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12 February 2017 912 comments
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Sunday treats us to two more Gameweek 25 matches as Burnley entertain Chelsea in the early 1.30pm kick-off.

The Clarets may well offer stubborn resistance to the league leaders today. Sean Dyche’s men are no pushovers in front of their own fans, with just a single goal conceded in the last four at Turf Moor.

Yet that fine home record clearly hasn’t deterred those holding Chelsea’s main men.

Handed the armband by 10.9% and 4.9% FPL managers respectively, Diego Costa and Eden Hazard are amongst the top six captained players for this round of fixtures.

Faith in Marcos Alonso is also on the rise – he was subject to over 111,000 transfers in after netting for the fourth time this season in last week’s win over Arsenal. The Spaniard continues to offer a steady stream of points at both ends of the pitch, producing a goal, assist or clean sheet in 15 of his 18 starts under Antonio Conte.

Subsequently, Clarets stopper Tom Heaton – the top scoring keeper in FPL – has been named as a sub by 403,000+ managers this week, he third most benched player in the Gameweek.

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  1. Lav
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    (C)osta fail 🙁

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Has he even touched the ball?

      1. Lav
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Should have had an assist to Hazard in the first half

  2. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    4 mins for an Alonso screamer

    1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      This

  3. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    I think burnley might take this

  4. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Je suis Hazards bap

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Hazard got a lucky goal v arsenal

    Won't dribble through the whole defence every week

  6. Shultan
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Sanchez Captain has out scored the rest of my 10 players combined!

    1. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      i'm on 47 with Sanchez scoring 30 of them 🙁 shocking.

    2. McQueen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Same here. How easily this could be a disaster gw for me, considering Alexis lucky points.

    3. ChampChomp
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      At least you didn't give Ibra the armband like me

  7. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Costa Cap fail. Only 4 Llorente will save my GW

  8. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Unlucky Burnley. Might have to settle for a point against very average opposition :/. Will feel hard done by

  9. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Hazard and Costa blanks - interesting.

    1. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Costa ain't good. Starbucks is the way forward.

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Costa -> Caffe Nero for a hit?

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Heaton, Hazard and Costa blank 🙂

  11. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    As a non Costa and Hazard owner that is a brilliant result

    1. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Oh yes 🙂

    2. Mattymo23
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Very relieved

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Well done Burnley

  13. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Any Swan fans about?

    Does Fernandez got up for corners?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Yes he does

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Cheers Bemba, might watch the game then....

  14. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Phew

    I will take that

    🙂

    Just need a 2-0 to Leicester now

    1. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Yep, now for this.

  15. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Despite losing a Heaton cleanie, this is an absolutely cracking result for me as a non-Chelsea owner.

    1. UnitednationsXI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      likewise!!

    2. Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Yep. Good result.

    3. Jimmy Boy
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Same here

  16. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Man of the match has to go to the roof after that special display

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      😆

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I dunno, it didn't manage to hold up the ball much.

    3. HazardAGuess
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Controlled the ball wonderfully.

  17. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Siggy (C) to save my gameweek!

    1. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Exactly the same, sort of exciting in a perverse way!

  18. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Nice two weeks off for Chelsea now for them to recover.

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      They play FA Cup next week

      1. Shultan
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Yeah but that will be 2nd string team, haz/costa/ alonso getting 2 week rests

  19. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    My stream is on 91 minutes 🙁

    1. Lawrø
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Just switch it off... don't sit through the torture

  20. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Did Chelsea have many chances? Last 20 minutes were pretty grim.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Only seen the second half and they didn't really create anything.

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        I don't think I saw a shot.

    2. ChampChomp
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      No shots on target in the 2nd half

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    A siggy blank here would be quite funny considering all the hype here

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      It will probably happen

    2. Lawrø
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I almost want it to happen although I own him 😀

    3. Ravager
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      It's what I want.

    4. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Its coming. Its just a FPL thing to do

      Worse thig is that swansea might win and siggy gets f all

  22. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Haven't seen Kane or Costa all weekend. Are they injured/suspended or something?

  23. Jay_
      9 years, 19 days ago

      If you own 0 or 1 player. You've gotta be happy with that. 2+ is a let down.

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        True, I'll take an Alonso blank for Heaton, the Chelsea D, Hazard and Costa to blank. Null game with a lot of ownership!

    • Ha.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Still worth bringing in Costa/Haz?

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        ofc

      2. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Hazard in for Sanchez still on!

      3. Klopp For The Kopps 😆
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Yup for Costa
        BUR at Home is a Different team
        CHE will be Back to their Usual next Week

    • Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Just Siggy and Jesus left to blank now.

    • evilfish
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      C'mon (C)iggy, rescue my gameweek!

    • Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Go the siggmeister general!

    • SirStevieG
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      59 with Siggy to come any good?

      1. Fitzy.
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        I think you know it is.

        1. SirStevieG
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Was a genuine question. I benched Yoshida for Alonso/Brunt 🙁

    • Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Right Siggy cap's, best have a few pints eh lol, save our week?

    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Almost as good a start as could be expected with nobody playing today or tomorrow 🙂

      Reality check, this could have been one of Chelsea's dgw games 😉

      1. Lawrø
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Thanks for reminding me about Bournemouth - City... I hadn't even factored that in to the disappointment! Guaranteed red arrow tomorrow

        1. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Yep...all those Jesus worshippers...pain incoming