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Mount and Emerson recover from injury to start against Liverpool

The final two matches of Gameweek 6 take place this afternoon as Chelsea entertain Liverpool and Arsenal take on Aston Villa.

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

The headline news comes from west London, with Chelsea – and Fantasy managers – handed a boost upon the release of the teamsheets.

Mason Mount has recovered from injury to make his sixth straight start in the top flight, while N’Golo Kante and Emerson Palmieri are also back in Frank Lampard’s starting XI after stepping up their recoveries over the last week.

Lampard has ditched the 3-4-2-1 and reverted to a 4-3-3, with Tammy Abraham flanked by Mount and Willian up top.

Liverpool have made only one change from the side that lost to Napoli in midweek, with Georginio Wijnaldum in for James Milner in central midfield.

That means there are starts for Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.

Unai Emery has made multiple changes from the side that beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday but, compared to Arsenal’s Gameweek 5 line-up, there is only one alteration: Bukayo Saka in for Mesut Ozil.

Sead Kolasinac has been passed fit despite coming off with a minor knock in Germany.

Aston Villa also make just one change to the side that drew 0-0 against West Ham on Monday night: Trezeguet returns from suspension and replaces the benched Jota.


Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Luiz, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Ceballos, Pepe, Aubameyang, Saka.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Taylor, Nakamba, McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi, Trezeguet, Wesley.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Tomori, Emerson, Kanté, Jorginho, Kovačić, Willian, Abraham, Mount.

Liverpool XI: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Mane, Salah, Firmino.


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  1. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy making VVD look dwarf

  2. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy dead

  3. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    well Haller to Tammy went well then

  4. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Actually thought VVD scores there instead of Bobby damn it!

  5. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Let me have it: got tammy in as soon as the deadline passed.

  6. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy back up

  7. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adrian knees Tammy on the shoulder. Clearly a dangerous play but as always goalkeepers getting away with all kinds of fouls.

    Too much protection for only players in the game who can use hands as well.

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah I never understood why they got *more* protection

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

    Please be okay Tammy. Chelsea can't score without you.

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

    Tammy struggling

  10. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    My Digne Barnes > Otamendi Tammy last night not looking too good now

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Up 0.1m though 🙂

    2. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Still a net win if you primarily got Otamendi for the extra money.

  11. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Excited for Utd vs Arsenal next week, no strikers against no defence.

    1. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A real battle to stay in the top half of the table

    2. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      😀

  12. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is there a minimum number of passes/ time after which var can't be used to rule out a goal?

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I thought it was a restart of play

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        This makes sense.

  13. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Digne and Dendonker
    To
    Soyuncu and Lamela for free???

  14. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Mane anonymous.

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Who?

  15. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Salah misses

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      * ruins trent assist

  16. Je suis le chat
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is Bilva nailed? Might bin Raheem for him to afford TAA.

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Could be banned

    2. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bilva is going to Twitter jail

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        And rightly so

        1. Je suis le chat
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          What's this, the player?

    3. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not at all nailed but neither is Sterling.

    4. Chirsbom
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nobody on City is nailed. This is known. But he will possibly be among top 10 midfielder at the end, so roll the dice on that.

  17. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Auba’s not going to score is he oh ffs

  18. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    OMG that was all too easy for Salah.

  19. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Once again mo can pass to Mane there

    1. MITHRRANDIRR
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Always been a selfish beach

  20. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Zouma may be coming on for Christensen

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      cue inevitable goal-fest

  21. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Super block from Christiansen, stopped a certain Salah goal

  22. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea like plenty of FPL teams this week, may finish with 9 or 10 players.

  23. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tomori nailed

  24. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy shoots on goal and it is deflected to Azpi who scored. Clear Tammy assist robbed by VAR

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah, but Mount was offside in the build up.....

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wouldnt have been an assist anyway, too many defenders touched it before the ball went in.

    3. Stokelona
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      It wouldn’t have been an assist, bounced off another player.

    4. Cookie Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Would never have been an assist, it was nearly an OG between that

      1. Cookie Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        From a salty Aurier owner 🙂

    5. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      More like Tammy hit the ball wide and bu the ball hit a pool defender who sent it on target to be saved by Adrian and then put in by azpi after another deflection

  25. Waylander
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Willian wondering how he went from playing with Hazard and Costa to Tammy and Mount.

  26. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Christensen maybe off before 60 mins... somethings never change.

  27. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Damn that could've been a great goal

  28. trikster102
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea players dropping like flies!

  29. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Injury FC.

  30. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Maitland Niles could be sent off here