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Tomori and Targett absent as Pulisic returns for Chelsea

Christian Pulisic (£7.0m) returns to the Chelsea team to face Brighton on the first matchday of 2020.

Joining him in the starting line-up is right-back Reece James (£5.0m), who was recently ruled out by Frank Lampard for at least a week.

He plays on the right of defence which means another appearance at left-back for Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.8m).

Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) and Mason Mount (£6.3m) also keep their places in the 4-3-3 system.

However, Fikayo Tomori (£4.8m) misses out on the match altogether which means a place on the bench for Tariq Lamptey (£4.0m) once again.

Brighton manager Graham Potter has selected Pascal Groß (£6.4m) and Aaron Connolly (£4.5m) on the bench with Steven Alzate (£4.5m) and Leandro Trossard (£5.8m) starting either side of Neal Maupay (£5.8m).

Burnley host Aston Villa in the other lunch-time match where Matt Targett (£4.4m) misses out through injury.

Dean Smith has gone for a slightly altered shape to usual, lining up in a 3-4-3 system featuring Neil Taylor (£4.3m) and Frédéric Guilbert (£4.4m) as the wing-backs and Tyrone Mings (£4.5m) in the back-three.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; Pröpper, Mooy, Bissouma; Trossard, Maupay, Alzate.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rüdiger, R James; Kanté, Jorginho, Mount; Pulisic, Abraham, Willian.

Burnley XI: Pope; Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Brady; A Barnes, Wood.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Hause, Mings, Konsa; N Taylor, D Luiz, Nakamba, Guilbert; Grealish, Wesley, Trézéguet.

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  1. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish assist now? 😀

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

      yep

  2. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish assist added. Lets go have partyyyyyyyyy

  3. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Assist added.

    If we keep moaning, we'll get his VAR goal too.

    😉

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Hahaha... This, sir, made me laugh!

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

    Little legend

  5. Bavarian
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Assist given yesssss

  6. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pulisic close

  7. The Legend Squad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish first bench...

    Mane KDB Maddison Martial
    Vardy Ings Jimenez

    ... chances I’ll get his points?

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

      Relies on Mane

    2. Volley127
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Mane is your best chance I reckon. But v unlikely I’d say

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Slim

    4. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Mane to come on for a last minute cameo.... then get booked.

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

      none. All those others will play

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

    Congrats Grealish owners. Top 10k finish secured

    1. Public user
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      How u know my rank ?! 🙂

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Brag

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

    Wait, people were joking saying they were doing Grealish to Traore?

    Right? Surely!

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

      Don't call me shirley

  10. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish on fire

  11. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    My plan was to sell Grealish after this GW for Martial. Now im not sure. He is great.

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

    Now its salty non owners heehee

  13. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pope > Henry the Eighth.

  14. FPL_Crisis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Any Grealish captains willing to surface?

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

      I poster yesterday I would captain Grealish, after everyone poster about selling him.

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

        Bobby! Well done

  15. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hell. Grealish 1st sub.

  16. JRD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    grealish assist given haha

  17. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    F my life, everything going wrong this season, AV just looked awful recently...

    1. Atimis
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      And don’t dare saying that you knew that they will perform because there was no reasonable indication of it.

      1. TOPCAT1960
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Totally agree. They have been poor especially through December, which makes it the more frustrating. I don't own Grealish but he is the best of a poor team.

  18. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Tammy (C) for GW22..?

  19. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealishino my son, get another gOALIO......

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

      You have so many sons mate, you shoot better than Rooney it seems.

  20. UKG
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Benching Grealish has killed people this week. Adama will blank. You just know it.

  21. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ronald Greasly

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

    WE WANT MORE! PUNISH THE SELLERS

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not punishment long term though, party over in 45 mins

  23. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    So the pressure worked. Jammy Grealish points 😀
    Now lets focus on the first goal ruled out because of VAR 😀 😀

  24. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sold Grealish 🙂

  25. nolard
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pope to who?

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

      Fabianski.

    2. UKG
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Fab

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

      But west ham very unpredictable.
      Does Moyes make teams tight at the back?

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      anyone for me...may aswell get Fabianski now

  26. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I'll admit, selling Grealish was tempting but I stuck to my Villa fan bias and kept him. UTV!

    Maybe I'm too biased. I started the season with Heaton as GK (not anymore) and had Mings for a while.

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

    glad Grealish owners getting some luck, nice to see teams ranked 4mil making some gains, they deserve it!

    1. Atom&Humber
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      link your team then?

  28. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hoping Vardy is still with the baby...

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

    Grealish on for a big haul...1st on my bench. Surely someone will get rested to let him in. Surely!

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

      There are good chances for something like that to happen.

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

        las t gw 2 subs were used...but both only got 1 point each! This week I beg for a sub to be used lol

  30. Agger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jack Grealshinho