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Abraham leads Chelsea line as Jorginho drops to bench for West Brom trip

Tammy Abraham (£7.3m) has been tasked with leading the Chelsea line for their Gameweek 3 trip to West Bromwich Albion.

After impressing midweek, the former Swansea City loanee makes his first Premier League start of the season in what looks to be a 4-2-3-1 formation named by Frank Lampard.

That suggests a slightly wider role for Timo Werner (£9.5m), who is capable of operating as a left-winger, while Kai Havertz (£8.4m) gets his first chance to play number 10 in a league match since arriving from Bayer Leverkusen.

Meanwhile, Abraham coming into the team has forced Jorginho (£5.1m) to the bench, which should make for interesting viewing if Chelsea win any penalties this afternoon, as the Italian has taken two since the start of the season.

In defence, Reece James (£5.1m) continues to silence the naysayers worried about rotation, as he starts ahead of Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.9m) for the third match in a row.

His Fantasy credentials are boosted by a Premier League debut for Thiago Silva (£5.5m), although Willy Caballero (£4.9m) makes one last start in goal as Edouard Mendy‘s (£5.0m) came too soon for involvement in Gameweek 3.

Matheus Pereira (£6.0m) remains the only asset of slight Fantasy worth in the West Bromwich Albion side.

The mid-priced midfielder is the most popular among Baggies starters but is only owned by 2.5% ahead of a testing meeting with Chelsea.

West Bromwich Albion XI (5-4-1): Johnstone; C Townsend, O’Shea, Bartley, Ajayi, Furlong; Diangana, Sawyers, Livermore, M Pereira; C Robinson.

Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Caballero; Alonso, T Silva, Christensen, R James; Kanté, Kovačić; Werner, Havertz, Mount; Abraham.

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  1. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Abraham sitter

  2. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Huge miss from Tammy

  3. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    How!?!?

  4. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy ruines James assist

  5. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy is around

  6. Leonard hatred
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    chelsea are looking alright this game.

    i really like WBA's pink kit too.

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Chelsea are in pink ya doughnut

      1. TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Duh

      2. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        r/woosh

  7. CheesyZoot
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy what a mug

  8. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Should have been Werner not Abraham

  9. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Why are kit designs so bad? I think Chelseas white kit is pretty nice but this..
    Have you seen some of the fan made ones which look professional, some of those are amazing. Yet Nike or whoever just come up with such bad kits and basically reuse designs all the time

    1. Leonard hatred
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      i particularly like the liverpool shirt that looks like they've got it on to front.

      1. Leonard hatred
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        *back to front. telephonio typo.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          I knew what you meant 😉

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Poor kit I agree. Real Madrid has a similar one too. Not a fan.

  10. JBG
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy Calvert Lewin

  11. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Stupid Tammy wasted James assist.

  12. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    What a ball by James

  13. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Soooo close to a James assist

  14. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    extremely long way to go but would you give werner one last chance if he blanks?

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I think I’ll use my WC tbh and if I do Werner won’t be on it.

    2. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No chance

    3. You've got red on you.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Not while he's stuck out on the left. Maybe when all the Chelsea team are back playing.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        cheers. a move to richarlison would be tempting.

        lets wait and see 🙂

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    James big BPS.

    Sitter for the English Werner.

  16. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    James assist ruined by Abraham.

  17. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Abraham sitter

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Dial up?

  18. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks Tammy for ruining Recce assist

  19. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Abraham...

  20. adstomko
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Where is Chilwell?
    Didn't Lamps say he was fully fit?!

  21. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Welcome to Chelsea Tiago Silva

  22. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Don't worry guys Tammy scores after every 5 misses, only 4 more to go

  23. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Tap in Tammy not living up to his name

  24. Puntillimon
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Alonso is so 2017

  25. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Fantastic cross from James. Tammy back to donkey duties.

  26. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Kai starting to come into his own now... Nice!!

  27. Dreams
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Owning Pereira has been great till now.

  28. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    no disrespect to FL .. if he doesn't fix this defence I see King Carlo back at the bridge by December.

  29. VAR United
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Werner playing up top

  30. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    I had Pereirra on my WC but sold him for Podence to afford KDB