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1 April 2023 554 comments
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We’re six games down and we’re still awaiting our first clean sheet of Gameweek 29.

There’ll be a lot of Fantasy managers hoping for a shut-out in the final match of the day, with Ben Chilwell and Kepa Arrizabalaga widely owned.

Ollie Watkins is a fairly popular pick himself, of course, so there’ll be plenty of us with divided loyalties in the clash at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea v Aston Villa is the evening kick-off, which gets underway at 17:30 BST.

Graham Potter makes three changes to the side that he sent out in Gameweek 28 as Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mykhailo Mudryk and Marc Cucurella are recalled to the line-up.

Wesley Fofana misses out through injury while Christian Pulisic and Benoit Badisashile are benched.

Kai Havertz and Reece James pulled out of their national team squads with illness and injury respectively but are fit to start.

Potter confirmed ahead of kick-off that James is playing as a centre-half in a back three, with Loftus-Cheek deployed as a wing-back.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery make two changes to the side that beat Bournemouth 3-0 two weeks ago.

Ashley Young is in for the injured Matty Cash, while Boubacar Kamara returns from his own lay-off to oust the benched Leon Bailey.

GAMEWEEK 29 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Kepa, James, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Chilwell, Enzo, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek, Mudryk, Joao Felix, Havertz

Subs: Bettinelli, Badiashile, Kante, Pulisic, Chalobah, Mount, Gallagher, Chukwuemeka, Madueke

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Young, Mings, Konsa, Moreno, McGinn, Luiz, Kamara, Buendia, Ramsey, Watkins

Subs: Sinisalo, Wright, Carlos, Traore, Chambers, Palacio, Digne, Bailey, Dendoncker

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  1. Kane and Ablett
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Chilwell captainers in the mud

  2. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Chelsea are such a joke 😆

    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Potter still doesn’t know neither his best XI nor the formations.

  3. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Chelsea are awful.

    I love it.

  4. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Kante trying 🙂

    Not sure what the overall gameplan is from Potter...

  5. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Bailey nearly makes it 3 if the goal was a twice as big.

    1. Kane and Ablett
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Anyone remember that April Fool on football focus in the 90s when they actually did a feature on people being 10% bigger now than 100 years ago so the FA we’re making goals 20% bigger for the next season? I think the Wimbledon keeper actually did a demonstration , halcyon days when football was actually fun

  6. Alan The Llama
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    If Chelsea and Liverpool added their points together, Arsenal would only be 8 points behind them.

  7. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    James: RCB
    Chilwell: LCB
    Potter: Out

  8. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Kante rwb?

  9. AARON-1
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Mudryk arrived to a big fanfare and plenty of hype.

  10. Cheeky Reijnders
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    This is appalling. No point getting rid of Potter at this stage though.

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      I agree. The alternative is a new manager who'll almost certainly want/need fortunes to spend.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 13 days ago

        another one

        They've blown well over a billion and twice as much as anyone else other than Man City

  11. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Lampard in...

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Start him & Gerrard on Tuesday, both can't get much worse!

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Lampard got us UCL with a transfer ban...

  12. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Mings, Hold!

    1. Sure You Did
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      You have him? Times must be hard.

      1. Roy Hudd
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 13 days ago

        He doesn't have him at all.

  13. Drumandbaines123
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Watkins bonus dodging as usual

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Che goal needed

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 13 days ago

        Or Watkins G

    2. Drumandbaines123
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Somehow back up to 2nd

    3. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      How is James so high ffs

  14. dansmusen
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    BB going ok with 19 points and Ricardo and Raya one more game...rest of the team WTF

  15. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    3 Chelsea goals inc...

  16. Sun God Nika
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Villa please hold man

  17. ididnt
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Going for Cash over Mings on my wc really is the story of my season in a nutshell. Actually my entire FPL career

  18. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    We/I really need Che (Chilly) goal to get him bonus points.

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Meant Watkins 😉

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Not sure he'd get bonus even with a goal.

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 13 days ago

        What's your problem? Math is not your "thing"?

        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 13 days ago

          Clean sheet is 12 baps for some players.

  19. ggfussball
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Mings has been racking up the points in recent weeks. Gone under the radar?

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Had him for months. Best value of the season.

    2. thegame983
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      He's my potm

    3. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Had him n Martinez since 26 surprising differentials

  20. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Digne in, something is going to happen ...

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Not a good thing in my eyes

    2. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Yc

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      He is the undisputed GOAT

  21. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Chelsea in the bottom half of the table is hilarious

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      If only they had spent more money in the transfer window 😀

    2. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Liverpool only 3 points ahead of them is even more hilarious

      1. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 13 days ago

        *4 with a game in hand

  22. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Watkins 2 bonus... Hold.

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

      Slightly annoying

    2. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Mings too pls

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 13 days ago

        Mings doing the business again.

  23. Sun God Nika
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Blow the whistle fs

  24. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Bailey taking on all comers

  25. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Potter looks like he knows he's about to be assassinated

  26. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Yassss Villa CS!!!

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Get lnnnnn

  27. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Potters gone surly after this?

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Time to get Hodgson?

    2. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      Villa was always going to be tough. Easier test coming up midweek; have to give him that

  28. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    Nice score with Watkins and Mings :hot:

  29. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    I'm not sure we won one header from the barrage of good crosses we out in today.

    Really poor from out guys in the box. Really, really poor.

    ... one match without Anthony Barry.

  30. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 13 days ago

    HAVE MY BABIES MARTINEZ!!!

    1. Fintroy
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 13 days ago

      err, a bit extreme - you gained 6 points in an internet based game.....which come the end of the season everyone forgets....

      1. Shultan
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 13 days ago

        *9 points