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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. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Vote now...
    How you want to go down with Norwich and Bournemouth??

    A. Villa
    B. Watford
    C. West Ham

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      **Who

      Fml

    2. Whiskerz
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      B

    3. Jolly Good
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A

    4. manu4life99
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Chelsea

    5. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Watford. But Villa are going to be the ones who actually go down.

    6. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A

  2. King Carlos
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Chelsea RUBBISH!

  3. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Fu Chelsea!

  4. Salarrivederci
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Good start.
    Kepa, Azpi & Pulisic with ma captain Ings to haul a 20-pointer later on

  5. MartialMatas
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    how many bps for winning goal?

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

      4

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      3

  6. Jolly Good
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    20 from 3... will take it...

    Shouldn’t have pulled the FH... was worried about a 3-0 at least in this game

  7. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    GG PULISIC CAPPERS :))))

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Could be worse

  8. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    I want to do Pulisic to Dilva straight away but would rather wait till City match has ended as an injury could rear it's ugly head!

  9. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Fell into the Willian trap again. Every year

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Same

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Same, looked awe full and slowed them down.

      Same trick, runs down a line, bottles taking on a player, and passes it back to azpi or rudiger.

    3. DycheDycheBaby
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Same. Though he was unlucky his assists got ruined

    4. antis0cial
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Same, had planned Dilva Or antonio then teams released and jumped in for Willian!

  10. Netters2018
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    The only positive i have after wasting my fh and cpt on pulisic is that i dont have any chelsea players in my team for gw37 or gw38...

  11. OverTinker
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Going without Chelsea wasn't that bad.

    1. JURGENAUT
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah same here

      1. OverTinker
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        those with Azpi and Alonso were the only winners

        1. GENERATION X
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Well i got the latter for a hit so no gain really

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Correct, only way is up now 😉

      1. OverTinker
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        hopefully

  12. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Chelsea Chelsea is our name.

    Blue is the color.

    Get in !!!

    1. Lucy2019
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Creaming over a 1-0 win against Norwich...

      1. OverTinker
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        they got 3 points though

      2. CheesyZoot
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Kind of like blowing a lead at home in the final seconds against a Southampton team with nothing to play for 😉

    2. manu4life99
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      embarrassing

      1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        You've just read his posting history I take it?

      2. Fpl_Juggernaut
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Keep the blue flag flying high

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Ngl that was cringe asf 😆

  13. TheDragon
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Was Giroud unlucky not to get a huge haul or were owners lucky to get 6 points?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Unlucky

    2. Cok3y5murf
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Neither

    3. yakirh
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Unlucky

    4. JammySprat
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      About right, everything was targeted at him and he he messed most up but bound to get one

    5. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      About right
      Unlucky as he had plenty of chances, but lucky as he isn’t that good

    6. Jolly Good
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Both

    7. Surfeit of Lampteys
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Not unlucky no. He just spurned many great chances

    8. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      He was not very good at getting the ball on goal to put it mildly

    9. Pegboy
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Probably about fair.

  14. Lucy2019
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Willian and Giroud owner stunned.

  15. yakirh
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Double Burnley defense vs Norwich?

  16. JammySprat
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    WTF, how is Azpi on 43BPS and next highest is only 29??

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      He created a lot of chances.

    2. Lucy2019
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Mark must own him.

    3. Brosstan
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      opta guy owns Azpi and wasnt smart enough to make it subtle

    4. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Didn't put a foot wrong, created a shed load of chances

    5. Only a Hazard of time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Important blocks and two near-assists. He was incredible

      1. JammySprat
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Wouldn't go that far

    6. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      4 recoveries, 7 clearances, blocks and interceptions (next closest Chelsea player on 4), 2 big chances created (highest in the team)

    7. Pinturicchio10
      6 years, 1 month ago

      BPS magnet and always has been

  17. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pulisic fail.

    1. JfA
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yup, I captained him 🙁

    2. Amey
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      © fail for sure

    3. Boss Hogg
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      6 points is fine.
      For a captain I want 8 points plus, but 6 is okay.
      A fail is, like, a 1 or 2 pointer.

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I agree that 5-6 is fine. 7-8 good, 9-10 great etc. Especially since Willian blanked.

    4. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Will wait for the rest of the captaincy options to play before I make my judgement. Could turn out ok depending on the others. I'm only worried about Sterling

    5. Shineonme
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      6 pts is slightly below average. I'd say an average mid cap pick should produce around 8 to 9 pts

  18. JfA
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Is that bad luck, bad management, should have been more for Giroud and an assist for Pulisic, again should you go with your gut feeling of Dilva, is 18 points ok from two players inc your captain or a miserable return, suppose that depends what Dilva does (btw, I took a hit for Giroud)

  19. Don Kloppeone
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    6 (-4) from 1. Could always be worse!

    1. JfA
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I feel for you 🙁

  20. gers23
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Any bonus 4 giroud?

    1. JfA
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Nix, nada , nipota 🙁

  21. Tsssst
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Fortunate start to the 12 point hit so far

    -12
    Vardy X Giroud 6
    Lundstram X Azpilicueta 9
    Mahrez X Silva X
    Cantwell 1 Foden X
    +3

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Fair play, decent moves so far.

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Maths ain’t good two players down 3 points up?

  22. COW
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Well that was ...underwhelming?

  23. Lilac Breasted Roller
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Didn't go with any chelsea so I'm pretty happy with only 6 for pulisic.

  24. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Azpi 41
    Rudiger 29
    Alonso 28

    It’s close and might be manipulated.

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Giroud 27

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Giroud 26, 8 misses too many.

    3. Boss Hogg
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Any extra hair points for Giroud?

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Giroud 26 but with 3 for the game winning goal to come? (like Jimi last GW?)

  25. lordkippe
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Why is all saying it is such a huge fail ?

    I got good points from Alonso, Pulisic & Giroud

    1. Tempestic
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      True. It really wasnt a fail, just feels underwhelming

      1. lordkippe
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I know. Could have been more. But pretty good

  26. IRBOX ⚽
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Azpi 3
    Rudiger 2
    Alonso 1

  27. Skogen89
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Happy with azpi, alonso and puli 🙂 3 and 2 bonuspoints aswell

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Great start

  28. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    8.6 average pts for Top 10K tonight. Huge red arrow for non owners like me.

  29. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    BAPS (According to Members Area)

    Azpi 3
    Rudiger 2
    Alonso 1

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Sounds right

  30. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Ok very early but..

    Vardy and Willian ➡️Auba and Dsilva -4?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Wait Tony

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Think I'd prefer Jrod to Auba plus no idea if Dilva plays or not