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Gameweek 3 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues on Sunday with Leeds United v Chelsea and West Ham United v Brighton and Hove Albion.

Both matches kick-off at 14:00 BST.

Thomas Tuchel makes one change from last weeks 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur, as Conor Gallagher comes into midfield for N’Golo Kante, who misses out as expected with a hamstring injury.

That suggests Reece James will once again feature as a right-sided centre-back, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Marc Cucurella preferred in the wing-back roles.

For the hosts, they also make one enforced change, as Patrick Bamford fails to make the starting XI after coming off injured in Gameweek 2.

Daniel James starts instead, with Rodrigo – the second-most bought player for Gameweek 3 – pushed forward in attack.

At the London Stadium, Thilo Kehrer makes his Premier League debut for West Ham with Ben Johnson dropping to the bench.

“He has good experience, is versatile and has played at a high level with Germany and PSG so he will bring a lot to us and we’re looking forward to working with him. He’s played predominately for the national team at left-back and centre-back for PSG last season, so we feel we have a really good acquisition for the squad. He will be able to add to us in a number of areas.” – West Ham assistant manager Billy McKinlay on Thilo Kehrer

The visitors, meanwhile, are unchanged after making an unbeaten start to the season, with Pascal Gross and Adam Lallana tucking in behind Danny Welbeck in Graham Potter’s 3-4-2-1 formation.


GAMEWEEK 3 LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Kristensen, Koch, Llorente, Struijk, Roca, Adams, Aaronson, Harrison, James, Rodrigo

Subs: Klaesson, Hjelde, Drameh, Klich, Forshaw, Greenwood, Summerville, Sinisterra, Gelhardt

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

Subs: Kepa, Ampadu, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Chilwell, Chukwuemeka, Hudson-Odoi, Pulisic, Ziyech


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Kehrer, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Fornals, Benrahma, Antonio

Subs: Areola, Johnson, Scamacca, Lanzini, Downes, Cornet, Ogbonna, Coventry, Ashby

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Webster, March, Mac Allister, Caicedo, Trossard, Gross, Lallana, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Colwill, Mwepu, Maupay, Alzate, Undav, Mitoma, Tenorio

  1. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Sterling off
    Azpi on

  2. Jock Grealish
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Sterling off.

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

    Sterling lol

  4. jay01
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Cucu to be LCB vs Leicester then

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

    Fofana 1st £100m defender loading...

  6. Trust the process
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Wc this?

    Ederson
    Trent cancelo neco James gabriel
    Salah Neto mount
    Jesus Haaland

    Ward Andreas Bailey greenwood

    1. Powers106
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Why? Looks ok to me. (I’m in about 8m place though so a grain of salt)

  7. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    1 or 3 game ban?

    1. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Think that's 1 game for 2 YCs

    2. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      1

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

      1.

      ONLY violent conduct is 3 games.

    4. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Not violent. Just the one.

  8. Salan
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Tuchel and Mendy make this game interesting.

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

    ew what an awful gw

  10. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    James out for a hit?

    1. Jock Grealish
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Lol

    2. Crispo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No

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

      Yes doit

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

      😀

    5. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I'm never picking Chelsea players ever again

      1. Jock Grealish
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Until they haul again

  11. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Called it almost 90 mins ago. Goodbye Kouli!

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

      You did to be fair I read your post!

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

    Mass buy followed by mass sell just the norm now 🙂

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

      Hasn't that been normal for years at the start of a season?

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Lemmings.

  13. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea are funny

  14. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Really need Salah to destroy United tomorrow

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

      Definitely if I’m to salvage anything g from this gameweek

    2. Jock Grealish
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Not likely with the way this gw is going

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

        Ive a feeling you could be right

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

      United will turn up knowing this week

      1. sulldaddy
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Im not sure they have the gear to do that

    4. HashAttack
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I need a 1-0 win ... VVD goal / Robertson assist

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

    Everything looked so good last week, 2FT and was contemplating not using any of them.

    Now I'm stuck with Mount, Ward/Iverson and starting to feel that Rodrigo and Toney are essential...

    1. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Lots of essentials with questionable past histories. Add Zaha, Gross, Xhaka, Mitrovic

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

        Everyone decided to pick teams built of past performers from the big 6 and it's names from smaller clubs that have been putting in the work

        1. The Ilfordian
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Yes I agree. I remember someone (Lateriser?) saying that every year needs a new approach. Think this year is going to be really open; going to need to pick some new horses. Wait til Covid and World Cup hits in Winter and really upsets everything

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

      You aren't stuck with any of them. Transfer them out

    3. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Wildcard

  16. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Everyone on Mount watch but does anyone know if Bowen has been playing and occasionally touched the ball? Alongside Saka and Mount, midfield is looking slightly car crash

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

      West Ham bottom of the table.

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

    Sanchez save point & haul!

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

      Plus bonus...

  18. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Entire gameweek and WC depends on Haaland now. Please big man get some goals!!!

  19. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    I feel a wildcard may be in order v soon. Most likely this gw

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Likewise.

      Got some real proper sh*te to clear out here. Mount, Ward, Iversen, to name but 3.

      1. The Ilfordian
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Ward is essential. Just as back up not main. Overseen got to go

      2. Wolfman180
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Thought you were listing my team then 😛

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          We suffer from the same sad choices.

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

        ^Iversen . Spellcheck failure

  20. Random Name
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Poor defending today by chelsea, Tuchel needs to play Kounde next game

  21. Jock Grealish
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    West ham 5 points from last 27

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

    Might need to shift mendy. Reece James I'm happy sticking with but double Chelsea defence isn't going to work let's be honest

  23. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Sanchez with joint most CS in the league . That guy is a monster .

    And we went Ward. Poor decision making

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

      'We' went Ward. No you did.

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

        I went mendy. Might need to go sanchez

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

      2 pointer Sanchez who makes no saves

    3. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No , only sheep went with Ward. Good players knew it wouldn't work

    4. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I hold my hand up and admit to this and went with Ward (on the bench).

  24. M2.0
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    James, Mount, Archer > Perisic, Rodrigo, Toney (-4)?

    Andreas would drop to the bench

  25. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    A) Rodrigo in 4-4-2
    B) Perisic in 5-3-2

  26. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Start Cucarella or Bailey next?

  27. PukkiBlinder
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Best Grealish replacement for same money or less?
    A- Rodrigo
    B- Gross
    C- Dasilva
    D- Other?

    Have Andreas

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

      A ofc

  28. Z
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Stupid question....

    If i alrdy took a hit (-4), what will happend if i play WC?

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

      Not a stupid question. You get the points back

  29. Edalock
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Mount, 4.5 fwd to Toney, Rodrigo for free

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

      No brainier

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

      That's going to be the template move yes

  30. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    West Ham still without a goal in the league.

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

      What do we expect when we keep starting Antonio up top...