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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. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    1 FT, 1.2 ITB

    Pope
    VvD Soyuncu Zinchenko*
    Salah KdB Son Mount
    Callum Ayew Pukki
    Heaton Diop Digne Stephens

    Zinchenko ruined this move!
    VvD + Callum -> Tomori/Engels + Auba

    What should I do??

    1. mookie
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Zinchenko to Otamendi and keep Callum.

      1. Karhumies
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        This.

    2. Lucackadoodledoo
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I think this team looks good. How about just zinchenko to the otamendi band wagon?

      1. Slitherene
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        For me to afford the attackers I want in the next few GW's, I have to downgrade both VvD & Zinchenko to 4.5 defenders. Doesn't fit with the plan.

  2. mookie
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Why did Martial's flag change to yellow? Did Ole say something after the game?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Expecting him Back very soon

    2. tambourineman
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      "Hopefully Mason and Anthony back for definitely Arsenal, and hopefully one for Rochdale."

    3. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He is back for Arsenal, might be ready for Rochdale on tuesday

    4. mookie
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Nice! Thanks guys!

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Could Sterling get a start next GW with Bernardo possibly facing a racism ban?

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

      Not a racist, just a gobshite.

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      *Bernardo owners getting Lundstram as first sub
      😀

  4. Totally !rre!evant
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Aguero out but this looks worth it to me. Exact funds - 4, thoughts?

    Aguero - Greenwood - Wan-Bissaka (Out)
    Kane/Auba - Abraham - Otamendi (In)

    Current Team

    Heaton - 4.0
    Awb - Soyuncu - Lowton - Rico - Lundstram
    Sterling - Mane - Kdb - Mount - Cantwell
    Aguero - Pukki - Greenwood

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Why would you take aguero out?

      1. Max City
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        He needs cash.. Would you lose Sterling instead?

        1. thepeen555
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I would yeah. In fact I did

        2. Totally !rre!evant
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Don't think there's a viable option that I can rotate the captaincy with. Sterling to Son would only leave me with Aguero that I would be happy to captain.

          Aguero out to Kane/Auba would give me the option of Sterling and one of those two

      2. Totally !rre!evant
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Enables Greenwood to Abraham (Huge upgrade) whilst also keeping a premium striker. Don't see a better option?

  5. Babelcopter
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Digne & Ceballos -> Otamendi & Mount -4?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah Digne can do one in my team soon too

    2. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Would you play Ceballos if you don't make the transfer? If yes then i'd take the hit.

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Definitely

  6. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Was Mendy sub a precaution from Pep? Too soon to get him in?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Too soon. Get him into the swing of the action. All good signs

  7. Krafty Werks
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Need to downgrade Digne > 4.5 def to allow me Wickham > Abraham for Chelsea's great fixture run, who would you suggest please? (Already have Lundstram, Pieters & Rico in that price range)...West Ham maybe? Thanks.

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I don’t think it is going to matter what 4.5m defender you get. Most of the other defenders unless attacking full backs seem to pretty much do nothing at all

    2. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      lowton

      1. Krafty Werks
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I already have Pieters for Burnley, defo not doubling on their defence!!

    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Fredericks, flagged but if he's fit i'd go him.

      1. Krafty Werks
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks.

  8. Podge
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    If I downgrade Digne to Rico I can afford Ceballos to mount and Barnes to Tammy
    Would leave me with Trent and tripe at the back though

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Don’t think it matters too much. Go for it

    2. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Do it

  9. Sausage™️
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    is anyone ditching Sterling for Silva..?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      fools 🙂

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      No, not enough minutes

  10. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    in view of arsenal's awful defence, shall I keep james one more week ? thanks

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Even arsenal cud keep a clean sheet against us

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ha ha. Maybe yes but don’t expect much from United

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        thanks. thing is not sure who to replace him with ? yarmolenko , h wilson ?

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      United have scored 2 goals or more in just 1 of the last 10 games, (the Chelsea game)... Atrociously bad going forward. Should have done more research before getting him in, hes out for me.

    4. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      United will be lucky if they finish top half the way they are playing....sad to say it coming from a United fan

  11. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone seen anything as bad as this:

    https://ibb.co/m0znD39

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

      Couldn’t put together a worse team of starters if you tried.

    2. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      hope that's not you

      1. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        One of my mates. Fortunately he doesn't take FPL too seriously. He's getting destroyed in a Whatsapp convo.

  12. Evasivo
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Time to sell Digne I guess, most likely for Lundstram

    Then King or Barnes to Abraham?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      sounds good.

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah Digne is getting on my nerves now

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

        Haul imminent!

  13. Mull
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Imagine how much of a d**k head a person must be for someone to take the effort to hack their FPL team!

  14. drughi
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah for the armband this week pretty given or is sterling/aguero better picks ?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      i m tempted by vardy but will probably chicken out and pick salah yep

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        vardy is a good outside bet

    2. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      sterling surely now he has had his rest and Everton looking awful and city back on track to smashing teams

    3. Cruz88
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Abraham maybe

  15. Albert_Luque
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    REPOST, lost on last page. Would you WC for these transfers?

