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Werner back on Chelsea’s left as Pulisic misses out on trip to Everton

12 December 2020 1222 comments
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Timo Werner (£9.5m) is back on the left-hand side of Chelsea’s attack for a Gameweek 12 trip to Everton.

That’s because Christian Pulisic (£8.2m) misses out on the fixture entirely, absent from the matchday squad – although Frank Lampard did not mention there was anything wrong with the player in his pre-match press conference.

After scoring in the 3-1 win over Leeds, Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) gets a second consecutive Premier League start, keeping Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) on the bench.

Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech (£8.1m) dropping out of the side means Kai Havertz (£8.3m) returns to the front-three, stationed on the right-hand side.

Mason Mount (£6.8m) joins Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) and N’Golo Kanté (£4.9m) in midfield while Chelsea’s defence, which has contributed eight goals and four assists this season, remains unchanged.

Carlo Ancelotti has named a somewhat patched-up side in light of recent injuries.

Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) takes up James Rodríguez‘s (£5.4m) spot in the front-three alongside Richarlison (£7.8m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.9m) while Gylfi Sigurdsson (£6.8m) and Ben Godfrey (£5.0m) are named as the left and right wing-backs respectively.

Everton XI (3-4-3): Pickford; Keane, Mina, Holgate; Sigurdsson, Allan, Doucouré, Godfrey; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Iwobi.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): E Mendy; Chilwell, Zouma, T Silva, R James; Mount, Kanté, Kovacic; Werner, Giroud, Havertz.

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  1. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    thank god I ditched W

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  2. Reeker
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    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Thought Kenny was injured tbh

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

    Double Chelsea defence is over for me.

    Too much stress and the fixtures aren’t great.

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  4. Flair
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Siggy MOTM?

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  5. Magic Zico
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    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Is CHE struggling without Ziyech or EVE defending well?

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    1. Flair
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Both.

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    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Chelsea struggle vs competent teams.

      No Ziyech/Pulisic doesn't help.

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      1. Party time
          5 years, 4 months ago

          This everton line up isn’t even their usual starting xi yet chelsea can’t unlock the defence. What a shame

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    3. JohnnyCroat
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      So that's basically all the fringe captain choices having missed? Bamford and DCL on 5 (10), the Mancunian premiums 3 (6)... Jack on lol (2x lol)?

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    4. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Such rubbish games today and 7 of my players are gone... =[

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Same, 33 pts with Salah (c) Son to play, eurgh

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    5. Reeker
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      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Pickford the only GK to potentially get a cleansheet and still have people giving out about him

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      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Martinez?

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        1. Rhodes your boat
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Ederson ddg?

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      2. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Hello Martinez?!

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

          Lnao

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    6. Rainer
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      5 years, 4 months ago

      Great performances today from Pickford, Maguire & Stones...

      One of them days in football.

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        it's coming home

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        1. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Heh.

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    7. have you seen cyan
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      5 years, 4 months ago

      And this is why I support Spurs

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    8. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Great day as saints fan. All our title rivals dropping points

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      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        lol? We will pretend Spurs and Pool dont exist then it this other universe

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        1. TomSaints
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Well they play tomorrow so separate day. It is obviously tongue in cheek haha

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      2. Flair
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        3 points from Sheff Utd sends you 4th, love to see it.

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

        I'm going to be a rabid Saints fan and tommorow. Got McCarthy, KWP and Adams.

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    9. Flair
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Surely, surely this is the final straw for Werner owners? I get keeping him until now, he had been very threatening with poor end product in recent weeks but without Ziyech and the fixtures taking a turn for the worse it has to be time to jump off. Fairly unlucky really, should have had 2-3 more goals in recent weeks for sure.

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      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Werner owners don't log onto FPL never mind FFS.

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        1. Flair
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          RIP Lateriser

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      2. Patio Kev
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        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        But you just know that at some point he is going to come good, he is absolute class, it’s just a case of when........

