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26 December 2018 2303 comments
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The final game of a bumper Boxing Day Fantasy Premier League schedule is largely unaffected by Christmas rotation.

There had been fears that Marcos Alonso (£6.9m) might lose his place as Chelsea travel to Watford but he has been named in the starting line-up.

In fact, Blues manager Maurizio Sarri has made no changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Leicester just days previously, keeping faith with his key men.

It means another stint on the bench for Olivier Giroud (£7.7m) with Eden Hazard (£11.0m) leading the line as false-nine once again, flanked by Willian (£7.3m) and Pedro (£6.3m).

Even the midfield trio of Jorginho (£4.8m), N’Golo Kanté (£4.9m) and Matteo Kovacic (£5.8m) was left undisturbed by Sarri, despite a few options for rotation.

Meanwhile, Javi Gracia has kept faith in the front two who punished West Ham in Gameweek 18, Troy Deeney (£5.8m) and Gerard Deulofeu (£5.4m) leading a Watford side lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.

Watford XI (4-4-2): Foster; Holebas, Kabasele, Cathcart, Kiko Femenia; Pereyra, Capoue, Doucouré, Sema; Deeney, Deulofeu.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Alonso, Luiz, Rudiger, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Kanté, Jorginho; Pedro, Willian; Hazard.

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  1. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Initial plan Son and Digne in and Hazard captain would have been state of the art move !!!

    And I had to go back to Kane captain!!!!!!!

  2. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Haz peno! Scenes! Yeahhh boiii

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Public Enemy fan?

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

    Sterling > Pogba, or Sterling > Hazard

    Hmmmmm...

  4. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Mark on 100 pts most probably

    1. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Still not a threat

    2. HNI
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      And last week 34 pts. You win some you lose some. Let the guy breathe!

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

      Who cares about Mark ? He's no where near the best in this game. How many lucky captain hauls have brought him back from nowhere.. He's overrated

      1. SomewhatPleasing
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Your history isn't linked.

        1. Yozzer
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I'm allowed an opinion arnt I?

          My history is irrelevant

          1. FPL Forward Thinker
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Of course have your opinion but I rate him as a top Fpl player. It would be boring if we all agreed.

  5. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard > Salah

    Almost the same amount of points, but £2m cheaper

  6. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    AZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

  7. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    All 4 big hitters scoring this week... don’t know which one to ditch for Hazzo 🙁

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Kane

      1. LǝgleSs e|even
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Once Son leaves, Kane is back on the radar

  8. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Need a Anderson haul to stay in the cup.

    RIP me

  9. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Mark killing it with his Hazard (c) https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/4668/event/19

    1. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      No Digne no party

    2. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      He did announce on here at 10.30am ish today about his plans.
      I was tempted to captain but went HK instead. Sadly I went Haz over HK last week !

    3. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Benched Alonso but captained Haz, interesting but inspired choice

  10. Mysterion
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Someone check on Anish

  11. LIARS POKER
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Own Kane, Auba and Salah. Really want Hazard but tough to lose one of these

    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Same... think Auba’s out for ne

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I have all 4... but now I want Pogba too!

  12. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard EO?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      57% Top 10k.

  13. okiwatevs
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Yo. Which is the site where you change your avatar? Lil' awkward having a picture of Spacey nowadays

    1. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Gravatar.com

    2. sminkypinky
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Gravatar

    3. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      😀

    4. okiwatevs
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks!

  14. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    So haz, Auba, Pogba all outscore my Kane(c). Nice! 🙂

  15. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Rip gw and season

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

    rank dropped 3k after Haz pen 🙁

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      6k for me

  17. The 5% Team
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling to Hazard done

  18. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    75 points and counting.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Ok

  19. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Easiest transfer of the season
    Sterling to hazard.

    1. Sid07
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      What if u don't have Salah too

    2. Totally !rre!evant
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Looks good. Sterling to Play 90 v Saints and haul 20+ again?

  20. Butcher
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    60 points and a red arrow predicted.

    Unbelievable.

  21. shearer9
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    A. Laporte to Digne
    B. Hojberg to Pereyra

    Thanks.

    1. shearer9
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      A Hoj is benched B Laporte is benched btw

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      A

      1. shearer9
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Reasoning?

        1. DV8R
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          B sounds like you're gonna have a benching headache

          City all over the place right now

          1. shearer9
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Well I'd bench Laporte. City playing poorly justifies that no? And in the likely event one of my players gets rotated then at least there's the chance of a Laporte CS off the bench.

            Having said that Digne looks great but wont get clean sheets.

  22. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Get involved Alonso

  23. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard saving my bacon. I would have been on a great score if I had played digne

    1. antis0cial
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I didn’t even put him 1st on bench (digne) so can’t complain at all. Wasn’t expecting a mere 6 points from 3 city assets. Cmon Hazard!

    2. shearer9
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Did you bench Digne? I'm not sure if you've said already.

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

    WE. WANT. MORE.
    Edeeeen Azar

  25. BigBillyBass
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Sane + Alonso > Hazard + TAA (-4)??

  26. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Anderson or Sane to Pogba?

  27. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    David Luiz to score. 😉

    1. shearer9
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Would make my week.

    2. Mario Balofail
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      an own goal

  28. drughi
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Just did sane>pogba, feels like the right move

  29. Party time
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Hazard you can score 2 more. Come on lad!

    • FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Haz captain last week, Kane captain this week.

      Why couldn’t I have done the opposite?

      1. shearer9
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        I captained Haz last week and Kane this week ffs.

      2. fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Baa ?