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14 July 2020 2270 comments
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Frank Lampard has rung the changes for Chelsea following their 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United, but it’s mostly good news for Fantasy Premier League managers.

Despite making five alterations to the previous line-up, the Chelsea boss has found a place for Willian (£7.4m) and Christian Pulisic (£7.3m) once again.

The pair have scored 48 and 39 points respectively since the restart and get the chance to extend that impressive run of points from the flanks of the front-three against Norwich.

This time, they are joined there by Olivier Giroud (£6.7m), the former Arsenal man reclaiming his spot from Tammy Abraham (£7.4m), who drops to the bench.

There will be plenty of attention on the Frenchman tonight too, who has four goals in his last five Premier League starts.

The inclusion of Jorginho (£4.9m) for the second match in a row might be troubling to owners of Willian as the Italian has previously taken penalties for the club, but the Brazilian has, of course, scored three since the Premier League returned.

Meanwhile, Lampard has also made changes in defence, handing a first start since Gameweek 32+ to Marcos Alonso (£6.1m) in the place of Reece James (£4.9m) and Antonio Rüdiger (£5.9m) comes in for Andreas Christensen (£4.8m) at centre-back.

Those invested in the Chelsea defence will be encouraged a little by Norwich’s line-up.

The Canaries have scored just once in the Project Restart fixtures and come to Stamford Bridge with this season’s top-scorer Teemu Pukki (£6.4m) on the bench.

Josip Drmic (£5.3m) has been chosen to lead the line with Todd Cantwell (£4.5m), Lukas Rupp (£4.4m) and Onel Hernández (£5.3m) chosen to support from attacking midfield.

That means a place on the bench for Emi Buendía (£6.0m) alongside Pukki.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, Rüdiger, Zouma, Azpilicueta; Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Kovacic; Pulisic, Giroud, Willian.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Klose, Godfrey, Aarons; Tettey, McLean; Hernández, Rupp, Cantwell; Drmic.

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  1. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Get a goal Puli. I'll be really happy with that!

    1. Amey
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      He will
      Should have had one

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 12 days ago

        Amen Amey

  2. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Giroud such a donkey though. And I own him.

  3. MiLK2018
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Pulisi(c)!

  4. Amey
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Points

  5. Keep Calm and Play On
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Pulisic turning that frustration into points! Love it

  6. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Hows Alonso(c) looking?

    1. Keep Calm and Play On
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      Very attacking, Norwich parking the bus. Could be a good second half if they get tired of defending

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 12 days ago

        Ty

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      Advanced as usual, but wide as opposed to getting in the box as he often does.

    3. FPL_Devil
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      Good

  7. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Chelsea triple uppers suddenly sitting pretty

  8. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    How does that man get paid to be a centre back?

  9. Party time
    6 years, 12 days ago

    GIROUD GIROUD GIROUD Hell YeAh

  10. Sancidino
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Giroud EO?

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      12

      1. Sancidino
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 12 days ago

        Nice. Thanks

  11. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    That wasn't the best clearance from Giroud. Not what he intended at all.

  12. stevieme
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Giroud
    Seriously good player

    1. Tinkermania
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      LOL

  13. FPL_Devil
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    GIROUD

  14. Zebrahimović
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    You just knew Giroud was going to score a headed goal tonight.

    1. The Train Driver
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      Didn't do so good with his feet so he had to switch it up

  15. SackWenger
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Unusual time for Chelsea to score.

  16. Budweiser
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Depressed Willian capper over here

    1. DandyDon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      Norwich look weak at set pieces, he may come good

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      I'm with you!

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      o/

  17. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Help us out here VAR

  18. The Left Duke #3
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Pulisic to GRU

  19. The_FF_King
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    So many sulkers on here moaning about their Chelsea assets, all changed now!

    1. The_FF_King
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      .....apart from Willian owners

    2. The Left Duke #3
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      Exactly. Said the same earlier. Bloody painful this site at times

  20. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    get in giroud, thanks fpl rockstar

  21. lordkippe
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Alonso could have had somtething here... Hopefully its coming

  22. Gerd Mueller’s thighs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Klose is a donkeys

    1. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 12 days ago

      He is World cup all time best goalscorer

  23. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Puli + Giru. Yayy

  24. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    One of rivals played FH and bench Giroud. WTF?

  25. Stormbringer22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Willian to Sterling for free next week if Sterling benched looks very likely. Tasty City triple up in the cards

  26. Rains of Castamere
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Klose is the weakest centre half I've ever seen. Bullied every game.

  27. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Giroud is world class.

  28. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Nice one for the masses. Not for me though

  29. Party time
    6 years, 12 days ago

    Giroud is such a flop. Why would he score? Crap player!

  30. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 days ago

    This always seems to happen when a team is down, it’s like with the pressure off they can perform a bit better