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        1. have you seen cyan
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          no he wont, are you a direct family member of Werner? He is gutter trash

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        2. Dickie1898
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Something not quite right with his technique, he rarely seems to strike the ball cleanly. I’m sure he will come good though, just not worth the cost considering other forward options.

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    10. Harper_
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      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Pickford > Fabianski after 10 weeks of consecutive blanks was an inspired move

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    11. Merlinsnose
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      If you had no other transfers to make, would you transfer Chilwell to James? Sideways maybe, but it would allow me to transfer my fifth defender to a playing one.

      Thank you

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      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No. Why spend on a 5th defender you'll almost never need when your 11 starters can be better with a fodder 5th defender?

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      2. ivantys
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I'm thinking of it too

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    12. Kodap
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Final straw for me that Werner, he’s going.

      Grealish & Werner > Bamford & Bruno!

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    13. KGFC
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      This season's race is amazingly wide open!

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    14. Patio Kev
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      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A wonderful Michael Keane clean sheet on my bench with no chance of coming off then.

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    15. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Much to learn you have, Frank.

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      1. Party time
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Hahaha... 😆
          Absolutely!

          Carlo showing outplayed him with experience

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      2. Wirtzle Gummidge
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        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Did Cancelo and Rashford to Stones and Salah (c) for a -4

        I'd be pleased if I didn't play Lewis over Stones

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      3. SADIO SANÉ
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        You bunch of geniuses still think Werner scores 30 goals this season?

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        1. OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          and the same about Kai

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        2. Flair
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Scored 28 in 34 for RBL last season to be fair

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        3. Magic Zico
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          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          He's capable isn't he, just not with this Frank's CHE setup ...

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      4. TomSaints
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        2 games today decided by penalties. Feels way more games like that this season

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        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          It is. VAR and the penalty rules.

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      5. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Those with double Chelsea defence keeping or losing one?

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        1. Il Capitano
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Think I'll hold the double for now, the next 4 games aren't terrible for Chelsea, will probably lose one on GW 16 WC though.

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        2. Chucky
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          would have kept the CS if not for that silly mistake...

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      6. Pompel
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        So , who's dismantling their team to get KDB in?

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        1. Dannyb
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Minor surgery for me, but surgery nonetheless.

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          1. Pompel
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Depends on team and value ofc, will require major surgery - at least a -8 - for me

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      7. Isco Disco
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Happy with my DCL assist from this game.
        But even more happier coz Real Madrid played some world class football today and convincingly beat Athletico Madrid 2-0
        Hala Madrid! We are back

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      8. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Jota still showing as 75% chance on fpl site, strange

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        1. DGW Sane TC Fail....
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          nothing official yet

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        2. Duke Silver ☑
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Never rely on the FPL site for injury news 😆

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        3. Baps Hunter
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          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Nothing official

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      9. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Can’t believe 8 of my players have played. Sickening!!

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        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          16 from 6 here mate and rival's getting Soucek off the bench

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          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            At least you have the chance of scores from 5 players!

            Salah (C), Robbo and KWP left for me lol

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      10. The 12th Man
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        That was a nailbiter

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      11. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Right, anyone who owns Werner. We are all selling. It's obvious. Can we just wait for at least the game week to finish? Sick of these early price changes

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        1. Duke Silver ☑
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          These are the same people that transferred in Grealish and Wilson last gameweek. You may as well be talking to the wall 😆

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        2. Pompel
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah, its just stressful. Prices should be locked until gw finished

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      12. Kodap
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I know Grealish has good fixtures.. but surely this is the best week to do Grealish & Werner > Bamford & Bruno?

        Bruno against sheff...

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

          Looks great but you could easily regret it!!

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      13. WVA
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Wow wasn't expecting a red arrow with Martinez Coufal KDB Bruno Grealish Wilson and DCL playing today, incredible really!

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