Chelsea v Liverpool team news: Sanchez + Jackson start, Darwin benched

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

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gabriel	ARS	7.1m	98.0%	Likely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	99.3%	Likely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	98.7%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	90.5%	Maybe
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	92.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	88.4%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	86.1%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	85.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	87.0%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	86.8%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	82.8%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.4%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	78.3%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	74.9%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	74.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	61.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	73.5%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	68.6%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	68.6%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	69.5%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	65.8%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	65.7%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	65.4%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.8m	63.2%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	64.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	64.2%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	62.3%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	60.2%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	57.2%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	53.7%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	52.3%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	52.4%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	50.5%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	48.3%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	47.1%	Unlikely
Havertz	ARS	7.3m	47.0%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.0%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	44.9%	Unlikely

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João Pedro	CHE	7.6m	100.6%	Very Likely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	100.3%	Very Likely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	100.2%	Very Likely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	100.1%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	99.4%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	98.5%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	98.9%	Maybe
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	98.0%	Maybe
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	98.7%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	97.1%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Palmer	CHE	10.5m	94.8%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	94.5%	Maybe
Estève	BUR	3.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	92.6%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	93.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	92.9%	Unlikely
Guéhi	MCI	5.1m	93.8%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	92.7%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	92.6%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	87.8%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	88.1%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	87.3%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	86.5%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	83.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	79.3%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	79.8%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.4m	78.0%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	78.9%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.3%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	78.5%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	78.5%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	76.1%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	73.6%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	70.7%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	70.2%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	70.0%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	66.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	C
Up	Roefs	SUN	A
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No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, £
No Change	Henderson	CRY	B

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:30pm

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

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	C
Up	Rice	ARS	C, Vs
Up	Wilson	FUL	B
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
Up	Gibbs-White	NFO	A, VsX
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £
Down	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Tavernier	BOU	C, £

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:38pm

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

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:41pm

Dugout Discussion

Chelsea v Liverpool team news: Sanchez + Jackson start, Darwin benched

13 August 2023 2532 comments

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Mauricio Pochettino begins his reign as Chelsea head coach on Sunday when the Blues host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

Kick-off is at 4.30pm BST.

The Argentine has chosen to line up his new charges in what looks like a 3-5-2 formation, handing debuts to Robert Sanchez, Axel Disasi and Nicolas Jackson.

Kepa Arrizabalaga is not in the squad, as he explores a move to Real Madrid.

There are debuts for Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai at Liverpool, too.

Diogo Jota’s strong pre-season form sees him start in attack alongside Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz, with Darwin Nunez on the bench.

GAMEWEEK 1 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Disasi, Silva, Colwill, James, Gallagher, Enzo, Chukwuemeka, Chilwell, Sterling, Jackson

Subs: Bergstrom, Cucurella, Gusto, Maatsen, Santos, Ugochukwu, Mudryk, Madueke, Burstow

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Salah, Diaz, Jota

Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Matip, Tsimikas, Jones, Elliott, Doak, McConnell, Darwin

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Coupes
2 years, 8 months ago
Ghallager once again looking completely out of his depth. Why is here still there
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1. JBG
  2 years, 8 months ago
  English and that one season for Palace, can't be any other logical reason. Oh and he runs alot.
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  1. Defcons are for Kinnear
    2 years, 8 months ago
    This. We need more English players whose strength is running. None of this technician nonsense
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2. Defcons are for Kinnear
  2 years, 8 months ago
  He should go to West Ham or Everton.
  Not Everton because he'll get confused for Tom Davies
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3. Old Man
  2 years, 8 months ago
  I must admit that I never quite get him, if you see what I amen. Better football people than me seem to rate him, so maybe I'm missing something.
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4. Arteta
  2 years, 8 months ago
  It doesn't matter. They will have Caicedo and Lavia soon.
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Defcons are for Kinnear
2 years, 8 months ago
A TAA goal would throw the pigeon amongst the cats
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1. Camzy
  2 years, 8 months ago
  No that's Richarlison.
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2. TheBiffas
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Sure would throw a works in the spanner
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3. Scalper
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Meow
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fantasyfog
2 years, 8 months ago
This commentary is shocking
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1. panda07
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Martin Tyler fan?
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  1. fantasyfog
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Rubbish, a bit of swaZ, a bit of pluck, CFC darkest days, Liverpool walked through a storm or two but then held their heads high, rubbish
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2. Jafooli
  2 years, 8 months ago
  We’re doing our best…
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Thanos
2 years, 8 months ago
Won’t be surprised to see Galla getting subbed.
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Woy_is_back
2 years, 8 months ago
Mudryk should have started here really. Would have punished TAA
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1. Feanor
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Muddy ain’t punishing nobody no time
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_Ninja_
2 years, 8 months ago
Salah a Diaz g
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Debauchy
2 years, 8 months ago
Wake up Sky - got the fn Osasuna commentary all of a sudden
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
2 years, 8 months ago
OMG diaz
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Thanos
2 years, 8 months ago
Diaz G
Salah A
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Sim Simma
2 years, 8 months ago
Chelsea CS gone
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Bubz
2 years, 8 months ago
It begins
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1. Zimo
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Jinx
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Zimo
2 years, 8 months ago
And so it begins
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Andy_Social
2 years, 8 months ago
Chelsea defence at 6s and 7s.
I said it would be end to end, goals both sides.

And there's the first of many
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Marvin.
2 years, 8 months ago
Blast off!
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Alan The Llama
2 years, 8 months ago
3 baps for the assist
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Feanor
2 years, 8 months ago
Diaz G
Salah A
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Kodap
2 years, 8 months ago
I’m amazed at how many people haven’t gone with Salah!!! Get in
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1. Zenith UK
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Went Diaz instead
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  1. JBG
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Why? An assist is better than a goal, specially when it's a Salah assist.
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    1. Zenith UK
      2 years, 8 months ago
      Why did I go Diaz instead? Rate him, had a conversation with a friend and was lead to believe that for his price he'd be the better shout.
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2. WVA
  2 years, 8 months ago
  I have but Bruno Watkins v Salah Pedro was tough
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3. AC/DC AFC
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Points
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4. Tango74
  2 years, 8 months ago
  It was a toss up between Bruno / odd or salah /6.5
  
  I chose salah but who knows ..,
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AC/DC AFC
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilwell and James busted early on.
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F4L
2 years, 8 months ago
salah looking sharp lovely
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Debauchy
2 years, 8 months ago
Salahhhhhhhhh
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Total Foot 5
2 years, 8 months ago
What an assist by salad
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WVA
2 years, 8 months ago
Salah Diaz and Gakpo are pure class, Jota is an annoying tap in merchant.
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Royal5
2 years, 8 months ago
Awful defending
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Nomar
2 years, 8 months ago
Awesome assist from Salah!
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Freshy
2 years, 8 months ago
Salah to Mane.....er Diaz
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Andy_Social
2 years, 8 months ago
Lots of cheers for the assist, but does anyone own Diaz?
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1. WVA
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Nope but love him as a player
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2. AC/DC AFC
  2 years, 8 months ago
  5.7%
  
  Well over 400k have
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3. maditass
  2 years, 8 months ago
  I got both 😀
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Bartowski
2 years, 8 months ago
What a pass!
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AC/DC AFC
2 years, 8 months ago
Beautiful, incisive pass from Salah and Dias sharp.
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Kaneyonero
2 years, 8 months ago
Hopefully Nunez stays on the bench
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1. Bubz
  2 years, 8 months ago
  He won't
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Wolfman180
2 years, 8 months ago
Come on Jota, your turn now
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