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Chelsea take on Leicester City in the second and final Premier League fixture to take place on Sunday.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is at 16:30 BST.

There has only been one goal scored in the last three league meetings between these two clubs: two stalemates sandwiching the Foxes’ 1-0 win in west London in December 2018.

The Chelsea starting XI shows only one change from the side that took on Liverpool in midweek, with Mason Mount (£6.0m) replacing Mateo Kovacic (£5.5m) in midfield.

That means there is again no place for Ross Barkley (£6.0m) or Tammy Abraham (£7.0m), who are among the substitutes.

Pedro (£7.0m) and Christian Pulisic (£7.5m) will flank Olivier Giroud (£7.0m) in the Blues’ attack, while Willian (£7.0m) makes the bench.

Ben Chilwell (£5.5m) won’t feature for the visitors this afternoon, with his place at left-back being taken by Christian Fuchs (£4.5m).

Chilwell misses out with a minor hip injury.

That is Brendan Rodgers’ only change to the side that drew 0-0 with Wolves in Gameweek 1, so Ayoze Perez (£6.5m) and James Maddison (£7.0m) will again support Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) in attack.

The Foxes are without a Premier League goal in three matches stretching back to April of last season, although have admittedly faced tricky opposition in the form of Wolves, Manchester City and Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea in that time.

Rodgers’ side managed only three shots from inside the box against a stubborn Wolves side last weekend.

They may get more joy out of a Chelsea backline that has shipped six goals in their two competitive matches in 2019/20, however.

Lampard’s troops also conceded on eight occasions in their final three pre-season friendlies.

The Blues look more promising going forward, however, having racked up 38 shots against Manchester United and Liverpool over the past week.

Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Zouma, Emerson, Kante, Jorginho, Pedro, Mount, Pulisic, Giroud.

Leicester City XI (4-3-3): Schmeichel, Ricardo, Evans, Soyuncu, Fuchs, Choudhury, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Perez, Vardy.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 2

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  1. FOO FIGHTER
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    What about this?

    Perez out KDB in
    Vardy out Pukki in.

    Will take a -4 hit.

    1. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I would definitely make those moves

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Sounds good

    3. Hits from the Bong
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yep

    4. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Go for it.

    5. EMBOLOFAN
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      sheff u and bmouth

  2. Miniboss
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A bit tired with Perez. If he doesn’t return, whom to get in?
    2ft 0.0itb

    A) Ceballos
    B) Mount
    C) McGinn
    D) Trossard

    Heaton
    TAA Robbo Zinchenko Digne
    Salah Sterling Perez Moura
    Wilson Pukki

    Button Lundstram Dendocker Greenwood

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      none of those given his next 2 fixtures

    2. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Perez and Wilson for Ceballos and Rashford

      1. Miniboss
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks, that could do.

    3. Bartowski
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Similar position but considering -4 to get in Martial and downgrade a defender.

      1. Miniboss
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Sounds good, might need to downgrade TAA as well.

      2. Dealbert
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        This

        1. Dealbert
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          I’m even doing Perez and TAA to KdB and 4.0 I think (and already have Lundstram)

    4. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B

  3. Make United Great Again
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    On WC

    Pope
    AWB Robbo Digne
    Mount Salah Sterling Martial Cantwell
    Pukki Kane(C)

    McGivern, Greenwood, Lundstram, Rico.

    Bit knee jerky?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      2 norwich players and no nailed sub

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        But a glorious core of Salah Sterling Kane Robbo 😉

        Pukki is God

    2. yakirh
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Cantwell in starting 11? common

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Price to pay for Kane Salah Sterling

    3. SoapAFC
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      dont want kdb?

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Rather have Kane

    4. Catastrophe
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Needs more KDB.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Already have Salah Kane & Sterling mate! KDB would kill my squad.

  4. Hits from the Bong
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Considering wcarding to this, worth it?

    Pope (4)
    VVD Digne AWB Dunk (Lund)
    Salah Sterling KdB Cantwell (Dendoncker)
    Kane Pukki (4.5)

    1. Dealbert
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Like it a lot!

      1. Dealbert
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Don’t know what you have though

  5. Gringo Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Perez is terrible

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      looks nervous, is a better player than this

  6. THE Wild Rover
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    The amount of people calling perfectly good transfers knee jerking or a waste of a transfer is ridiculous. Why wouldn’t you want to get the form players who will be rising in price instead of the duds you have who are dropping?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      because u dont get last weeks points when you take hits to swap one erratic 6m player for another

      1. THE Wild Rover
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Who said anything about hits or erratic 6m players?

