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Eden Hazard (£10.5m) and Mateo Kovacic (£6.0m) make their first starts of the season as Chelsea attempt to win on Tyneside for the first time in the league since 2011/12.

Willian (£7.5m) and Ross Barkley (£6.0m), as would perhaps be expected, are the two men to make way as Maurizio Sarri otherwise rolls out the same team that beat Arsenal last weekend.

Marcos Alonso (£6.6m), who comes into this match on the back of successive double-digit hauls, is now the second-most popular defender in Fantasy Premier League after being bought by 470,266 new managers ahead of Gameweek 3.

Chelsea assets are popular in the Fantasy community after their 100% start to the season: five of their front six (the exception being Kovacic) have been bought by more than 100,000 FPL bosses since the Gameweek 2 deadline passed.

It’s all change in the Newcastle United starting XI, with six alterations to the team that drew 0-0 with Cardiff City. The injured Jamaal Lascelles (£5.0m) and Jonjo Shelvey (£5.5m) are among the players to drop out, while there are starts for new signings Fabian Schar (£4.9m), Federico Fernandez (£4.5m), Ki Sung-yeung (£4.9m) and Salomon Rondon (£5.9m).

Rafael Benitez seems to be rolling out a five-man defence, too, switching from his regular 4-4-1-1 system.

Slavisa Jokanovic has also rung the changes at Craven Cottage, with Ryan Sessegnon (£6.4m) and Fabri (£4.5m) among five players to drop to the bench. Denis Odoi (£4.5m) returns from suspension, while Marcus Bettinelli (£4.5m) is a surprise inclusion between the sticks. Andre Schurrle (£5.9m) also returns.

The Burnley team news is much more straightforward: Sean Dyche has named an unchanged starting XI for the third league match in a row.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso; Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic; Pedro, Morata, Hazard

Newcastle United XI (5-4-1): Dubravka; Yedlin, Schar, Fernandez, Clark, Dummett; Ritchie, Ki, Diame, Murphy; Rondon

Fulham XI (4-3-3): Bettinelli; Fosu-Mensah, Le Marchand, Odoi, Bryan; Seri, McDonald, Cairney; Vietto, Schurrle, Mitrovic

Burnley XI (4-5-1): Hart; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Ward; Westwood, Cork, Gudmundsson, Lennon, Hendrick; Wood

  1. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    zaha 3 baps confirmed?

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      No

    2. Duffy Dunk
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I'd say so, they must have finalized that match's calculations.

  2. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Hazardball does not look that good for other Chelsea assets.

    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Is he on penos? U mean Pedro better value?

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I mean everything goes through him at the expense of others getting a lot of chances/touches in attack.

  3. Pep's Money Laundry
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    I seriously want to do Tosun to Mitrovic but Everton have Huddersfield at him next.

    1. Yes Don
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      the FUL have MCI away

  4. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Note to self. Don't watch a televised Newcastle game again this season

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Aguero V Newcastle next week.

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Hmm okay maybe just their home games

      2. Yes Don
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        El Capitan

  5. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Need Alonso yellow, let's go my son!

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      This

    2. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      *goal

      1. TAT
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This. Several.

    3. Richd
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Need you to shut your ring piece

  6. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Please grab a goal mee

  7. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Morata is so so bad

    1. twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Not as bad as Bentekkers

      But yeah, pretty bad

      1. Marcos Alonso is god
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Crystal Palace didn’t pay 70 mil for him either

  8. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Hinchcliffe: "If Shelvey and Lascelles were available then Newcastle might be playing a different way"

    Aren't Shelvey and Lascelles not playing because they didn't want to play in a 9-0-1 formation and fell out with Rafa during the week?

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      That's what my US TV coverage is saying

    2. Marcos Alonso is god
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Shelvey genuinely injured I thibk

  9. Marcos Alonso is god
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Nice to see Alvaro has still not lost his donkey ways

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Awful touch damn.Didnt concentrate on the ball

    2. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      he looks so casual the way he plays

      not making runs like mendy or robertson but will pop up with a goal every now and then

      1. HurriKane
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        oops thought it was alonso

        1. Marcos Alonso is god
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Ah right

      2. Marcos Alonso is god
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Bit confused why you comparing his runs to those of left backs but regardless

      3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Want emerson in our team but alonso gets goals and cements his place

  10. Alexis Nonsense
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Mitrovic bandwagon confirmed

    Oh well, can't have them all

    1. Regin
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I am quite happy to stick with Zaha and Wilson along with Aguero as my front 3. Fulham tough fixtures.

