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Crystal Palace’s tricky winger Eberechi Eze has featured twice in the Eagles’ run to the quarter finals of the FA Cup this season, chipping in with 1 goal along the way.

The England international is the second-most fouled player in the Crystal Palace squad behind Ismaila Sarr (41). Eze has been fouled 39 times in his 24 Premier League appearances this season, which makes for an average of 1.62 per game.

But why does Eze win so many fouls? Well, the Palace winger has put in more crosses than any of his teammates this season (95) and his outstanding dribbling ability forces opposition full-backs and back-tracking wingers to attempt tackles before the Englishman has a chance to whip a cross into the penalty area.

Eze has attempted to take on defenders 105 times, more than any other Palace player, and his success rate is 46.7%, so you can see why he wins so many fouls for his team.

Adama Traore is having a good season with Fulham, delivering more of an end product on a regular basis which is something he has so often been criticized for in the past.

The 29-year-old Spanish international has taken 34 shots in the Premier League this season, the third highest total in the Fulham side. While Traore’s shots on target ratio only sits at 32.4%, the pacey winger is averaging 2.17 shots per 90 minutes in the league and we’re backing him to take at least 2 shots in Saturday’s FA Cup quarter final against Crystal Palace.

Traore is able to get himself into so many shooting positions due to his pace and ability to beat players with his dribbling ability. The Spaniard has attempted 78 dribbles past an opposing defender and boasts a success rate of 48.7%, and that has allowed him to get off plenty of shots and crosses this season.

Crystal Palace winger Ismaila Sarr has played a big role in the final third for the Eagles this season, providing some of the goals and assists that were lost when Michael Olise moved to Bayern Munich in the summer.

Sarr, who has 7 goals in the Premier League this season, has taken the third-highest total number of shots in the Crystal Palace squad (43) with only Jean-Philippe Mateta (52) and Eberechi Eze (83) taking more.

However, Sarr’s accuracy has been much higher than either of his teammates with the Senegal international seeing 24 of his 43 efforts hit the target which makes for a shots on target ratio of 55.8%. The Crystal Palace midfielder/forward is currently averaging 2.01 shots per 90 minutes in the league and 1.12 of those efforts are hitting the target and we only need Sarr to have one shot on target this weekend to complete this acca.