    VVD > TAA
    Digne > Aurier
    AWB > Soyuncu
    Zinchenko > Otamendi
    Dendoncker > Mount
    Wilson > Abraham

    Would give me the following squad:

    Pope-Button
    TAA-Aurier-Soyuncu-Otamendi-Lundstram
    Salah-KDB-Sterling-Ceballos-Mount
    Abraham-Pukki-Greenwood

    Cheers guys!

    1. Sid07
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

  16. Sid07
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    1) digne + jota to Abraham + soyuncu
    2) zinc + jota to abraham + rico

    1. Albert_Luque
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      1, though maybe get rid of Zinc to Ota if you can for a -4.

      1. Sid07
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Yes I can do all three with (-4), but is zinc totally out of favour now ??

  17. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Repost - does this team need a WC?

    heaton
    VVD* TAA digne* rico
    mane sterling* kdb mount
    pukki abraham

    pope lundstram dendoncker* greenwood*

    1itb 0ft

    1. Sid07
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Digne to ota and you have a good squad

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I was thinking this:
      VVD to frederick
      digne to ota
      sterling to son
      greenwoodto c wilson
      dedoncker to 7.4

      1. Sid07
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        No for me

  18. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Now I need to play roulette. Looks like Mane will rise in price over the next couple of days. Firmino not far behind him. Want to wait till the very last minute to see if I can get a 0.1 on Mane then soon after get in Firmino. Every 0.1 is like gold from now on.

    Lets see how this pans out.

  19. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Pukki to Wilson?

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Absolutely not.

      1. Modest Bob
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Ok, you sound sure so i will take your advice on board. Thanks.

        1. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Pukki will score in almost all home games. You can go with Wilson , who has higher ownership?

          Pukki hauls you are left wanting.

    2. sovietrockettes
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Something to consider......

    3. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Wilson didn't deserve that last second gift. He did absolutely nothing and King looked much better.

  20. sovietrockettes
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah>De Bruyne, Ceballos>Son, Zinchenko>Soy for a -4....good moves?

    1. sovietrockettes
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Exact funds

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Getting rid of Salah is like a deathtrap.

        1. sovietrockettes
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yeah, but only if you can captain him....which I wouldn’t for the next 6 GW

          1. Whats the Huth
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Next week?

  21. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Deulofeu's stats are pretty insane, especially considering they just faced City in a 8-0 loss.

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He is bound to come gud like the last season

  22. Sting
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I can do these transfers: Zinch >> Mings; Sterling >> Son; Haller >> Auba for -4

    Would you? Would leave me with only KDB as my City attacker

    1. PrettyDick
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I wouldn't. Haller plays Bournemouth and Arsenal play United. save the last transfer for next week (when Arsenal play Bournemouth)

  23. Sloane426
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    (A) Aguero + Mane + 4.8m max def
    (B) Firmino + Sterling + TAA

    1. PrettyDick
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      B

  24. Viper
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sterling about to drop in price, meanwhile I'll probably be captaining him next week

    1. sovietrockettes
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Same

    2. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      ditto

  25. Tiamani Warrior
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Why did Ota only get 62mins? Rested since only CB?

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      And to test the youngster

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yea what you said

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        He played 90 mins midweek, absolutely no reason NOT to rest him.

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Pep TC'd him

  26. HD7
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Mates, one question:

    Didnt do VVD to Ota before this GW, which I now regret.
    But maybe next 2GWs it is better to keep VVD (better fixtures) ?

    *Have also TAA

  27. Viper
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Would you WC the following?

    Heaton

    Digne Otamendi Robertson Rico Montoya

    Kdb Sterling Salah Ceballos Mcginn

    Pukki Barnes Greenwood

    Is Digne, Ceballos & Barnes - > Aurier, Mount & Abraham (-8) a bit excessive?

    1. Viper
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Copy & pasted from an older post. Ignore the WC aspect of the post

  28. CostaCoffee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Glad I picked up Tomori on WC, he genuinely looked class and didn’t give Salah a sniff today. If Chelsea can just sort out the set piece defending top 4 is definitely attainable, Liverpool created very little from play today

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yep, he looked good. Kante back also, so first CS coming soon. Did the same move.

  29. Ibracadebruyne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Best 4.9 def?

    Cheers!

    1. Viper
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I think Aurier is worth a punt.

      Soyuncu also interesting me

    2. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      cresswell

      1. PrettyDick
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        cress well could very well be benched again next week

  30. Sausage™️
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    ok, so the logical option for me this week is..

    Digne>Rico
    Siggy>Son

    Team is

    Ryan
    AMN TAA (Digne) Kelly Lundstrum
    (Siggy) Sterling Denplonker KDB James
    Aguero Wilson Greenwood

    0.8m in da bank

    Is there a better option than Digne > Rico..?