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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 (£7.0m) 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 (£4.6m) among the five players who drop out of the starting XI.

Ben Chilwell (£5.8m), N’Golo Kante (£4.9m) and Hakim Ziyech (£7.9m) also make way, with Kurt Zouma (£5.4m), Marcos Alonso (£5.7m), Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m), Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.7m) and Kai Havertz (£8.2m) recalled.

The fit-again Thiago Silva (£5.6m) is among the substitutes, with Rudiger’s benching meaning that Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.7m) 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 (£6.8m) and Allan (£5.2m) are back in the starting XI, with Bernard (£5.7m) dropping to the bench and Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.2m) not featuring in the matchday squad at all.

Tom Davies (£5.2m) is fit enough to be on the bench after injury but James Rodriguez (£7.7m) is absent once again with a calf problem.

Richarlison (£7.9m) 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 (£7.8m) 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. TheDragon
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Yesssssss!!!

    I’m getting Shaw off the bench for Digne

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

      LoL

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

      These are effects of frustration just chill

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

    Jorginho haul. Essential 5th mid?

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

      LMAO

  3. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    You guys getting Bruno and Shaw points for Rudiger, I'm getting Lookman's 3 points...

  4. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Zouma's looking a bit tired there Tommy.

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

      Rudiger entry essential

  5. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Yeah Rudiger isn’t coming on 😐

  6. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Owners Dignied points

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

      Mount 1pter inbound

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

      Digne useless. Bloody useless.

    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Just need a nothing Everton goal now for the perfect non owner game

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mind you having said that not even sure Chelsea defense is that much owned!

        1. Simon69
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Rudiger rotated so all good!

        2. djman102
          • 17 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Mendy 1.82%
          Azpi 1.15%

          No one else above 0.5%

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

        Digne goal even better

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          No he’s got fair ownership lol

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

        Chelsea's total effective ownership for the whole starting XI is 4.28%, nobody owns any of them.

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Wow fair!

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

      Well, with no clear fires to put out, Digne has become a bonfire 🙂

    • EWH2020
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Started Rudiger. What a crippling blow

    • FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Who assisted Havertz for the disallowed goal ?

      Who assisted the penalty?

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

        Havertz

    • Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Strujik not even in the squad...fml nobody to come in for Digne now

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Ouch. I needed him too

    • Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      More chance of predicting football index than digne hauls

    • Simon69
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Save FT here? I want KDB but would mean selling Stones or Cancelo and selling Salah. 2.5m ITB.

      Martinez

      Cancelo, Stones, Maguire, White

      Fernandes, Salah, Gundogan

      Kane, DCL, Watkins

      Subs: Pope, Soucek, Raphinha, Mitchell

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

      Zouma down...

    • Esalman
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Any chance for an everton comeback?

    • JBG
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Everton are so poor... How did Liverpool lose? Says more about them than Chelsea.

    • FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Zouma down.

    • michael_mac11
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Ruduger coming on !!!

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

        GET IN!!

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

      Zouma down.

      Rudiger no doubt going to have to come on.

    • Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Mount blowing a kiss at the Bruno first sub brigade ...

      1. Rains of Castamere
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        ML rival had Shaw first sub, with Mount in his team. I'm overjoyed.

    • FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Bring Rudiger in !!!

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

      Mount comes on for CHO... What is the formation now? Havertz out Wide?

    • Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Zouma down, rudiger warming up

      1. Champions League Varane
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        PLEASE

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Zouma down

    • Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Haha ... if Rudiger comes on for Zouma ....

      1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        More likely Silva though ... if he can’t continue ...

    • Jindaljain
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rudiger might be in

    • FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Tiago warming up not Rudiger

    • Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Oh no Zuma down, Rudiger coming on !!!