The FPL half-term report: Chelsea

FPL GW36 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Henderson

van Hecke
Lacroix
Gabriel Magalhães
O’Reilly

Cherki
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Rogers

Haaland
Welbeck

Kinsky
Konsa Ngoyo
Devenny
Kroupi

GW36 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Saka	ARS	9.9m	43.7%	Likely
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	0.0%	Likely
Doku	MCI	6.4m	0.0%	Likely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.9m	37.7%	Likely
Gabriel	ARS	7.2m	83.6%	Likely
Richarlison	TOT	6.3m	72.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	86.0%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.8m	68.8%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	67.8%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	71.5%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	77.4%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.6m	52.5%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.6m	11.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	57.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	68.5%	Unlikely
Hinshelwood	BHA	5.1m	40.9%	Unlikely
Osula	NEW	5.4m	58.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	59.4%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	58.4%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	57.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	68.1%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	49.0%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	56.4%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	53.0%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	19.4%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	49.1%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	55.2%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	46.7%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	45.3%	Unlikely
Mitoma	BHA	6.1m	38.9%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.9m	37.5%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	39.1%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	7.9%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	45.2%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.2m	28.0%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	41.4%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	41.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	48.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.2m	6.5%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	38.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	37.6%	Likely
O.Dango	BRE	5.7m	37.6%	Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	100.0%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	95.9%	Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	77.3%	Likely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
Estève	BUR	3.9m	92.3%	Maybe
Keane	EVE	4.5m	88.8%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	93.2%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.2m	81.4%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	93.2%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	91.8%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.4m	91.6%	Unlikely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.0m	76.4%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.5m	69.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	89.6%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	89.7%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	89.2%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	84.0%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	87.9%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	83.4%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	81.7%	Unlikely
Tóth.A	BOU	4.9m	53.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	83.2%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.5m	69.4%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	77.1%	Unlikely
Johnstone	WOL	4.4m	75.6%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.2m	68.8%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.2%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.0m	68.1%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	76.9%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	76.2%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	73.2%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.8m	17.3%	Unlikely
Xavi	TOT	6.4m	34.0%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	70.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.8m	61.0%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.6m	57.3%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	72.7%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C
No Change	Pickford	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	B
No Change	Keane	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	Porro	TOT	B
Up	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Struijk	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:13pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Cherki	MCI	A
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Wilson	FUL	C
Up	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, Vs, £
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, £
Down	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
Down	Gibbs-White	NFO	A, Inj

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:26pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
Up	Welbeck	BHA	B
Up	Gyokeres	ARS	A, Vs
Down	Watkins	AVL	B, Rest
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	B

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:31pm

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GW36 Chip Poll

FPL

12 December 2022 29 comments

FPL Marc

Our Fantasy Premier League (FPL) restart coverage continues with a review of all 20 Premier League clubs’ seasons so far.

In this Half-Term Report series, we look at which FPL players and teams have been top of the class in 2022/23 to date and who should be consigned to the Fantasy naughty step.

FPL bosses get unlimited transfers before Gameweek 17, so these articles will hopefully help you pinpoint some key targets for the Boxing Day resumption.

Next up is Chelsea, where the removal of Thomas Tuchel as head coach led to Graham Potter arriving from Brighton and Hove Albion.

ATTACK: SEASON SO FAR

	Total	Rank v other clubs (adjusted per game)
Goals scored	17	12th
Shots	156	14th
Shots in the box	107	12th
Shots on target	54	13th
Big chances	23	11th
Expected goals (xG)	15.61	14th
Non-penalty expected goals (NPxG)	14.03	15th

Having lost their final three outings before the World Cup break, Chelsea find themselves down in eighth place because of away defeats at Leeds United, Southampton, Brighton and Newcastle United.

In fact, for a lot of the attacking stats, they’re only the third-best side in west London. To rank 15th for non-penalty expected goals (NPxG) is staggering and, as a result, their attacking assets are having a bad FPL campaign.

Mason Mount (£7.5m) is the highest-scoring with 53 points yet he’s only the 28th-best midfielder around.

As shown below, Chelsea’s rate of minutes per NPxG is the league’s worst over the past six Gameweeks.

Above: How Chelsea compare to other Premier League sides for minutes per NPxG across 2022/23 (click to expand)

DEFENCE: SEASON SO FAR

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Arteta
3 years, 4 months ago
It's a perfect time to switch to a Haaland-Nunez-Nketiah trio before it becomes mainstream.
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1. Zimo
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Jota will be back by the time it gets mainstream. So yes nows a good time.
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2. The Mentaculus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Going to start with Mitrovic for the first 3 at least & then will see about moving to Wilson or Nketiah
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3. El Presidente
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Haaland, Mitro and Nketiah
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Zimo
3 years, 4 months ago
Is there an update on the Dalot injury? No update makes it seem like there wasn't really a serious one.
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1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I have in my team for the time being. Easy switch to Shaw if he is not available.
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  1. Zimo
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Yeah but the team suffers and Dalot is a bonus magnet.
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2. The Mentaculus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Not that I've seen. Still at the "what looks like a hamstring injury" stage
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The Mentaculus
3 years, 4 months ago
Thanks for the timely reminder of how awful Chelsea have been. Does make me wonder why I'm scrabbling after an injured Kepa
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1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Not getting any Chelsea. Not worth it.
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  1. The Mentaculus
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Who's your GK? Debating Pope / Ederson now. Only problem is the opportunity cost of blocking Wilson/Foden. Ederson could be good for the DGWs though & I don't have any City defence planned atm (no Cancelo, although I'm considering Akanji if Dalot isn't fit)
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DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
3 years, 4 months ago
Does this look alright?

