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Mount returns to the Chelsea starting XI as injured Pulisic misses out

The first three Premier League matches to take place on Sunday kicks off at 14:00 GMT, as Arsenal welcome Chelsea to the Emirates.

After the widespread rotation across the country on Saturday, there is relatively little team news to report from north London.

Mikel Arteta has made only two changes for his first home fixture in charge of Arsenal, both of which are enforced.

Calum Chambers (£4.4m), back from suspension, replaces the injured Sokratis (£4.9m), while Matteo Guendouzi (£4.4m) returns at the expense of Granit Xhaka (£5.1m), who is ill.

Nicolas Pepe (£9.1m) is only among the substitutes as Reiss Nelson (£5.3m) is again chosen to accompany Mesut Ozil (£7.2m), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.8m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) in the Gunners’ four-man attack.

Budget FPL midfielder Bukayo Saka (£4.5m) is deployed at left-back, meanwhile.

Frank Lampard has also made a couple of alterations to the Chelsea side that lost 2-0 at home to Southampton.

Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.4m) and Jorginho (£4.9m) both drop to the bench, with Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) and Mason Mount (£6.4m) handed recalls.

Christian Pulisic (£7.1m) is not in the visitors’ matchday squad, with a minor injury being widely reported for the American.

The Blues look to be in the same 3-4-3 shape that the deployed away at Spurs in Gameweek 18, with Mount and Willian (£7.1m) flanking Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) in attack.

There of the five most-sold players of Gameweek 20 – Mount, Pulisic and Abraham – are on Chelsea’s books.

The Blues have kept only one clean sheet on the road this season, while Arsenal have recorded just one shut-out on home soil.


Arsenal XI: Leno; Maitland-Niles, Chambers, Luiz, Saka; Torreira, Guendouzi; Nelson, Ozil, Aubameyang; Lacazette.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Tomori, Rudiger, Zouma; Emerson, Kovacic, Kante, Azpilicueta; Willian, Mount, Abraham.

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  1. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Full 11 by Liverpool

  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Could do with another Trent masterclass please

  3. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    CHO on
    Kovacic off

  4. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jiminez benched.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yay.

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Traore too.

    3. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Spewing... it's over..

  5. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    everyone starts

  6. bialk
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Abraham 90 mins

  7. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    JIMI BOY RESTED!! YES

  8. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Raul, Doherty and Adama dropped!

    1. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Are you that naive to think they have been dropped?

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Dropped to the bench, surely.

  9. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jimi rested

  10. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    LIV: Alisson, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Lallana, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Salah, Firmino, Mané
    Subs: Adrián, Williams, Jones, Elliott, Keita, Milner, Origi

    WOL: Patrício, Coady, Bennett, Kilman, Dendoncker, Neves, Jonny, Vinagre, Moutinho, Jota, Neto
    Subs: Ruddy, Doherty, Saïss, Otasowie, Traoré, Cutrone, Jiménez

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I'm sorry Mane. Don't punish me too hard.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Salah(c). Here we go......

    3. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Jimmy rested. Best news of the GW. Gonna buy him soon

      1. Evasivo
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        He'll come on don't worry

  11. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Cack

  12. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    WOLVES TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Liverpool: Patricio, Dendoncker, Coady, Bennett, Kilman, Neves, Moutinho, Jonny, Neto, Vinagre, Jota.
    Subs: Ruddy, Doherty, Jimenez, Cutrone, Saiss, Traore, Otasowie.

    LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Wolves: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Lallana, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
    Subs: Adrian, Milner, Keita, Origi, Jones, Elliott, Williams.

  13. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Nuno!

  14. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    oh Mane starts ffs I did Mane>Salah 🙁

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Same

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        i did it for a -4... Noob I am, I was just sure he wouldnt start and that captain Salah could get 26 points so I figured -4 based on that was worth it.

    2. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah could be a horrible mistake

  15. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    10 nil Liverpool

    1. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Taa Mane Mo(c)

      1. Jullepuu
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        We are on the same boat

  16. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Liverpool 10-0 confirmed

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Don't be daft. 😀

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Have you seen your first team 🙂

        1. The Polymath
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Yep, and they're not as bad as you think.

    2. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Holy mother of crap read directly above

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        deffo gonna happen now!

  17. beric
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Noooo jimi and traore 🙁

  18. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Tammy back to Jimenez very tempting seeing that lineup.

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Im doing that move

  19. Regin
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Go mane captain!! And Robbo.

    For wolves owners no Jimenez or traore or doherty

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      They'll all come on in the second half

  20. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Nuno you legend

    Salah - the stage has been set, you better have read the script kid

    4G 2A

    Nice n easy

  21. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    RIP my team.

  22. Jullepuu
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Surely Jimenez will come in at some point?

  23. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Wolves sleeping

  24. dark91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Come on Salah don't make me regret picking you over Mane

  25. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Interesting how Arsenal can defend better when the whole team puts in a shift.

  26. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    What kind of Fantasy Football world do we now live in when Jurgen Klopp's teamsheets are the most consistent thing?

  27. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    It's now or never Mo. Get that hat trick and save my season.

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Amen!!

  28. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    damn how can you rest your best striker vs pool

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not expecting much from game

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        bollox you have the chance to win every game even if the odds are slim...........rolling over is an odd mindset

  29. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    If Jims resting this is the best one to do so

  30. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Robertson haul is out there somewhere soon

    Could be today you know

    Could be today