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Hazard returns to false-nine role ahead of Newcastle meeting

Eden Hazard (£11.1m) returns to his false-nine role for Chelsea as Newcastle come to Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

That’s because both Pedro (£6.3m) and Willian (£7.3m) come back into the team to operate as the wide-men in Maurizio Sarri’s 4-3-3 system.

The Blues are as usual both in defence and midfield, with eyes on Marcos Alonso (£6.7m), who lost another 100,000+ owners ahead of the Gameweek 22 deadline.

Hazard and company will be targetting a weak Newcastle central midfield with Jonjo Shelvey (£5.3m) and Mohamed Diame (£4.8m) out, and Ki Sung-yeung (£4.7m) away on international duty.

Lining up in that position are the inexperienced Sean Longstaff (£4.5m) and Isaac Hayden (£4.3m).

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, D Luiz, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Jorginho, Kanté; Willian, Hazard, Pedro.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Yedlin, Lejeune, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie; Pérez, Longstaff, Hayden, Atsu; Rondón.

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2,022 Comments Post a Comment
  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Are bonus points updated yet lads???

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      no

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Members area is more updated.

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Nice one cheers TM!!!!

  2. #FPLBhuna
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    26 from 4

    - Captain to play (all 7 players left attackers)
    - no salah either

    Any good?

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No its crap

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Wait and see

    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      awful

    4. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I think you know the answer

    5. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Great.

    6. Mr Arsenal
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I you don’t have Hazard, it’s crap. If you have him, it may be good or it may be crap

  3. Hits from the Bong
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Aubameyang to Kane.. No brainer?

    Fabianski
    TAA Doherty Digne
    Salah (c) Hazard Pogba Anderson
    Aubameyang Rashford Arnie

    (Button Camarasa AWB Schindler)
    £2m

  4. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Fabulouski with a 9 pointer. Lovely jubbly.

  5. jtreble
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    NEW 5-4-1. Ugh.

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It's basically 10-1 😀

      1. Hits from the Bong
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        No keeper?

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Chelsea need an early goal or it'll become very tetchy.

  6. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Score a damn goal or two, Alonso. For old times sake.

    1. Eytexi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Would be a nice goodbye gift.

    2. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Been 10 GWs since his last attacking return

  7. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Snobbed haz and capped Salah

    let's see how that goes.

  8. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How many points did Salah score at this point last season?

  9. M'arvin
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    So what happened with Guaita chaps?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Leg injury.

      1. M'arvin
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Serious? His isn't flagged.

        1. M'arvin
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          *He

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Flag likely later. Might be back next week.

  10. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Welcome back Mo. 😎

    I can only apologise and oh how you have kicked me whilst I’ve been down.

    Here’s to a new friendship. Salah(C) till the end, Locked!

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      How dull

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Nearly as dull as all your seasons combined 🙂

  11. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    They told us to captain Auba over Salah. But we didn’t crack. High five Salah (C) owners!

    1. M'arvin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      High five. (If there is a funny symbol for this I don't know it).

    2. Westfield Irons ⭐️
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Happy Days for Salah (c) crew!

      Does anyone know what influences the final BPS true up? Did I read at some point a winning goal is rewarded with decent points?

  12. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Just checking; how many Hazard cappers in here this evening?

    1. DROP IT LIKE IT'S HART
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Myself.

  13. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard or Sterling goes for Salah?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Or Kane?

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      See how all 3 go. Midweek game too?

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Midweek game?

      2. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Have to do it now

    3. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hazard

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        No money

  14. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    1. Camarasa
    2. March

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Punch

      1. R.C
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        How did he play?

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Camarasa, but I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't say so, since I have him.

  15. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I was all ready to do Anderson > Eriksen for free this week but now considering Liverpool defence double up and getting rid of Pereyra.
    Have exact money for Digne + Pereyra > Robertson + Richarlison (-4)

    Good moves?

    Team would be:

    Fab Hamer
    Trippier Robertson TAA AWB Bennett
    Salah Sterling Anderson Richarlison Pogba
    Wilson Mitro Jimenez

  16. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Any chance KWP or Aurier starts ahead of Trippier? Got Schindler's 5 points on the bench and can't see Spurs keeping a CS vs United

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    3pm KO's BPS seem to be updated.

    Sa11ah.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      How much?

      1. Eytexi
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Looks like 3

    2. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Boom

    3. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He's on for 3. .what is this!?

  18. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Morata not even on the bench. Good start for Hazard captainers

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Another 0-0

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        You are wrong TM

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Come on hazard my son, time to punish those sellers my son

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Come oooon Hazard my son

    2. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      We get it, he's your son.

  20. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Looking like 3 baps for salah - has updated.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Damn it

    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nice

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

      Damnn

  21. el polako
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Salah and his jammy penalties....

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      This is outrageous. All dives too!!!!

  22. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    H2H match-up on points tomorrow:

    A) Doherty + Trippier + Pogba + Lingard

    B) Digne + Richarlison + Son + 11 points

    Does B have enough to beat A?

  23. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Can't believe that diver got 3BP!!!!!

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

      AWB is not a diver!

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He did assist and score the only goal to be fair.

    3. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      How old are you? Serious question.

      1. Arch Stanton
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Old enough to remember Drogba no doubt.. I won't take lectures about diving from a plastic!!!

  24. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Have been putting up with a long string of 1 and 2pters from Ederson. Finally pull the trigger on him and DOWNGRADE to Etheridge, lo and behold 10pts. Took me last 5 GW's to get that many pts of the City keeper.

    Hurrah for downgrades. 🙂

  25. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Why is Son flagged already??

    He's OK for utd game isn't he??

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

      To prevent new buyers.

      Yes.

  26. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    OMG Salah!

  27. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Fellow Hazard (c)-ers, how many points will you be happy with today to justify your choice?

    >= Salah?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      21

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      1 goal is enough to justify .Want more

    3. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hatty 😀

    4. the grinder
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      15

    5. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      11

  28. Bolivian Seaman
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pedro with the greatest pass ever

  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    OMG Pedro

    Luiz assist

    1. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Tbf sarri doesn't need anyone for fab's replacement. Luiz can be gold in DM, can spread passes too

  30. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pedro 1-0

    Could be a rout!