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Chelsea face Everton in the first of two Premier League matches to take place on Monday evening.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is at 18:00 GMT.

Both clubs are right in the mix for a UEFA Champions League qualification spot, sitting fourth and fifth in the Premier League table going into tonight’s game.

Chelsea sit second in the form table from the point of Thomas Tuchel’s appointment and are still undefeated under their new head coach.

The Blues’ upturn in results has attracted plenty of interest in the Fantasy Premier League world, with Mason Mount (ยฃ7.0m) the second-most-bought FPL asset of Gameweek 27.

Unfortunately for Mount’s new owners, he is only among the substitutes in west London this evening.

Tuchel has proved to be a tricky man to second-guess when it comes to team selection, with the swift turnaround between Gameweeks 26 and 27 always looking like a recipe for rotation.

Changes have duly arrived, with Mount and the hitherto ever-present Antonio Rudiger (ยฃ4.6m) among the five players who drop out of the starting XI.

Ben Chilwell (ยฃ5.8m), N’Golo Kante (ยฃ4.9m) and Hakim Ziyech (ยฃ7.9m) also make way, with Kurt Zouma (ยฃ5.4m), Marcos Alonso (ยฃ5.7m), Mateo Kovacic (ยฃ5.3m), Callum Hudson-Odoi (ยฃ5.7m) and Kai Havertz (ยฃ8.2m) recalled.

The fit-again Thiago Silva (ยฃ5.6m) is among the substitutes, with Rudiger’s benching meaning that Cesar Azpilicueta (ยฃ5.7m) is now the only Chelsea player who has started all nine Premier League games under Tuchel.

As for Everton, there are two changes from the side that began the win at West Brom.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (ยฃ6.8m) and Allan (ยฃ5.2m) are back in the starting XI, with Bernard (ยฃ5.7m) dropping to the bench and Abdoulaye Doucoure (ยฃ5.2m) not featuring in the matchday squad at all.

Tom Davies (ยฃ5.2m) is fit enough to be on the bench after injury but James Rodriguez (ยฃ7.7m) is absent once again with a calf problem.

Richarlison (ยฃ7.9m) is Everton’s form player going into the match at Stamford Bridge, having scored four goals in as many fixtures ahead of tonight’s clash – that’s twice as many as Dominic Calvert-Lewin (ยฃ7.8m) has managed from Gameweek 12 onwards.


Chelsea XI: Mendy, Zouma, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Jorginho, Kovacic, James, Hudson-Odoi, Havertz, Werner.

Everton XI: Pickford, Godfrey, Keane, Holgate, Digne, Gomes, Allan, Iwobi, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

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  1. Party time
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yet another snore fest

      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        This... So boring.

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Was Jorginho not booked? ๐Ÿ˜†

    • Fred54
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Alright Christensen you've had your run around...

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      O.G G

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      OG

      Unlucky Alonso.

    • JBG
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Has to be O.G

    • Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Another Own goal

    • richarlison2348
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      OG or no?

    • Silecro
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kai Haulvertz

    • Duke Silver โ˜‘
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Havertz always looks like he's a little bit high.

    • djman102
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Godfrey OG, Havertz A

    • Jindaljain
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      How's donkey doing?

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Which one?

    • Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      6 angles but none definitive for me.

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        7th - OG

    • Salan
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Is this an own goal?

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        yup

        1. Salan
          • 16 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks. Unlucky Alonso owner.

    • Meinhoff
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rudiger coming on 80th minute to keep the 1-0 lead, I can just see it

      1. CBonci
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        To prevent all jam

      2. JBG
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Fingers crossed.

    • Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The last week has just been a mixture of boring 0-0's, own goals and players with less than 3% ownership scoring.

    • Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      goal accreditation committee still deciding????

    • @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Havertz so precise, knew his rival owned Alonso in fpl

        Jokes aside need a better angle to see clearly. Could easily be a havertz goal

      • g40steve
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        No points for everyone?

      • Party time
          5 years, 3 months ago

          At least no cleansheet for Digne

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Don't care, 14 pts from him in the double, so....yeah.

          2. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Never again had him for end of last season, bit like binary code, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1

            1. Party time
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Lol

                Straight into my team for next gw & beyond

          3. Isco Disco
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Noob Iwobi ball watching there.
            When will Ancelotti realize that Iwobi is just a liability to his team whenever he plays

          4. Total Slotball
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Tuchel ending the season with Top 4 and the CL

            1. Bushwhacker
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Won't win the CL, but 2nd is on the cards.

              1. Total Slotball
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                CL is wide open. Bayern defence all over the place and City on there day are beatable. Suppose you can throw PSG in the conversation too

          5. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            The pain of playing Digne over Shaw.

            1 upvote = 1 cry

            1. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              (or laugh, whatever you feel like ๐Ÿ˜† )

            2. Jindaljain
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Very high

            3. Esalman
              • 16 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              I have Keane, at least looked a better attaching threat.

              1. Hazz
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Yeah also notches a few goals per season. Does well on BPS too.

                Hard to predict his returns, but then again you can say he same for Digne too.

            4. Optimus.
              • 15 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Did the same and had no Kane to make matters worse

          6. @persecuted_by_mods
              5 years, 3 months ago

              How the hell have BT showed 201 angles and not one conclusive one

              1. Bushwhacker
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Last one shown on NBC it was definitely missing.

                1. @persecuted_by_mods
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Nice thanks

              2. FPL Scoop
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Ffs. Digne my only player

                1. TomSaints
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Same. Zero expectations though

              3. Weeb Kakashi
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Havertz has been good so far. More direct and wanting to take on players.

                1. Party time
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Camzy’s very own

                    1. @persecuted_by_mods
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        That feels like it was years ago

                        1. Party time
                            5 years, 3 months ago

                            Form clicked in gw 27 ๐Ÿ˜†

                        2. Camzy
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 16 Years
                          5 years, 3 months ago

                          lol. He's not the worst player I've owned this season actually. Got some odd assists and things before I eventually got rid. And he was the spot that allowed me to buy Fernandes (I didn't buy him and bought Rashford instead and kissed goodbye to 50 points....)

                          1. Party time
                              5 years, 3 months ago

                              ๐Ÿ˜†

                      • TomSaints
                        • 8 Years
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        Chelsea are looking really good.

                        Poor old fat Frank. He clearly was the issue after all

                      • EWH2020
                        • 12 Years
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        Why has he dropped Rudiger?

                        1. Jindaljain
                          • 11 Years
                          5 years, 3 months ago

                          Rest

                        2. Fred54
                          • 11 Years
                          5 years, 3 months ago

                          Tuchel must have Shaw first on the bench.

                      • ZimZalabim
                        • 9 Years
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        damn sold havertz gw 2

                      • The Mighty Hippo
                        • 9 Years
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        Mount aid going to be given a 5 minute cameo, isn't he. Probably just enough time for him to collect a yellow card.