Lacroix actually <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">outperformed Guehi for relevant defensive actions</a> last season, so his scoring output in this regard may be higher &#8211; but so is his price.
At £5.0m plenty of more attack-minded defensive options open up, and given that Guehi managed five attacking returns too, he looks just about worth making the £0.5m saving as things stand.
<div id="attachment_73700" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73700" class="size-full wp-image-73700" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/headtohead-Guehi-vs-Lacroix-bordered.jpeg" alt="Marc Guehi v Maxence Lacroix" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/headtohead-Guehi-vs-Lacroix-bordered.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/headtohead-Guehi-vs-Lacroix-bordered-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/headtohead-Guehi-vs-Lacroix-bordered-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Marc Guehi v Maxence Lacroix</div>
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<h2>Best Crystal Palace FPL players 2025/26: Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.5m)</h2>
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Mateta has already bagged an impressive five goals in <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-pre-season-results-guide/">pre-season</a>, and as the tip of the Palace spear he will be hopeful of his best scoring season to date.
Despite only starting 33 games, Mateta managed 14 goals in the Premier League last season, and he finished the campaign in a real purple patch &#8211; hitting a hat trick on the final day.
There will be eyes on the striker heading into the Community Shield against Liverpool, and despite some slightly tricky opening fixtures the Frenchman was largely a fixture-proof asset in 2024/25.
<div id="attachment_73694" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73694" class="size-full wp-image-73694" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Mateta-bordered-1.jpeg" alt="Jean-Philippe Mateta's stats last season" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Mateta-bordered-1.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Mateta-bordered-1-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/playerstats-Mateta-bordered-1-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Jean-Philippe Mateta&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></div>
Palace create plenty of chances for their centre-forward, and although he doesn&#8217;t have penalties to fall back on, he is truly the focal point of the Eagles&#8217; attack.
Eze and Sarr have contributed goals and assists respectively in pre-season too, and the pair are harder to split given that Eze costs £1m more thanks largely to his set-piece duties.
Given the depth of options in midfield compared to at forward however, Mateta arguably presents a more appealing prospect &#8211; a  consistent source of goals with very reliable minutes for just £7.5m.
<div id="attachment_73769" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73769" class="size-full wp-image-73769" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-shooting-xgnp-bordered.jpeg" alt="" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-shooting-xgnp-bordered.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-shooting-xgnp-bordered-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Top10-shooting-xgnp-bordered-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Total expected goals among forwards last season</div>
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