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7 December 2019 1214 comments
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Tammy Abraham (£7.9m) starts a second game in less than three days for Chelsea in the Gameweek 16 lunchtime kick-off.

Recently the most-owned player in FPL, Abraham shed a horde of owners after picking up a hip injury on Champions League duty which ruled him out of Gameweek 14 last weekend.

The forward was back in the midweek Chelsea XI as he grabbed a 12-point haul, only to be substituted late on with a fresh knock.

Owners will be delighted to see Abraham start again today alongside his usual partners in crime Willian (£7.1m), Mason Mount (£6.6m) and Christian Pulisic (£7.5).

Popular budget defender Fikayo Tomori (£4.9m) is benched for the second Gameweek in a row as Andreas Christensen (£4.9m) earns consecutive starts in central defence. That could see the centre-back top the list of transfers out for Gameweek 17.

Reece James (£5.0m), who assisted Abraham’s header against Aston Villa in GW15, starts for a third time in four Gameweeks at right-back, increasing his chances of becoming a viable Fantasy asset.

Everton caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson appears to have reverted to a four-man backline, after Marco Silva had switched to a back three for his final games in charge of the Toffees.

Yerry Mina (£5.3m) misses out through injury, leaving Leighton Baines (£4.9m) as the only defender on the Everton bench.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.4m) may be set to play a deeper role today as part of either a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 system, with Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.4m) the only recognised defensive midfielder in Ferguson’s XI. The temporary manager could also be planning to use a 4-1-4-1 set-up.

Richarlison (£7.8m) had looked set to face off against James from a left-wing position, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.7m) starting up front.

However, Everton’s official team graphic suggests ‘Big Duncan’ could be going back to his roots with an old school 4-4-2.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Keane, Holgate, Sidibe; Iwobi, Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Walcott.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Christensen, James; Kovacic, Kante; Pulisic, Mount, Willian; Abraham.

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  1. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mount should have buried that.

  2. Pino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Kovacic developing nicely under Frank

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

    thank lords

  4. kamdaraji
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    pressure mount...ing

  5. Party time
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mount shoots one for his owners

  6. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Get out of my team Mount

  7. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Baffling how Mount gets into the England squad ahead of Grealish, who is better in every department.

    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Southgate hasn't a clue mate

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        I second that. Justice for Grealish.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Big club mentality.

    3. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Couldn't agree more. Grealish is criminally
      underrated

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        I rate him higher than Maddison.

        1. La Roja
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          They are both quality tbh

          1. Davido989
            • 15 Years
            6 years, 7 months ago

            Yep. Think Grealish is better in open play though. Hope he gets the move he deserves

            1. FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              6 years, 7 months ago

              Grealish really has come on leaps and bounds with every season. Has to get his international team call soon.

    4. tokara
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      English mentality

  8. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Is Big Dunc on the Arsenal shortlist yet?

  9. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Is this Pulisic bandwagon worse than Barkley of last season?

    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      No?

      1. Zladan
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        He’s done very little since people jumped on his bandwagon after that hatty.

    2. tokara
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Depends on your entry point

      All the new owners had jinx us

  10. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Kovacic has been amazing

  11. kamdaraji
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    abraham ineffective

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Hasn't got any service, so bound to be.

  12. kamdaraji
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    richy outscoring mount, abraham and pulisic

    1. kamdaraji
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      combined

    2. Pinturicchio10
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Water is wet.

  13. melvinmbabazi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Manee???

    1. Butcher
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Relax

    2. Geezer
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      4 more minutes

  14. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Richarlison diving

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

    DCL immune to YC

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Really long name, ref ain't got time for that.

  16. Butcher
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Clocks ticking for Tammy

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

    Tom Davies incoming.

  18. Maddamotha
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Rich is the biggest bich in the prem. Every game rolling on the ground crying.

  19. kamdaraji
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    could have been a pulisic yellow

    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Wasn't even a foul

  20. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    How is that a foul ????

  21. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Pulisic and Mount are getting bullied. Don't have the strength to keep the ball and are getting pushed off it.

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Keita, Salah & Firmino starting

    Gomez too.

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

      Source? No Mane and TAA?

  23. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Sidibe streetwise

  24. kamdaraji
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    richy off

    1. kamdaraji
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      maybe has a slight niggle

  25. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Richarlison subbed

  26. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Davies on
    Richarlison off

  27. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mane is on the bench today.

    1. kamdaraji
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      ooo

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      As expected

    3. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Wow. Maybe we have cracked Klopp’s code after all. We predicted the Salah resting midweek and now the Mane rest this weekend.

  28. iL PiStOlErO
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Bye bye Rich.

  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Willian off
    Cho on

  30. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    CHO on
    Willian off