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There are four Premier League matches kicking off at 15:00 BST today, including Chelsea v Southampton.

Three of the four most-bought Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players of Gameweek 7 are on the Blues’ books: Antonio Rudiger, Marcos Alonso and Romelu Lukaku.

Two of that trio start this afternoon, with Alonso the man to miss out as Ben Chilwell gets his first Premier League start of the season.

Thomas Tuchel said his side needed “fresh legs and more energy” in defeat to Juventus in midweek and he has responded with a raft of changes this afternoon.

Compared to Gameweek 6, there are five alterations.

Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi come into the side along with Chilwell, with Alonso, Andreas Christensen and Jorginho benched. N’Golo Kante is self-isolating following a positive Covid-19 test, while Reece James is ruled out through injury.

As for their opponents this afternoon, Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl makes two changes following his side’s 1-0 loss at Molineux.

Nathan Tella and Theo Walcott come in for Mohamed Elyounoussi and Che Adams, with Tino Livramento extending his 100% starting record.

The other fixtures starting at the traditional kick-off time are Burnley v Norwich City, Leeds United v Watford and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United.

Raphinha was passed fit on Thursday and is part of a Leeds side showing only one change from last weekend, with the fit-again Diego Llorente replacing Charlie Cresswell at centre-half.

There are two alterations for Watford, with Ozan Tufan and Francisco Sierralta in for Craig Cathcart and Tom Cleverley.

Bruno Lage makes two changes to the Wolves team that beat Southampton on Sunday: Ruben Neves and Francisco Trincao come in for the benched Leander Dendoncker and Daniel Podence, with Adama Traore again only a substitute.

Newcastle are unchanged.

Burnley’s two alterations are enforced, with the injured Ben Mee and Maxwel Cornet replaced by Aaron Lennon and Nathan Collins.

There’s bad news for owners of Norwich’s two most-owned bargain-bin FPL assets, with Billy Gilmour benched again and Brandon Williams losing his place to Dimitris Giannoulis in Daniel Farke’s only starting XI tweak.

GAMEWEEK 7 LINE-UPS

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Collins, Taylor, Lennon, McNeil, Brownhill, Westwood, Wood, Vydra.

Subs: Gudmundsson, Rodriguez, Barnes, Hennessey, Long, Norris, Cork, Pieters, Bardsley.

Norwich XI: Krul, Kabak, Giannoulis, Gibson, Aarons, Hanley, Normann, Lees-Melou, McLean, Sargent, Pukki.

Subs: Idah, Rashica, Omobamidele, Gunn, Rupp, Tzolis, Gilmour, Dowell, Williams.


Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Silva, Rudiger, Chalobah, Chilwell, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Kovacic, Lukaku, Werner.

Subs: Kepa, Alonso, Christensen, Jorginho, Saul, Barkley, Mount, Ziyech, Havertz.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Walcott, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Tella, Armstrong.

Subs: Forster, Lyanco, Long, Adams, Perraud, S Armstrong, Djenepo, Elyounoussi, Diallo.


Leeds XI: Meslier, Firpo, Cooper, Raphinha, Llorente, Dallas, Rodrigo, James, Phillips, Klich, Shackleton.

Subs: Klaesson, Roberts, Struijk, Harrison, Gelhardt, Hjelde, Cresswell, McKinstry, Greenwood.

Watford XI: Foster, Rose, Ekong, King, Tufan, Sissoko, Femenia, Sarr, Dennis, Sierralta, Kucka.

Subs: Bachmann, Ngakia, Cleverley, Pedro, Masina, Sema, Gosling, Kabasele, Hernandez.


Wolves XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Marcal, Trincao, Jimenez, Hwang

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Podence, Boly, Silva, Dendoncker, Traore, Cundle.

Newcastle XI: Darlow, Manquillo, Fernandez, Clark, Ritchie, Hayden, Almiron, Willock, S Longstaff, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin

Subs: Gillespie, Schar, Lewis, Hendrick, Kraft, Fraser, Murphy, Anderson, Gayle.

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  1. Ruinenlust
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Azpi 2 assists?

  2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Damn you Tuchel that could have been an Alonso goal!

  3. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 21 days ago

    MY GOD NO LUKAKU

  4. Maeki2
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Lukaku usless

  5. Limbo
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Lukaku you donkey.

  6. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Wow!

  7. Nightcrawler
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Get innnnn azpiiii

  8. JBG
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Azpi another assist? Wohoo

  9. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Lukaku involved in the celebrations

  10. Duke Silver ☑
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Lukaku you absolute waster

  11. Beatle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 21 days ago

    AZPI!!!

  12. Rainer
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Azpi & Jimmy heroes!

    1. Jafooli
      5 years, 21 days ago

      To the shower…..now

  13. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Wow.

    Was that the Chilwell shot that crosses the line then, 3rd time lucky

  14. Ze_Austin
    5 years, 21 days ago

    That vibrating ref watch always feels so futuristic

  15. PartyTime
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Lukaku involved in the celebration yet again

  16. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Scenes

    1. Bushwhacker
      5 years, 21 days ago

      How’s that pie?

  17. Joey Tribbiani
    5 years, 21 days ago

    no way......

  18. BIGREDDOG
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Chilly essential

  19. Salah’s Sonnet
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Any point playing his game anymore?

  20. Zilla
    5 years, 21 days ago

    The reactionary comments few pages ago :mrgreen:

  21. Feloh
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Is that Azpi 2 assists?

  22. Stupendous
    5 years, 21 days ago

    CHILLY!YYYYYAYAYAYAYYYY&!&!&@^!&!&!&!&!^!^

    1. Stupendous
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Genius punt?!?!!?!?!!!!!

  23. el polako
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Once a donkey always a donkey.

  24. ZeBestee
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Kaku misses a sitter. Oh my

  25. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Worried Ronaldo capper here, can only see on the app that Chelsea have scored 3, assume lukaku has hauled big ?

    1. jack88
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Yes. Lukaku brace

    2. GROBARI
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Yeah big haul in celebrations

  26. mezza
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Azpi 11 pointer get in

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      5 years, 21 days ago

      No

  27. Fish up a tree
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Guys wtf is going on..

    Best laid plans fooked!

  28. tbos83
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Oh FFS

  29. GROBARI
    5 years, 21 days ago

    My livra bonus..... :/

  30. Ruinenlust
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Lukaku missed an open goal lol

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      5 years, 21 days ago

      About sums everything up

    2. PartyTime
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Muhahaha