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          ask strawman questions get strawman answers

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Totally agree

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Knee jerk post

    4. Little fekirs
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      It’s a very fine line.

      Pukki might not score for 3 weeks, does that make it ‘knee-jerky’ ?

      1. SouthCoastSaint
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Stats and eye test in his favour

    5. SouthCoastSaint
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Agree with this.

      I did Barkley to Mcginn. Loads said hold, wait and see

      Wasn’t an instant profit but clearly the right move

      (Barkley late cameo and free kick goal incoming)

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Barkley to McGinn looks a good transfer because at least McGinn plays.

    6. Make United Great Again
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Agreed.

    7. Kub3
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      100%

      Of course you don’t get their points from last week but who says they won’t get points the following week. That’s the reason we have still have Sterling in our teams because we believe he’ll still get points next gameweek. It’s the same logic

    8. Dr. Rog
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I think it makes a lot of sense to knee jerk at the start of the season. if they work out, you bagged yourself this years jiminez or fraser. if it doesnt you've built some team value for your wildcard

      1. Manani
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        yup, if anything start of season is the time to kneejerk, with a .1m can price you out completely

      2. THE Wild Rover
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Many seasons have been ruined by people’s stubbornness in refusing to jump on a bandwagon early

        1. HollywoodXI
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          ^ This

        2. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          This

  7. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone thinking Pedro is a good shout this year?

    1. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      He’s looked terrific but Mount looks much better value at £1m less

    2. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I'm staying away from that midfield. Too much potential rotation with 5 good options for three spots.

      1. yakirh
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        This is probably wise.
        But Mount is tempting for a short term punt

    3. SouthCoastSaint
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Bit like Bernardo, never quite translates into the points you’d expect

  8. Catastrophe
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    How's this draft chaps? Trying to cover most/all areas. May end up swapping Martial for Digne/Ceballos/Barnes etc. and improving bench.

    Ryan
    VVD, AWB, Zinchenko, Lundstram 
    Mane, Sterling, KDB, Son, Martial
    Pukki

    (Button, Kelly, Greenwood, Wickham)

    Cheers!

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Beautiful

      1. Catastrophe
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers. Hope Son starts strong.

  9. The Road to Turfdom
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Are most Josh King owners keeping? Pukki and Barnes tempting but don't see an urgent need to get rid - am I missing something?

    1. Crystal Alice
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Keeping, but twitchy

    2. Agger
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Strikers in form are lethal, Pukki and Barnes are in a serious mood to score goals right now. Hard to ignore them

      1. Brosstan
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Id say Barnes is impossible to ignore.

    3. SouthCoastSaint
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Surely most got him for penalties in a good attacking team - didn’t he just do exactly what you would have expect? And second striker spot safe for now

  10. Agger
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I know it's early but who'd you start next week?
    Heaton (EVE)
    Or
    Pope (wol)

    1. yakirh
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Most will say Pope
      I have Heaton set and forget, maybe this is the week I can cut my losses

    2. Crystal Alice
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Heaton

    3. The_Fish
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      This is why I go 4.5 and 4.0 keepers...

      1. Agger
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah I know right!!

    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Heaton

    5. Harper_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Heaton, Everton really have a problem scoring at the moment

    6. BoleynWin
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I have the same pair, I am actually edging towards Heaton despite this weekends result. Burnley haven’t looked tight at the back for the first two games despite the early cleanie, they seem much more attacking

  11. Bigler
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Salah+Wilson>KDB+Kane for free?

    1. Catastrophe
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Need either Salah or Mane IMO. Can you free up funds another way or consider Son instead of Kane?

  12. majorbriggs
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Ditching Fraser before he drops, who to bring in for -4?

    A. Mount
    B. Ceballos
    C. Perez
    D. Tielemans
    E. Lanzini
    F. Someone else?

    1. yakirh
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Why C and D are in your list?

      1. majorbriggs
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Purely for good fixtures and potential, but not so tempting after their performance tonight

    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      is he dropping tonight?

      I'd got A or Ceballos

      1. majorbriggs
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Looks likely but not sure how correct fplstatistics is atm algorithmwise

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B

      1. majorbriggs
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers!

  13. Von Lipwig
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A) Trossard
    or
    B) Harry Wilson

    No other BRI or BOU players

    1. Greasy Grealish Gang
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I rate both but Trossard for sure.

  14. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Pope
    TAA / VVD / Digne / Montoya
    Salah / Sterling / Perez
    Pukki / Jota / Wood

    Button // Barkley / Dendoncker / Kelly

    2.4m ITB. 1 FT.

