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2pm team news: James injured as West Ham ring the changes

Double Gameweek 34 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues on Sunday, with Brighton and Hove Albion v Southampton, Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea v West Ham United kicking-off at 14:00 BST.

The big FPL team news comes from Stamford Bridge, where Reece James misses out through injury.

Malang Sarr, Andreas Christensen and Romelu Lukaku also drop out from the side that lost to Arsenal in midweek, with Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah, Jorginho and Kai Havertz coming in.

Antonio Rudiger is absent because of an ongoing groin injury.

For the visitors, David Moyes makes six changes with one eye on Thursday’s Europa League semi-final.

Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio are among those who sit out, while defenders Kurt Zouma, Issa Diop and Angelo Ogbonna are all unavailable through injury.

Brighton welcome back Leandro Trossard after a brief illness saw him miss the midweek trip to Manchester City, while Adam Webster and Neal Maupay also feature.

Yves Bissouma, meanwhile, serves the final game of a two-match suspension.

Ralph Hasenhuttl makes six changes with Armando Broja benched.

Mohammed Salisu, Tino Livramento, Nathan Redmond, Nathan Tella, Shane Long and Che Adams are the ones who come into the starting XI.

Burnley remain without the injured quartet Ashley Westwood, Erik Pieters, Ben Mee and Johann Berg Gudmundsson, and make just one change from their Gameweek 33 win over Southampton.

Ivory Coast forward Maxwel Cornet misses out – not even making the squad with a ‘niggly knee’ – and is replaced by Matej Vydra.

For Wolves, Raul Jimenez returns after completing a two-game suspension, with Romain Saiss, Nelson Semedo and Leander Dendoncker also coming into Bruno Lage’s XI.

Max Kilman, Ruben Neves and Daniel Podence miss out through injury.


GAMEWEEK 34 LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Webster, Dunk, Cucurella, Mwepu, Caicedo, Mac Allister, Trossard, Welbeck, Maupay

Subs: Steele, Gross, Lallana, Alzate, March, Duffy, Offiah, Ferguson, Sarmiento

Southampton XI: Forster, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Tella, Adams, Long

Subs: Caballero, Lyanco, A Armstrong, Perraud, S Armstrong, Broja, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Valery


Burnley XI: Pope, Roberts, Collins, Tarkowski, Taylor, McNeil, Brownhill, Cork, Vydra, Rodriguez, Weghorst

Subs: Hennessey, Lowton, Bardsley, Long, Thomas, Stephens, Lennon, Costelloe, Barnes

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Sa, Boly, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Jonny, Hwang, Silva, Jimenez

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Marcal, Neto, Trincao, Chiquinho, Toti, Cundle


Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Silva, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, Kante, Jorginho, Alonso, Mount, Werner, Havertz

Subs: Kepa, Kenedy, Sarr, Barkley, Saul, Pulisic, Ziyech, Lukaku

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Cresswell, Coufal, Soucek, Noble, Masuaku, Fornals, Benrahma, Yarmolenko

Subs: Areola, Fredericks, Alese, Rice, Kral, Lanzini, Vlasic, Bowen, Antonio

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  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Werner

  2. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Need an Alonso and Mount (C) haul. Cmonnnn

  3. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Need Werner to do a Jesus

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Own 3 Chelsea players Inc captain in this. After yesterday, expecting nothing but disappointment.

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Chalobah now starts in place of Christensen.

    https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1518207629146923008

    What a roller-coaster! Do we have any defenders left?

    Might have been supposed to start in the first place

    https://www.reddit.com/r/chelseafc/comments/uatnrq/_/

    Mount was also rumoured bench earlier, but looks like he is still starting.

  6. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Lol, rival not getting 11 out if James doesnt play against Arsenal

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Well I can tell you for sure that James doesn't play against Arsenal.

      1. Dammit_182
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        How so?

        1. Dammit_182
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 11 months ago

          Oh yea. They don’t play

      2. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        Ah United 🙂

  7. Jon Snow
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    So tempted to go bye bye James and hello Laporte

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Yeah. Will try to hold this GW & in GW36 do James+Maddison > Laporte+Coutinho/Saka.

      James probably gets one match. Maddison... Probably one, even if the fixtures are still very good.

    2. Free Hat
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Same. Dont even trust him when he is fit to play 2 times in a dgw, let alone with his ongoing niggles...

    3. drughi
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      yeah same or finally gt cancelo back, james has cost me so much this season

  8. Dammit_182
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Haha. Rudiger & janes defence is killing me. Was very tempted to sell out rudi to bring in mount or Kai but went Jota instead. Come on (C) Werner!

