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Chelsea v Spurs team news: Cucurella starts, Doherty and Perisic subs

14 August 2022 1556 comments
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The second and final Premier League match of the day is a big one, as Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur in a London derby.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is 16:30 BST.

Thomas Tuchel makes two changes for Chelsea, with Marc Cucurella and Ruben Loftus-Cheek coming in for Ben Chilwell and Cesar Azpilicueta, both of whom are substitutes.

That suggests Reece James will feature as a right-sided centre-back alongside Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.

Mateo Kovacic, meanwhile, misses out because of a knee injury, while Marcos Alonso is absent as he finalises his transfer to Barcelona.

As for Spurs, they are unchanged from Gameweek 1, with Matt Doherty and Ivan Perisic on the bench with new signing Richarlison.

However, they are without the injured Clement Lenglet and Oliver Skipp.

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Mendy, James, Silva, Koulibaly, Loftus-Cheek, Kante, Jorginho, Cucurella, Havertz, Mount, Sterling

Subs: Kepa, Pulisic, Chalobah, Broja, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Ziyech, Gallagher, Azpilicueta

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Romero, Dier, Davies, Royal, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon, Kulusevski, Son, Kane

Subs: Forster, Doherty, Sanchez, Richarlison, Gil, Perisic, Tanganga, Moura, Bissouma

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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Kane, Haaland and Jesus strikeforce smashing it this week 🙂

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    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Darwin still has to play

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        True, shame we can’t have 4!
        Especially after a season where we barely wanted one!

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  2. Zenith UK
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    40 points with three to play. What an awful week for me

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  3. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Can't believe Fubo TV cut to some irrelevant commercial right after a goal in the fading seconds... terrible coverage!

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  4. JohnnyCroat
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Absolute scenes for the Perišić sellers, who now need him back...

    Kane nabs 2 baps too. 67 with the LFC defensive duo to play. Green arrows all round.

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    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Why do they?

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    2. The Train Driver
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Why would they want a benched player who just assisted the assister?

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      1. JohnnyCroat
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        He did what now?

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        1. Zenith UK
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Potential OG, Kane A

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          1. JohnnyCroat
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            The ball was on target - irrelevant if it touched a Chelsea defender on its way in (and it didn't look like it did on the replay I've seen)

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  5. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea robbed today. By far and away the better side.

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    1. cravencottage
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Chelsea folded

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    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Sterling and his Mr Sitter impression was costly

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    3. C-Dawgg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      How did they just allow play to go one after he pulled him by his hair to the ground? They checked it and everything

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  6. EDUARDO DA SILVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Corrupted league

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  7. C_G
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    85 with Trent and Salah to go, Kane came through at the end. Happy I stuck w/ KDB and Kane and didnt transfer em out for Haaland and Kulu

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    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Ridiculous score, well played

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    2. Fish up a tree
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Mental score, we’ll done

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    3. Goodfeathers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Nice! Who did you captain?

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    4. JohnnyCroat
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Toight! Like a toiger!

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  8. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    nice game

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  9. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Kane to Haaland kneejerkers to reverse the move now?

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    1. jonny77
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      no why??? Haaland still looks a lot more dangerous than Kane

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      1. TOBY1
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        This

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    2. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Hahaha 😆

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    3. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Should of just keep both

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    4. sulldaddy
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Nope. Kane not active really till last minute header...

      Guess he did miss a 1v1 situation too.

      Haaland better

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  10. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Great entertainment but shockingly officiated match.

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  11. Sad Pablo Arsecobar
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Half tempted to do haaland to nunez so I can afford upgrades elsewhere

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  12. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Kanee Jerker- person who replace Kane after one bad game

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    1. Sad Pablo Arsecobar
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I was always going to go Kane to Haaland GW2. Didnt pay off, I accept it.

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    2. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      1 game and 96 minutes

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    3. SkyByBo
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      2 bad games, he was awful today

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      1. They are eating the dogs
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        I agree but he scored. That is all that counts in fantasy.

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  13. DandyDon
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Jammy Jammy Perisic and Kane owners!
    Don’t know what FPL towers has been smoking if it thinks two Spurs players were best players on the pitch to!

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    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      What you watch != baps

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  14. Moose™
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Mount and Bailey out for?

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    1. Kodap
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I need to know this exact answer too..

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  15. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Haaland back to Kane then. The game is easy this season

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  16. I am 42
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    wrong prediction but i will take it

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2022/08/13/fpl-points-projections-how-many-points-will-your-players-score/?hc_page=3&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_25180675

    cheers for not taking kane out

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    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      This is going to be a problem most weeks, Haaland being dragged off early. To cap knowing another player will play 90 minutes.

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  17. C-Dawgg
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    That’s was one of the most entertaining games I’ve seen in ages

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    1. Maeki2
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      So much fun

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  18. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    2 hands yanking a bloke with long hair and VAR says it’s all good. Crikey, just seen it.

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      VAR is a joke

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    2. lespaul
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Should wait til the showers for that

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  19. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Cucurella still essential then?

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  20. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Mendy owner
      James owner
      Perisic bencher
      Kane to Haaland transferer

      I am the new Supersaints

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    • FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      *terrible refereeing performance*

      Souness: What an advertisement for our league

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    • La Roja
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Chelsea got unlucky today tbh, both spurs goal could’ve easily been disallowed

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      1. Athletic Nasherbo
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        It’s standard for Chelsea with Anthony Taylor. Not even a reactionary comment from me.

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      2. Digital-Real
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Two weeks in and we've seen some atrocious refereeing.
        Today was very poor from Taylor who has a history of being awful.

        Don't blame Tuchel for being upset.

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      3. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        should've*

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    • krzys
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Taylor still getting Chelsea matches, hard to see it as a coincidence anymore. There's a long list of shocking decisions

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    • Kodap
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      So if you owned both mount & Bailey, what would you do?

      Swap Bailey for Someone & hold mount?

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    • cravencottage
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      great to see referees let them play instead of flopping all over

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    • Pointless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Arise, Sir Harold!

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    • @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Not a Chelsea fan but the refs were shocking

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      • jonny77
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Mount the only player in my XI giving me a headache rn

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      • Ninja Škrtel
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Didn't quite get what Tuchel did to upset Conte. They shook hands and then what?

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        1. Forza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Tuchel called Conte a points-chasing kneejerker.

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        2. wrfly10
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Both excessively celebrated earlier so we’re already mad. But Conte wouldn’t look at Tuchel for handshake; so Tuchel didn’t let go and pulled Conte back

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        3. GOTHAM City F.C.
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Tuchel just wanted to hold Contes hand a bit longer, Conte said he don't swing that way

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      • PB-THE-VET
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        James on for 1 BP?

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        1. THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Yep

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