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Schade	BRE	6.9m	96.5%	Maybe
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Petrović	BOU	4.5m	85.9%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	85.6%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	82.8%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	80.2%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.2m	69.6%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.1m	63.8%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	77.6%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	75.2%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	73.8%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	69.3%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	70.6%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	73.1%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	70.0%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	69.2%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	62.8%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	64.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	64.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	61.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	59.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	55.1%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	54.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	52.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	51.4%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	46.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.8%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	47.1%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	46.7%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	45.7%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	43.0%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	44.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	41.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	40.9%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	40.7%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.4m	42.0%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	38.1%	Unlikely

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Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	101.9%	Very Likely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	100.0%	Very Likely
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	99.4%	Maybe
Scott	BOU	5.1m	96.5%	Maybe
Soler	BOU	4.0m	99.5%	Maybe
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	98.5%	Maybe
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	93.3%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	93.4%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.9%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	92.6%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	90.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.5m	91.3%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	6.0m	85.5%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	88.9%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	86.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	82.6%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	85.5%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.1%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.0%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	76.8%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	82.7%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	81.5%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	81.4%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.2%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	79.7%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	78.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	79.4%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	77.0%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	83.5%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	76.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	72.4%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	70.6%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	71.7%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	70.3%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	69.7%	Unlikely

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No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

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No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

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No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

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Dugout Discussion

2 January 2022 1173 comments

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Sunday’s Premier League action continues at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea host Liverpool.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

The big team news is that Romelu Lukaku is not in Thomas Tuchel’s matchday squad.

The 28-year-old has scored in his last two Premier League appearances but found himself at the centre of a controversy this week after an interview was broadcast in which he said he was unhappy with his role at Stamford Bridge.

As a result, the Belgian forward has been dropped, with Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic lining up in the attacking positions.

At the back, Andreas Christensen and Reece James are out, while Jorginho and Callum Hudson-Odoi are substitutes, with N’Golo Kante and Kai Havertz amongst those coming in.

For Liverpool, they make three changes from Gameweek 20, as Alisson, Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino miss out after suspected positive Covid tests, in addition to manager Jurgen Klopp who won’t be at today’s game.

That means Caoimhin Kelleher starts in goal, with Ibrahima Konate and James Milner also featuring in the starting XI.

GAMEWEEK 21 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Silva, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Kante, Kovacic, Alonso, Mount, Havertz, Pulisic

Subs: Kepa, Jorginho, Saul, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Ziyech, Sarr, Vale, Hall

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Fabinho, Henderson, Milner, Salah, Mane, Jota

Subs: Adrian, Keita, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Beck, Williams, Morton, Pitaluga

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TorresMagic™
4 years, 2 months ago
LMS safety score currently 20 with autosubs.