Ramsdale
Laporte Trippier Dalot
Salah Bruno Kulu Martinelli
Haaland Mitro Wilson

Iverson Andreas Mings Bueno
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1. The Mentaculus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Sure. Weak links - I guess your defensive subs, if Laporte doesn't play every game / Dalot is not quite fit enough for the Christmas schedule. I'm also keen on Kulu (Spurs look so much better with him) but slightly wary that his rotation with Rich/Son will be hard to anticipate
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2. Athletic Nasherbo
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I think triple city make sense with the double gameweeks, which you don’t have. No KdB/Foden is surprising. I think you’ll regret not having atleast one.
  
  I think I prefer Ederson to Laporte, unless you’re completely confident he plays.
  
  Rest is fine though! Maybe Patterson over Bueno
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The Mentaculus
3 years, 4 months ago
Think I'm going to go my 'deep squad' draft. Never created such a benching headache for myself before but think it might be prudent to start this way.

Ederson / Ward
Trippier / Gabriel / Dalot / Castagne / Patterson
KDB / Maddison / Kulusevski / Martinelli / Almiron
Haaland / Darwin / Mitrovic
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1. Athletic Nasherbo
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I fundamentally disagree.
  
  With Andreas, Summerville, Bailey, and Reed you have fantastic bench options, that more importantly, are players you expect to bench.
  
  It all depends on whether you want to sacrifice a midfielder and go 4-3-3.
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  1. The Mentaculus
    3 years, 4 months ago
    This would be a 343/352 most of the time.
    
    Yes its true we have great cheap bench options this year (Summerville is not nailed enough to be on that list though). But a few things have led me here:
    - Uncertainty over post-WC fitness
    - Don't want to be forced into early wildcard by the above
    - TV in between 2-3 premium value. If I do Kulu - Andreas, its a lot of money itb. And I'm not sure the team is actually better with Kane & Andreas over Mitro & Kulu.
    
    That said, it does still feel a bit odd to me to bench someone like Maddison (just v NEW maybe), Mitrovic or Kulusevski.
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    1. The Mentaculus
      3 years, 4 months ago
      Also I might do Mitro - Wilson after the DGW, and with him & Kulu (maybe Darwin also) I like that a deeper squad gives me the opportunity to work around their occasional but inevitable benchings / fitness issues & cherry pick fixtures a bit more. Hopefully I can anticipate their rotation; think I'm generally getting better at predicting lineups now
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  2. bitm2007
    3 years, 4 months ago
    I'm actually considering going a step further and rotating Patterson, Andreas & Summerville for the final spot in my team. The rotation is decent (WOL, SOU, DGW, SOU, BRE, nfo, NFO, LEE, WOL, nfo for the next10 and continues that way to the end of the season), and if their form is anything like the first half of the season it will bring in points and free up funds for elsewhere.
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    1. The Mentaculus
      3 years, 4 months ago
      Further in the opposite direction, yeah. I haven't even looked at that kind of thing as I think I like my team as it is even if I had more money
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Shark Team
3 years, 4 months ago
Player of the tournament so far?
A) Messi
B) Mbappe
C) Amrabat
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1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
  3 years, 4 months ago
  C
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2. The Mentaculus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Team of the tournament?
  
  Bono
  Dumfries Thaigo Silva Gvardiol Davies
  Bruno Amrabat Bellingham
  Messi Richarlison Mbappe
  
  I've probably forgotten someone...
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  1. Revival
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Livakovic in goal maybe
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  2. Shark Team
    3 years, 4 months ago
    imo Modric over Bruno, Saiss and Hakimi over Silva and Dumfries also Giroud vs Richarlison is close
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Lionac
3 years, 4 months ago
Which triple defence including GK is better?

A) Argentina
B) France
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dnaRIP
3 years, 4 months ago
When will MD6 scout picks be released?
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1. Skonto Rigga
  3 years, 4 months ago
  It's the next article up! Tom has just about written it. Should be live on site about 4.45pm GMT.
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Coast94
3 years, 4 months ago
Thoughts?

Kepa
Cancelo, Trippier, Dalot/Shaw
Bruno, Saka, Martinelli, Almiron
Haaland, Kane, Darwin

Ward, Andreas, White, Patterson

Prefer the Bruno/Darwin combo over an extra premium…
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