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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. ZTF
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    MITROS ON FIRE

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

    I CAN SEE MITRO SCORE 4 GOALS TODAY

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

    mitro damnn

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

    Don't know if I can be bothered watching another 45mins of this dross.

  5. Siggy in the Middle
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Who assisted the third goal?

    1. Srv210
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Vietto

  6. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Mitro has just singlehandly killed my gameweek

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

    I hate Burnley with a passion

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

    Gameweek officially saved

  9. Stokelona
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Ffs, I was gonna captain mitrovic but I bottled it, a bit like Aguero last week! Still happy with the points!

  10. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Burnley look utter dog crap this season.

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

    Mitro saving Mark!

    1. H-SF
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      He doesn’t have him lol

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      He doesnt have Mitro! He went Auba, Aguero Wilson

  12. Borisalandoris
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Boom boom mitro in the room

  13. SW6
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    I'm in love with Mitrovic. What a man

  14. Ginkapo FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    It is a post Europa Burnley though

  15. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Wow, I messed up so bad

  16. Costa Nostra
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Mitro saving my week! Yes!!

  17. TooDifficuIt
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Should have benched Hart

  18. Totally !rre!evant
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    3-2 What a game!

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

    Yedlin making a fool of Kovacevic there

  20. Bellerinmondo
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    3-2!

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

    Started the season with Mitro. 😀

    (Last season.)

  22. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Mitrovic saving my gw. incredible.

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

    Alonso looking really uncomfortable this close to his own goal.

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

    Mitrovic & Ciarney - that's some call by Mark

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

    Guys it’s only Burnley

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

    Tark goal

  27. F_Ivanovic
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    I nearly put Mitrovic as my captain but went "sensible" in the end and only had him as VC with Salah C... still, my GW is somewhat saved now.

  28. seewhyaxe
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    wow 3-2!

    thriller

  29. Bellerinmondo
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Tarko

  30. Totally !rre!evant
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Tark