The second match of three this Sunday takes place at St. Mary’s at 14:15 BST, with Southampton welcoming Chelsea to the south coast.
Marcos Alonso (£6.9m) is the most-owned player on show here, sitting in 46% of Fantasy Premier League teams – though the Chelsea left-back hasn’t registered an attacking return in the last three Gameweeks and has only had two shots on goal during that period.
It is fair to say the primary focus of this fixture will be Eden Hazard (£11.2m). The Belgian midfielder is the most popular midfielder in FPL, owned by 44.8% of us, and was the most-bought player in any position in the run-up to Gameweek 8.
Hazard is the third-most-popular captaincy option of this round (over one million FPL bosses have placed their faith in him) and those handing him the armband will be optimistic of a better return than the “one-pointer” that Harry Kane (£12.5m) delivered on Saturday afternoon.
Maurizio Sarri has made one change to his Chelsea starting XI from the side that drew with Liverpool last weekend, with Ross Barkley (£5.7m) replacing Mateo Kovacic (£5.9m) in central midfield.
Pedro (£6.5m), meanwhile, is back among the substitutes.
Mark Hughes has changed shape and personnel for the visit of the Blues.
The usual 4-4-2 has been abandoned in favour of a 3-4-3, a system Hughes trialled in the Carabao Cup tie with Everton in midweek.
Jan Bednarek (£3.9m) and Maya Yoshida (£4.2m) join Wesley Hoedt (£4.4m) in central defence, while Manolo Gabbiadini (£5.6m) lines up alongside Nathan Redmond (£5.3m) and Danny Ings (£5.7m) in the front three.
Southampton XI (3-4-3): McCarthy; Bednarek, Hoedt, Yoshida; Cedric, Hojbjerg, Lemina, Bertrand; Redmond, Ings, Gabbiadini.
Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Rudiger, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Barkley; Willian, Giroud, Hazard.
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