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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. JRD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    gimme that greasily assist you damn stealers

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

    #pray_for_grealish_owners 🙂

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

      lol

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

    Dave with 0.06% top10k ownership "differential"

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

    They stole Grealish goal and now assist

    1. thomashl
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Woooow I’m bitter now as well

  5. Ser Davos
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pope to Fabianski?

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

      Yes...Pope is so annoying to own right now

      1. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Getting to the stage almost worth a hit to get him out

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

          He has same points as other keepers!?

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

    #prayforgrealish

  7. Lecky Legs FC
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Absolutely raging with Abraham there just put Willian in for the second

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

    So Tammy gets an assist but not Grealish?

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

      yes it seems so

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

    It’s got to be an assist in FPL surely??

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

      Nah

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

    Was it a clear Assist?

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

    It's not Grealish, the following are acceptable:

    - Greasy
    - Ghastly
    - Ghoulash

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Or freakish

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

    https://streamja.com/PLw0

    FPL is a joke if they award assist to Grealish. No chance Wesley was his intended target

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

      100% Greelish assist

      1. Rinseboy
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Wesley was 100% the target yeah?

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

    Cmon Mopay grab a goal.. I started you over grealy 😡

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

    I'm sure the Grealish assist will be given. Tammy's was added delayed too.

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

      Yep. Official FPL twitter have given it too.

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

        Tbh having seen it, it could be seen as not being the intended target - cut we'll see.

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      If given for Tammy.. which is more unintended.. should be given to Grealish too

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

    If they don't award that as a Grealish assist, I'm headbutting someone at FPL Towers into 2024.

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

      I dont know what to say anymore, I give up.

  16. FFFoxy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Someone explain tammy assist. Since when do Blocked shots never count as assists?

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

      Just read the rules.

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

    Interesting to see why Grealish hasn't (at least yet) got the assist for that goal. Pretty clear that Wesley was the intended target although it took a few deflections to get to Wesley

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

      no where near intended target, big deflection towards the goal scorer

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

    *Checks Marks team for Grealish* 😉

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

    That’s a joke as a Grealish owner. VAR is ruining fantasy football. In all seriousness though it’s ruining football in general.

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

      I totally agree.

      I'm put off watching football on TV.

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

    Very nice, needed that Burnley CS to be wiped out

  21. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Lol at myself... just checked my team. It seems I never confirmed the switch of the armband to KDB. It’s still on Vardy.

    Just know the karma is coming to bite me now with a KDB mega haul!

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

      Or the opposite and it works out hehe

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yeh but I was really excited about not going the boring route!

        Just feel NEW will severely limit Vardy’s ability to haul

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

    Can anyone explain how that is not a Grealish assist?

  23. FreddyP3
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    TAA gets assist for handball in pen area and Grealish doesn’t get because of a deflection.. joke

  24. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    What’s happened to Maupay’s appearance point?

    1. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Never mind, it’s showing again now

  25. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I’ve wanted to get rid of Pope for some time but the lack of points elsewhere and the additional value of those keepers, just puts me off.

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

    *Deletes App*

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

    Was Wesley Grealish’s target?

    Was a rebound scored from Tammy’s shot?

    Both pretty clear.

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

    Is Ryan saving an Abraham penalty too much to ask for?

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

      Abraham is not the penalty taker.

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

        Yeah I know. Still, I can dream.

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

    Goal - WESLEY
    Assist - GREALISH

    Burnley 0-1 Aston Villa (28 mins)

    -officialFPL twitter account.

    Are they just being lazy or are they really doing Grealish owners dirty?

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

      Being TWATS

  30. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Salty Grealish owners 😉

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

      1 point when he should be on 9 already!