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1 July 2020 1223 comments
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West Ham United entertain Chelsea in the fourth and final Premier League fixture to take place on Thursday.

Kick-off at the London Stadium is at 20:15 BST.

Christian Pulisic (£7.0m) is fit to start, with the American having recovered from the minor calf niggle that forced him off against Leicester City in the FA Cup.

Mason Mount (£6.2m) is benched, however.

While there are a number of changes from that cup quarter-final, there are only two alterations from the side that beat Manchester City in the Blues’ last Premier League outing.

Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) replaces Mount in central midfield, while Tammy Abraham (£7.5m) gets the nod to lead the line ahead of Olivier Giroud (£6.6m).

David Moyes has also made two changes to the side that lost at Tottenham Hotspur in Gameweek 31+.

Mark Noble (£5.0m) is replaced by Manuel Lanzini (£6.1m) in midfield, while Angelo Ogbonna (£4.5m) ousts Fabian Balbuena (£4.3m) at centre-half.

Sebastien Haller (£6.8m) hasn’t recovered from injury, however.

Pulisic was the second-most-bought Fantasy Premier League midfielder of Gameweek 32+.

Over 167,000 FPL managers snapped up the USA international following his back-to-back goals against Aston Villa and City.

The Hammers won the reverse fixture 1-0 at Stamford Bridge but haven’t kept a clean sheet since New Year’s Day.

Not one of their starters is owned by more than 2% of FPL managers.


Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, Christensen, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta; Barkley, Kovacic, Kanté; Pulisic, Abraham, Willian.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Fredericks; Rice, Soucek; Lanzini, Fornals, Bowen; Antonio.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 32+

  1. Orion
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Traore to Saint-Maximin for free? Yes or no ? Have Jiménez and Doherty as well... Cheers

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Yes. ASM starts. And gets points atm.

  2. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Has Pulisic completely gone from baps? I'm not expecting him to get any but to be less than Kante with 16 seems harsh.

  3. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Maguire is blocking any move for 3 United attackers. Greenwood looked sharp and cannot see James starting ahead of him too often. Could do Jota to Greenwood, Barnes to Mahrez and Maguire to Holgate for -8
    leaving enough for DCL to Ings potentially in couple of weeks

    A -8 for team below
    B Just Barnes to Mahrez and Jota to Nketiah-4
    C B but get Pulisic not Mahrez
    D no hit and go Barnes to Foden

    Pope
    TAA Aurier Doherty
    Salah KDB Bruno Mahrez* Martial
    Jiménez Greenwood*

    Martinez DCL Fernández Holgate*