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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. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Gigantic sh*t show of a week

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

    Kepa over Raya was not so smart

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

      Kepa and Raya was not so smart

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

        😉

      2. gart888
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Why not? They'll both play twice next GW at least.

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

          Means nothing when they can't keep a clean sheet against poor teams.

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

      1 point difference, lol. I'm not losing any sleep over it.

  3. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Chelsea defense is the way to go they said...

  4. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Very unpredictable season

  5. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Chelsea double defense disaster

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Yes, but some had triple.

  6. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    50pts with 3 Gooners left.
    Trossard
    Saka
    Ramsdale

    FH can be a good haul if Trossard is top scoring Arsenal player but if Martinelli or Odegaard does it then I will have made bugger all.

    1. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Who gave you 50 pts.

      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Perisic chilly James
        Son (c) Maddison
        Isak Watkins Havertz

        All returned except Chilly who I was 50-50 to captaining.

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

      Impressive. You must've capped Isak then.

      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        I captained Son

  7. Pariße
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Koulibaly was for years regarded as a world class defender. That was shambolic.

  8. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Chelsea are soooooo bad

  9. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Potter is not a big club manager, the longer he stays...

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

      The better for clubs around them in the table.

  10. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    4 Defenders no CS...hopefully something from Zinchenko.
    Just made a greenie with 27 pts, 3 ARS to go.

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

    Really regret wasting my BB this season. Now have to bench players like Steele, Mee (both with DGWs) and any 2 of Kane, Martinelli, Saka & Zinchenko.

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

      I am benching Haaland 😛

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

    How did Havertz went up to 31 from 30 bps with a shot off target ..... someone wants his bps points !

  13. GoonerByron
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Best Sanchez replacement for Bench Boost? (other GK is Kepa)

    A - De Gea
    B - Neto

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      A

  14. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    What are people planning to do with their Arsenal assets? BBing next gw

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

      Yeah, looking to BB with Ramsdale, Martinelli, Odegaard and Haaland

    2. PogChamp
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Probably sell one and BB two of them

    3. Fit_to_drop
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Keep and BB

    4. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Yep, Gabriel, Martinelli and Saka BB potentially

    5. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Keep and play 2 of them.

      Probably selling one of them for Bruno.

    6. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Selling White for Estupinian.

      Thinking Haaland back for -4 or Toney or Kane. or even buy Isak if DGW30/31 is confirmed

      We will see

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

    Doucoure was the midfielder to get this GW

  16. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Bloody hell. All the relegations threatened teams doing something.

    A Palace bottom 9 mini league 🙂

    https://www.cpfc.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=56336&d=1679162884

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

      It’s hot!

      1. Crunchie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm

  17. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    22 points with 3Arseholes to go. Big red

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

      Not that big, small actually

    2. jimbe4mXL
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      19 here with 3 arsenal to go, tho i forgot about deadline and only have 8 players 🙁

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

        Wow I thought am the only one missed the deadline 😛

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

      Good week to have a bad week. Anything less than 20k red arrow feels okay.

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

        Assuming you didn’t spunk a chip

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 2 months ago

          Nah, just a -4

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

            Same here. What the hell were we thinking

  18. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    The good news I've captained my highest scoring player.

    The bad news is, that's Kane...

    Looking like a pretty sorry week.

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

      Benched mine!

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

    KDB with a skinned knee. Painful but he's still somehow on the pitch, so clearly not a serious issue

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

      Finally rested

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

    Now Chilwell to ? Wanna continue swimming in the mud with everyone

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

      Tarkowski 😛

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

      Chilwell to Mings confirmed.

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

    Chillwell -> Ayling locked

  22. Fit_to_drop
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    We are all the bemoaning double Newcastle and double Chelsea defenders, but the truth is no teams are keeping clean sheets in the last 6–8 weeks. The only one that looks most likely and has gone under the radar a bit is Villa

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

    Martinez has the only clean sheet so far

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

    kneejerk Kane > Haaland for GW29

  25. ggfussball
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 2 months ago

    No brainer to bring back Haaland in next week, despite on SGW

  26. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Haaland has more hatties than the rest of the Prem combined

  27. Admiral Benson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Surely nobody is making transfers tonight……surely

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

      Have you not seen the madness that lurks around these places by now?

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Thinking of doing Ward to Steele actually.

      Ward bound to drop now.

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

    DGW29 with two Chelsea defence against Villa and Pool will not be an easy watch.

    1. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Ots terrible isn't it, I'm thinking of postponing may BB

  29. Fit_to_drop
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Well. You could at least sleep easier knowing you don’t still own some of these sticks

  30. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    This IB is really bad for City, they look sharp and firing again

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

      Irritable bowels?

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

        Inconceivable baldie.

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

      Itchy Bottom