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Chelsea v Everton team news: James starts, Cucurella benched

The evening fixture at Stamford Bridge rounds off the day’s Premier League football.

Both Chelsea and Everton come into this match buoyed by positive results in the last two Gameweeks but the Toffees haven’t won away from home since October 1.

The hosts make three changes to the side that beat Leicester City last time out.

Benoit Badiashile comes in for Marc Cucurella at centre-half, Reece James returns at right wing-back at the expense of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, and Christian Pulisic takes Mykhailo Mudryk‘s place in attack.

Ben Chilwell, the most-bought player of Gameweek 28 with nearly a million transfers in, starts at left wing-back.

Kai Havertz, himself transferred in by almost 350,000 managers ahead of Friday’s deadline, is again part of the three-man frontline.

Everton, unsurprisingly, are unchanged from the win over Brentford.

GAMEWEEK 28 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Kepa, James, Fofana, Koulibaly, Badiashile, Chilwell, Kovacic, Enzo, Joao Felix, Pulisic, Havertz.

Subs: Bettinelli, Kante, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah, Mudryk, Gallagher, Chukwuemeka, Madueke, Cucurella.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Tarkowski, Godfrey, Onana, Doucoure, Gueye, Iwobi, Gray, McNeil.

Subs: Begovic, Holgate, Mina, Mykolenko, Maupay, Davies, Coady, Garner, Simms.

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678 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    More important
    Tark header pass

  2. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Kepa has been quietly climbing the BAPS. Any chance of another double digit haul?

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      You jinxed it. Well done

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Tosun

    3. More Cowbell
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Not any more

    4. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Arrggghhh that aged well!

    5. Shultan
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      No

    6. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      no

  3. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    TARK!!

  4. DycheDycheBaby
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    I HATE THIS GAME.

  5. Fintroy
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Get in..... Chilwell and Kepa clean sheet goes....lol!

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Inevitable with how popular the Chilwell move was this week!

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

      Did tark to chilwell you can only laugh

  7. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Didn't buy Chilwell and James for CS anyway

  8. Salalalalah
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Well well well, even CS is gone : )

  9. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Tark assist. Something to ease the pain of Chilly's lost CS.

  10. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    FFS

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Chelsea are crap

  12. djman102
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Tark to Chilwell went well then...

    1. noissimbus
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Same lol. Who'dve thunk. Still time to change that.

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

      Same here absolutely typical of my season

  13. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    TARK assist to wipe Chelski corner hahaha get in

    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Cleanie* 😀

  14. EffPeeEll
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    we've done our clean sheets in cold blood.

    lolz

  15. Zalk
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Sigh of relief as a non chelsea owner

    1. pundit of punts
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      This

  16. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Resisted Tarkowski ➡ Chilwell for -4 this week.

    😀

    1. mojoindojo
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      I didn't...

    2. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Same, Tarkowski was the obvious choice 😀

  17. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Where’s my assist?

    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Where is it!

  18. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Free hitters in the mud

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Wildcarders form last week also in the mud.

  19. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    I hate FPL

  20. jacob1989
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    oh just FU Chelsea. Triple CHE and nothing. Went Havertz over Felix too

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Game not over

  21. Salalalalah
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Does Tark gets the assist, at least points from him to make for Chilly C fail?

    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Has to be

      1. Salalalalah
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Given, yey .... now Chilly attacking points needed

  22. mojoindojo
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Tark to Chilwel for a hit went quite well...

  23. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Chilly owners mudded

  24. x.jim.x
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Why has Potter got that Argie dwarf marking Tarkowski on corners?

  25. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Still time for a Chilwell goal 9 pointer

  26. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    All I can say here is... Sean Dyche

  27. snow pea in repose
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    My day is saved

    1. snow pea in repose
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      My day is saved?

  28. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    A Tark goal might be better than a Chilly goal for me tbh

  29. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Tarkowski only gets decent scores when no one owns him. 😀

    1. djman102
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Or benches him

  30. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Hopefully this is damage limitation for missing out the deadline! 😛