https://www.livefpl.net/LMS
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fplgaruda
4 years, 2 months ago
Salah blank
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1. Rupert The Horse
  4 years, 2 months ago
  He’s got two kids.
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  1. GENERATION X
    4 years, 2 months ago
    They look like Sadio
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    1. Rupert The Horse
      4 years, 2 months ago
      Ouch
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    2. ClassiX
      4 years, 2 months ago
      Must be the last time he scored...
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      1. Rupert The Horse
        4 years, 2 months ago
        Waaaaayyy
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      2. Ze_Austin
        4 years, 2 months ago
        lmfao
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Old Wulfrunian
4 years, 2 months ago
https://twitter.com/now_arsenaI/status/1477341421686476803
Rodri you b***ard!
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1. Rainer
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Gabriel shouldn't have been doing Riverdance on the penalty spot.
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2. Andy_Social
  4 years, 2 months ago
  You might be slyly ignoring how he scuffed up the penalty spot, but the ref and the commentator didn't.
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  1. Ginkapo FPL
    4 years, 2 months ago
    Ref has come out and said it wasnt for scuffing up the spot
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3. fplgaruda
  4 years, 2 months ago
  If you see the comment below its because he tried to ruin penalty spot...
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4. fplgaruda
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Self embarrassment at its best
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Lilac Breasted Roller
4 years, 2 months ago
Cash over Tierney has cost me dearly
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1. Dammit_182
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Same. I made the call 30 mins before Villa game got cancelled a few weeks back. Hopefully a good double then after the break he’ll be out via my WC
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Stamford B
4 years, 2 months ago
Chelsea win 1-0 I reckon.
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1. Gandalf
  4 years, 2 months ago
  With an Alonso goal
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  1. Stamford B
    4 years, 2 months ago
    Probably he’s still on my bench
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    1. Andy_Social
      4 years, 2 months ago
      Same. I get ESR's one point cameo. Nothing for Alonso alas.
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2. fplgaruda
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Without Lukaku and VvD is back. Slim chance.
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Ze_Austin
4 years, 2 months ago
1 CS so far this GW
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1. Collie01
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Hopefully one incoming for Liverpool. Not very optimistic on that though.
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2. Andy_Social
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Thank god. My only returns came from that (Lloris and Royal)
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3. fplgaruda
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Thankfully I've got Mads Roerslev Rasmussen
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Lord of Ings
4 years, 2 months ago
Curious to see,how many of you are starting Alonso/Rudiger this week?
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1. Kodap
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Not me, he's last on my bench haha
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2. circusmonkey
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Got Rudiger off the bench for Watkins.
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3. CrouchDown
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Benching Alonso is crazy
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  1. thegaffer82
    4 years, 2 months ago
    1 attacking return (an assist) since GW13 when he came back into the side.
    Hardly that bad to bench him on a DGW when he plays the best attack in the league
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  2. Lord of Ings
    4 years, 2 months ago
    I think you meant Starting Alonso is crazy
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4. thegaffer82
  4 years, 2 months ago
  I’ll get Alonso for Foden if Livramento doesn’t recover from fluid on the knee and misses Brentford
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5. Forza Papac
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Rudiger 2nd sub. Will come on if Livramento doesn't feature.
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Lord of Ings
4 years, 2 months ago
Pep in charge of Man City and stepping in for klopp now who’s out due to covid.
What a manager!
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seewhyaxe
4 years, 2 months ago
Alonso first on my bench.
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1. seewhyaxe
  4 years, 2 months ago
  reply fail
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Dammit_182
4 years, 2 months ago
No salah, no Chelsea and Jota 3rd on my benching laughing at the defenders I placed ahead of him. Sofa time.
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EL tridente
4 years, 2 months ago
Free hit looked so good Yesterday, then Toney, DCL and Gray completely destroyed that todag
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1. Ze_Austin
  4 years, 2 months ago
  One game out of two
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2. thegaffer82
  4 years, 2 months ago
  You rolled the dice. The outcome didn’t go your way, but it could easily have worked out. I don’t think it was a bad decision without the benefit of hindsight
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Salan
4 years, 2 months ago
Got DCL and Gray in the team, but only a very small red arrow. Lucky.
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GENERATION X
4 years, 2 months ago
So going on previous this should be 1-1 with Pulisic and Milner goals no assists
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1. Ze_Austin
  4 years, 2 months ago
  'Tis the season
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g40steve
4 years, 2 months ago
Mane YC
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Thanos
4 years, 2 months ago
Would this be upgraded to a RC?
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GENERATION X
4 years, 2 months ago
Mane has his AFCON jet on the runway
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gooberman
4 years, 2 months ago
Who else is hiding behind the sofa watching Liverpool match? Quite a few of my mini league rivals have Salah captain.
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1. @persecuted_by_mods
  4 years, 2 months ago
  I'm more worried of rivals owning mount
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  1. gooberman
    4 years, 2 months ago
    yep that is an additional worry for me as well.
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2. Old Man
  4 years, 2 months ago
  partially ... I took Salah out.
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Gandalf
4 years, 2 months ago
Lessons not learnt from the Duffy TC debacle for some. Dangerous double gameweeks if not careful
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1. The Philosopher
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Fatal if TCing DCL 8 pints deep
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Steve The Spud
4 years, 2 months ago
Moves look bad so far but Leicester and Norwich not bad fixtures at all for dgw players
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1. Rainer
  4 years, 2 months ago
  The DGW doesn't start for a week yet 😉
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Rupert The Horse
4 years, 2 months ago
Ha. I’ve just noticed I’ve actually benched Jota. All that build up to the game and I have gone from wanting him haul to wanting him to blank. What a rollercoaster.
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Collie01
4 years, 2 months ago
Great tempo to the game in the opening minutes
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1. The Philosopher
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Push the tempo
  Push the tempo
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JoJoRed
4 years, 2 months ago
Who would take a Chelsea pen
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1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Mount I'd wager
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2. Collie01
  4 years, 2 months ago
  Maybe Mount?
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  1. JoJoRed
    4 years, 2 months ago
    Thanks all
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Rainer
4 years, 2 months ago
Salah big miss
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Ze_Austin
4 years, 2 months ago
Ah yes. Mendy's still around
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Rainer
4 years, 2 months ago
Big Kev
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g40steve
4 years, 2 months ago
Puli what a miss
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Lord of Ings
4 years, 2 months ago
Pulisic..
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_Ninja_
4 years, 2 months ago
Trent lucky.
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Thanos
4 years, 2 months ago
BIG miss Puli!!
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Collie01
4 years, 2 months ago
Kellaher did well to prevent Pulisic
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