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1 January 2023 677 comments
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2023’s second Premier League match takes place at City Ground, where Nottingham Forest host Chelsea in the 16:30 GMT kick-off.

A poor end to pre-World Cup life saw Graham Potter’s side be winless in five matches, although this run ended with a Gameweek 17 win over Bournemouth.

It also delivered a clean sheet to the many managers that had bought goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga (£4.6m), who starts again this afternoon.

Marc Cucurella (£5.2m) has almost 300,000 new owners for this round – he remains in the starting XI, with Cesar Azpilicueta (£4.8m) in for the injured Reece James (£5.7m) being their only change.

That means Mason Mount (£7.6m), Kai Havertz (£7.8m) and Raheem Sterling (£9.7m) all begin proceedings.

With a win, Nottingham Forest can go up to 16th place and Steve Cooper makes two changes from the team that lost at Manchester United.

Dean Henderson (£4.7m) was ineligible to face his parent club but immediately reclaims his spot between the sticks from Wayne Hennessey (£3.9m). The other replaces hamstring victim Jesse Lingard (£5.4m) with Morgan Gibbs-White (£5.5m), out with a groin problem since bagging two goals and assist throughout Gameweeks 15 and 16.

Cheap FPL defender Neco Williams (£4.0m) is on the bench.

GAMEWEEK 18 LINE-UPS

Nottingham Forest XI: Henderson; Aurier, Worrall, Boly, Lodi; Yates, Mangala, Freuler; Johnson, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White

Subs: Hennessey, Williams, McKenna, Cook, Toffolo, Colback, O’Brien, Surridge, Dennis

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly, Cucurella; Zakaria, Jorginho, Mount; Sterling, Havertz, Pulisic

Subs: Bettinelli, Chalobah, Hall, Gallagher, Kovacic, Chukwuemeka, Hutchinson, Ziyech, Aubameyang



FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    MGW just hit the underside of the bar

  2. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Relieved Kepa owner but Chelsea are Spurs-level average

  3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Would be nice if that Chelsea CS got wiped

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It won't

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Are you sure?

    2. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Would be shocked if they held out here.

  4. Eightball
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    James + Wilson + Darwin ------> Azpi + Havertz + Mitrovic (-4)

    Thoughts? or I could just do two of those moves for free

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Just two. Skip Azpi.

  5. putana
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    wow

  6. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Chelski lucky

  7. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Come on Forest wipe that clean sheet!

  8. putana
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    yea this clean sheet is getting wiped

  9. GC123
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I’m glad it’s not just me begging for Forest to score!

  10. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hard to believe Yates is still on the field and grabbing jerseys.

    1. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I have that feeling every time i watch him play

  11. Tellloth
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    My team is:

    Pope Ward
    Shaw Robbo Trips Cancelo White
    Martinelli KDB Almiron Rashford Andreas
    Martial Haaland Darwin

    0.1 ITB
    1 FT

    My current choices are:
    A) Robbo > Cucu
    B) Robbo > Thiago
    C) Martial > Mitro
    D) Darwin > Mitro
    E) Other?

    1. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      C

    2. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Go telloth to the Mount

      1. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Over the hill and everywhere

  12. sirmorbach
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Any thoughts appreciated:

    Ramsdale / Ward
    Cancelo, Trippier, Shaw / Castagne, Patterson
    Salah, Saka, Rashford, Martinelli, Almirón
    Haaland, Kane / Greenwood

    A. Hold
    B. Cancelo to Botman, Greenwood to Mitrovic (- 4)
    C. Kane to Mitrovic, Greenwood to Havertz (- 4; doesn't look worth it, but throwing it out there)

    Thanks!

    1. artvandelay316
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      B. Probably will need Kane for the DGW but Cancelo not necessarily going to play both games anyway.

      1. sirmorbach
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Many thanks!

  13. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone considering bench boost this week?

  14. Mweene
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    This might be the first time in my FPL career that I have 2 FT and not making any moves.

    Have Kepa but the other doublers don't do anything for me.

    Walker to Akanji worth it?

  15. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Aurier goal

  16. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    That was coming

  17. artvandelay316
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Current team:
    Kepa (Ward)
    Cancelo, Trippier, White (Bueno, James)
    KDB, Martinelli, Rashford, Almiron (Andreas)
    Darwin, Mitro, Haaland

    Based on Chelsea performance tonight my plans to do Darwin to Havertz are probably not going ahead.

    Am thinking KDB to Odegaard and James to Shaw (play instead of White)?

    Only trouble is, who to bench (Andreas, Almiron or Darwin?)

  18. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    YESSSSS

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      😎

  19. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Cooper knows VAR wiping this somehow

  20. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Absolutely unbelievable.

    This season, brutal

  21. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea really don't look worth investing in

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

      Kepas still a good pick. No one better at the price. The others not so much yes.

  22. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kepa cs gone, will hold that James to cucu move if they can’t keep forest out

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      They haven’t kept Forest out 🙂

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        What I said, can’t keep forest out

        1. RICICLE
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          You said “if they can’t keep Forest out”. Haha it’s cool, shocking defence, to think I have Cucu lol at me

          1. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            I have Kepa!
            Forest looking more dangerous
            Doesn’t hold well for dgw city an Fulham

            1. RICICLE
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              Certainly doesn’t man

  23. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea look a very different club under the new ownership

  24. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea are shocking.

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Forget there dgw

  25. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Zakaria CS locked in...

  26. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hopefully this means they will ‘Mount’ an attack

  27. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Mofos thought just cos we beat BOU we were looking good 😆

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Another £500m might help

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Make it 1 billion and maybe we can beat Southampton

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

      hehe yep, even we (Palace) can beat BOU - people do like to pile in early 🙂

  28. dansmusen
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Dammit out of the cup with that goal

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Im blaming Kane & KDB

  29. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Sorry guys I played Kepa rather than benched him this week!

  30. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Very few reliable defences...Newcastle the best, Villa improving