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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. TAT
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Auba/Richa > Haz/Mitro…?

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

    Yedlin's elbow on Giroud, right?

  3. Totalfootball
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    OG

  4. Weilong7
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    omg alonso again lol..

  5. aarrgghh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Alonso (C) for the rest of the season

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

      This.

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

    Marcos ASSIST

  7. Agger
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Alonso oh my god, the guy is soooooooooo annoying!!!

  8. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Intended target bla bla bla please allow it fpl towers

  9. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    OG, Alonso assist

  10. WVA
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    I have Alonso but it wasnt on target

  11. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    OG

  12. Neevesy
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Alonsoooooooooo min assist maybe goal

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

      That'll do either way for me.

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

    OG or Alonso's ?

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

    It’s given to Alonso by opta. Let’s see if it sticks.

    Rollercoaster

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

      Hope so!

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

    Alonso GOAT

  16. RashFraud
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    ALONSOOOOO

  17. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holy cow. I've got 4 right in the acca.

    HOOOOOOOLD

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

      Come on man!
      Im doing ur thing next week 😀

  18. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Yedlin karma

  19. rivercityransom
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    alonso straight back to 12 points, what a rollercoaster with this lad

    1. *Reformed-Character*
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Your maths is shocking

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

    wait its a og.Alooooonsooassist

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

    Love you, Alonso 😀

  22. Keno
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    NO Goal for Alonso, OG for Yed

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

    Need Alonso badly

    1. President Giggs
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      He's been very lucky

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

        Not really, he's constantly in the box or near the box. Always in ludicrously dangerous positions for a defender

      2. KingZamalek
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        good*

  24. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    will they give that to Alonso??

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

      no

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

      Didn't look like it was on target before Yedlin touched it

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

    ALONSOOOOOO!!!

  26. Danstoke82
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Alonso is a beast. Cannot believe I didn’t bring him in before season kicked off. Worth every penny.

  27. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Alonso jammy. Yedlin definitely owns him

  28. Ted Bovis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    OMF!!!!!!!!!!9yiw3tyrewpio4v qeio4 yt'qe'o 4'ojqeyG

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

      This 😎

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

    Go away alonso

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Just get him in

  30. SB007
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Alonso assist.yedlin og.

    I hate Alonso on all fronts - with his right food to add injury to insult.