    A) Barkley > Mount
    B) Barkley/TAA > KDB/AWB (-4)
    C) Other?

  15. tafrère
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Fraser + Ayoze > De Bruyne + Cantwell for free ?

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

  16. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    My Wildcard defence is such a shambles

    1. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Wildcard it out then

    2. Obi Wan Elokobi
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Mina, Pieters, Soyuncu, Dunk, Lund

    3. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Hanley and Lundstram?

    4. Four Hit Wonder
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I'd file a complaint

  17. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Hows this look

    Ederson - 4.0
    VVD - Digne - AWB - Dunk - 4.0
    Salah - Sterling - Mount - Martial - Stephens
    Kane - Jimenez - Pukki

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Looked great 'til I realised you can't afford that.

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        😆

  18. The Train Driver
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    So glad I kept Tross, surely keeping his starting spot now?

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      he still isnt guaranteed starts tbh, potter tinkers a fair bit and they have quite alot of options. Im just going to keep starting Trossard knowing I have bench to cover him

    2. BIind Moth
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      You'd think he will definitely play the next two home games which look great. Still unknown about away games.

  19. Ha.
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Who to get in for Pérez?

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling

      1. Ha.
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Already have him

        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Salah

          1. Ha.
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            And him

            1. Cok3y5murf
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Speed up, man. Should've got the point by now 😉

              1. Ha.
                • 11 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Have him also

    2. Brosstan
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pukki and Lundstram (-8)

      1. BIind Moth
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Not enough hits.

      2. Ha.
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Already have them

    3. Manani
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      liking Mount or Cabellos

      1. Ha.
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Both feel very punty and capable of being dropped

    4. Carlton_Goal
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I'm thinking about Ceballos, Mount or Trossard if that helps. Don't ask which one, haven't got that far yet haha

      1. Ha.
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Trossard of those for me

  20. Von Lipwig
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A) Trossard
    B) Harry Wilson
    C) Mount
    ?

    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Probably A

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Chelsea have two fab fixtures coming up.

  21. JIMMY TUGGINS
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    So, who's getting the hat-trick next weekend then? We should probably decide this now in advance.

    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Kane, obvs

      1. BIind Moth
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Good week to bring in Kane. Seems like nobody wants him anymore after the City game.

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      The most dropped player will score a hattie

    3. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Whoever's playing Newcastle...oh, that'd be Kane then! 😉

    4. Make United Great Again
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Kane.

    5. Pinturicchio10
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling hopefully

    6. Bartowski
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      probably Rashford or Kane

    7. Harper_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pukki again

    8. Brosstan
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Son obviously

    9. ENZO SZN™
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero v bou

  22. FFSbet.com
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Plan was KDB to Son GW3,keep for now or sell?

    1. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      It’s v hard to do that now

  23. GoneFishing
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    PLEASE, best replacement for Vardy PLEASE !

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Rashford

      1. GoneFishing
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I have:
        Rashford
        Barnes

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Rashford

  24. Kub3
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Sometimes the most obvious bad decisions stare you in the face but you still go ahead with them. I blame myself for picking Perez.

    Cue goal in 2nd half.

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pre-season looked good

  25. Legohair
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Sorry for re-posting but is
    King&Perez to Pukki&Mount good moves for free?

    1. MagicMessi
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      For free yea

      1. Legohair
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Or any other 6 m midfielder, but mount looks good and set pieces aswell...

  26. Dacra
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    TAA, Perez, Haller to Zouma, KdB, Jota for - 8?

    Stuck between knee jerk and doing nothing!

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      TAA to Zouma sounds bad IMO.
      Why no love for Trossard and Pukki?

  27. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Kepa is poor..

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      good manager though

    2. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Bet he earns more than you

  28. How Mina You
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I appreciate that no-one fully knows, but who do we reckon will lose their place to Rudiger: Zouma or Christensen?

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Zouma

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Christensen - just because Zouma plays left-side in a CB pairing and Rudiger plays right side. Don't know if Rudiger or Christensen would be willing and able to play left side though.

  29. Openboxman
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Who told me to put Montoya in over Lundstram...with 68% of people benching him should be okay.

    Pray for a martial bench!

  30. MGMT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Why are people thrashing Perez? He is playing really advanced, just been a bit unlucky playing a good Chelsea today.

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Sell