    1. Gazwaz80
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Yep, had a few issues myself with Jane’s in the past 🙂

      1. Dammit_182
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        Yea. He is truly frustrating.

  9. Bishopool
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Who else has James and Schar, lol?

    1. JT11fc
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Me haha, Schar on the bench tho

  10. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Anyone considering Richarlison from GW36?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Watch the game at 4.30 pm & report back if you still consider this move 🙂

    2. Qubit
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Not for me, a risk too far.

  11. Tommy J
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    James was good for me this week!

    Held off until yesterday to take him out of my wildcard team and made £0.1m!

    1. drughi
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      amazing

  12. Walter White (WW)
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Tuchel is so annoying

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Add, Pep, Brendan & others

      1. Walter White (WW)
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        I’ll add Potter & Howe only

      2. Walter White (WW)
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        Along with your list lol

  13. Shultan
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    When will city DGW be confirmed? Will it be this week?

  14. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Hindsights wonderful, but I really wish I'd stuck with gut and capt werner over sterling lol.

    Actually wish I'd just left it on mo, all rivals went elsewhere as well(mount/havertz) so capt on mo would have been ml differential.

  15. L.U.H.G.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    James captain

  16. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Tuchel said James "felt discomfort in his hamstring" so he left him out. May possibly have a chance of featuring v ManUtd

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      ‘Reece felt some discomfort in his hamstrings and so he misses out today. It isn’t a new injury or a reoccurrence of an old injury. We checked the medical images and there is absolutely nothing but he didn’t feel totally comfortable.'

      https://www.chelseafc.com/en/matches/match-day/2021/2210605?pageTab=commentary

      1. Better off with a pin and a…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        Thanks. Now hope he does miss utd as I have Saka first on the bench!

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    There's a rumoured Liverpool team that would cause utter meltdown for FPL...

    Klopp has done it before vs Everton...

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      At this stage I'm expecting it. Really thought this was a good week to FH but I've been proven wrong enough already

    2. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Go on, tell us.

    3. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Link it already. Some like to watch the world burn.

    4. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Share so I can prepare myself

    5. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Give me those Tavares 3rd on bench points!

  18. Bavarian
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Welbeck Goal for Brighton

  19. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    KWP concedes already, lol

  20. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Now we’re evening letting Danny ******* Welbeck score v us inside a minute.

    Make this season end already

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      You love dat guy alone!

      1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        *leave, I really hate this phone's autocorrect

    2. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Wouldn’t let Saka score though…

      1. TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        We’re a very annoying team

  21. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Come on Chelsea, Mark Noble is playing for christ's sake. Just score a few goals already.

  22. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Son to kdb for free?
    Cheers

    1. dabber7
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      I've very much being considering it but I think you have to hold him for the Leicester game between the two semis.

  23. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    James on the bench wearing a pink hat, what can we read into that?

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      No sense of fashion?

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      He's alive.

  24. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Surely not..

    https://twitter.com/johnjohano1983/status/1518201528649240582?s=21&t=hQUXLbwgdnpatQ5MJ_pipQ

    Allison
    Tsimikas
    Matip
    Konate
    Trent
    Henderson
    Fabinho
    Keita
    Jota
    Diaz
    Firmino

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Why not? Easy win and bigger game to prepare for midweek

    2. DF
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Thought firmino was injured

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        True!

    3. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Oh god no

    4. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Salah my only Liverpool and EO 120% so works for me

    5. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Firmino gives it away as fake.

    6. Simon69
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      This dude reliable?

    7. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Not enough rotation for me. Salah will sub on, so Trent & Salah still in play...

    8. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Hope not

    9. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Only things that make me doubt it are Virgil missing & Firmino didn't train on Friday...

    10. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      There’s absolutely no chance thats right

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        Yeah doubt because of Bobby
        4x games in 10 days or something and this is the easiest fixture to ‘rest’ in, so expect some rotation

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 11 months ago

          I expect a full strength side

    11. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      I'd be very surprised to see all of VVD, Robbo, Salah and Mane benched. One or two maybe but changing 3 or 4 of those in a derby feels like too much

    12. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      I’ll take it hands down with no salah on my free hit and Diego jota

    13. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Makes sense to me
      There has never been such a gulf in quality between the two

  25. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Sanchez helper on the Welbz goal

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      taken away

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Azpil and Alonso as wing backs 😆

    This is awful

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Loftus Cheek is utter crap as well

    2. dabber7
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Isn't Azpi playing LCB?

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Southampton are so bad

  28. Walter White (WW)
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Havertz playing rubbish. Can’t even pass the ball to a teammate

  29. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Chelsea half asleep here.

  30. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Rudiger to James for a -4 .... Hilarious 🙂