  11. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    beautiful play.MOrata wth

  12. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Morata has to come off. Woeful.

  13. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Willy warming up

    1. Brap.
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      When Morpheus offered the pills, you took the blue one didn't you

  14. AzzaroMax99
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Zaha locked on 3 bps?!

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Not updated.

  15. Chi not God
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Awful first touch morata .. jeez!!!

  16. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Cue Morata goal

  17. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    lmao that touch

  18. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Wiliam warming up 🙂
    Hazard Pedro owners be careful

  19. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    I know Bournemouth won't be as good at parking the bus as Newcastle but starting to have doubts about Hazard in this week. May just do Ings > Zaha with the money with an option on Bilva > Pedro in the coming weeks.

  20. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Pedro looking nailed but Willian could start at any point. So it leaves me with Mkhitaryan and Walcott as my Richarlison replacement options. Going with Mkhi prices me out of Mane to hazard the following week. Decisions decisions.

    1. Alexis Nonsense
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I did the Walcott move (temporarily) due to fixtures

      Have Mhki too, but out of those Wally seems just as good

    2. Bullet Eder
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Mane is a much better choice than Hazard

      1. All de Gea no iDier
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        How do you work that out?

        Mane has 50 - 60 points less than Hazard in each of the last five seasons. Why do you think that he will suddenly outscore Hazard now?

  21. Pointless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Serious question. Why do some people simply post the word “This”? I feel I’m missing something! Not v website literate.

    1. Ady87
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      This.

      1. J T
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This.

      2. learnedlizard
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        T H I S

      3. Fantastisk
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Agreeing mainly.

      1. AzzaroMax99
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This. 😀

      2. Sterling Silva is better th…
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This

      3. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This

        1. HurriKane
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Diss

    3. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Shorthand for "I agree with this"

    4. Simon69
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      This.

    5. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      ^this

    6. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Shorthand for "I wholeheartedly agree with the above communication and would like to endorse it's contents as reflecting my own personal opinion on the subject"

      ...for those that can't be arsed to type 😉

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        😀

      2. Four Hit Wonder
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This.

    7. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      That.

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Those?

    8. ScratchingTheMud
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      It represents a total affirmation of what's been said

    9. Pointless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      This. Thanks!

    10. The Mighty Hippo
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Them's the rules.

  22. Ben the Mee
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Play Alonso up top

      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        good idea

    • Ady87
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Mahrez > ?

      D.Silva
      Pogba
      Pedro

      (got Salah, Mkhi, Wally)

      1. subhojit123
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Pedro

      2. Pep's Money Laundry
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Silva

      3. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        pogba

    • subhojit123
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Fabianski
      Mendy Alonso Robertson WB
      Salah mane mikhi
      Aguero zaha wilson

      Foster masuaku richarlison 4.0

      Should I do -
      1. Richarlison, zaha - > Pedro, mitrovic
      2. Play wildcard and get Hazard, Walcott, mitrovic in
      3. Calm nerves down and roll over the transfer

      Any advise guys?

      1. The Mighty Hippo
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        1. (or 3. if you don't mind Richarlison's price drop).

    • IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      giroud for morata plss

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        No point having Giroud on if noone is going to cross the ball. How many chances have Kante and Alonso had and they never cross it in

      2. HurriKane
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        one lampost for another. atleast giroud is good at holding and linking up the play. will help hazard

    • Bullet Eder
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Is this negative Newcastle performance putting anyone off captaining Aguero next week? Would be an excruciating watch I reckon.

      1. CaTriEm
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        City will break them down at the Etihad. Aguero (C) all the way.

    • Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I hope all Newcastle supporters are proud of the brand of football they play. #beautiful game

    • AnfieldLad
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Newcastle goal please

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Lol literally 0.1% chance of that happening

    • Zilla
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      zzzzz

    • Bubz
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Hazard to come off soon?

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        him or Pedro, Willian warming up outside the pitch