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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. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Alonsoooooooooooooooo

  2. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Absolute nightmare outcome for those with no players in this game

    1. Ady87
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Yep, killer.

    2. Totalfootball
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Me

    3. mikey
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Why ?
      3 weeks in
      Are ye serious

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Lol what

  3. LosBlancos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Alonso for Hazard. GET IN

  4. UshFPL
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Didn't think it was worth taking a hit for Alonso...

  5. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Nightmare

  6. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Screw that

  7. HellasLEAF
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Haz essential

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Before the pen he wasn’t

  8. AC Me Rollin
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Alonso with the fake assist again

    1. HellasLEAF
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      you mean earned assist.

      great strong run into the box. definite PK

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

        schar touched the ball

        1. HellasLEAF
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 8 months ago

          still think it was enough, Alonso was in alone for a shot.

      2. AC Me Rollin
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        I meant that it’s only considered an assist in FPL so technically it’s not an official assist (:

  9. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    hazard wagon

  10. COLLIN QUANER
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hazard you beauty. Wonderful goal has put me in a great mood before my Sunday dinner. I will hit triple figures if my man Bailly keeps a clean sheet tomorrow.

    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      so pleased for you, thanks for sharing

  11. Nevi
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    What happened to the Chelsea team since the Arsenal game to make them unable to score against Newcastle...

    1. AC Me Rollin
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Newcastle parking two buses

      1. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        and Haz being constantly fouled

  12. Halftime
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Only bit of good luck this GW, Rich, Tomkins owner and Aguero captainer

  13. Bring the Cavalry
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Alonso, Robertson, mendy.

    The holy grail

    1. 420king
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      trinity*

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      All the way 🙂

    3. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      **Holebas

    4. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Holy ARM

  14. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Absolute joke. never a pen

  15. DeathoftheParty
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Well...

    King/Sanchez out
    Zaha/Hazard in

    ... Justified.

  16. Richd
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    WCERS WIN

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

      This gameweek just got a whole lot better!

    2. Naboo
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Having WC worth more than a Hazard pen

  17. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    We WANT More we want more Hazzo

  18. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Blow it up Ref!

  19. Adro3
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Smug Hazard owner! Come on Newcastle though

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

      Me too & Alonso haha!

  20. Chenku╰☆╮
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Getting aboard the has train now..

  21. HNI
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Will Ings start next match? He was bad last game right?

    1. jimmissel90
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Ings will start. He wasn't that bad just didn't get the service

  22. rivercityransom
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    3 - Alonso (36)
    2 - Hazard (31)
    1 - Azpilicueta, David Luiz (27)

    1. TooDifficuIt
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      fack

  23. TooDifficuIt
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Soooo lucky

  24. RomeluStormzy
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Mitrovic and Alonso are saving my week here!

  25. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    3 - Alonso (36)
    2 - Hazard (31)
    1 - Azpilicueta, David Luiz (27)

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

    Cmon boys !!

  27. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Might just WC to get Alonso, Mendy, Hazard and get shut of My dead wood. Alonso going to be a £7m player again ASAP.

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

    Kovacic off
    Barkley on

  29. HonestBlatter
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    damn Alonso again. Hopefully no baps for him

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      On 3 at the moment...

  30. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Power back 3 of Mendy Robbo Alonso alive and well

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Pva>Alonso done