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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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
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
Down	Verbruggen	BHA	B
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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Zenith UK
2 years, 8 months ago
3.3M > 1.4M from Richarlison (ugh) and Diaz goal!
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Andy_Social
2 years, 8 months ago
A Colwill stud away
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Kodap
2 years, 8 months ago
Salah still on for a huge game here, chelsea defending been poor
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1. WVA
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Nope, bar, disallowed goal, not his day
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FPL_trail_runner
2 years, 8 months ago
If the player i plan to buy in WC week 3 could stop nearly getting double figures already would be great.
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kellamergh
2 years, 8 months ago
I'm glad I went with Salah in the last hour before deadline.
For me, it was a choice between Maddison-Bruno or Salah.

Bruno frustrated me last season.
I mistakenly thought Maddison would be ineffective without Kane, however, I'm happy with my choice.
Salah is dangerous.
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Ginkapo FPL
2 years, 8 months ago
VARs a joke
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1. x.jim.x
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Not fair! They changed the outcome by measuring it!
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2. TheTinman
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Definitely not reliable on the Offsides. May as well just judge it in real time
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3. jacob1989
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Where are the lines??
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JBG
2 years, 8 months ago
Moooffside.
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Cojones of Destiny
2 years, 8 months ago
bruno -> salah in one move yay I guess
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1. Freshy
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Rash for me
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  1. Cojones of Destiny
    2 years, 8 months ago
    got exact funds would you do it today or ?
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  2. FPL_ UP_Down
    2 years, 8 months ago
    I’m going to pull the trigger!! Rash to Salah ! Left 3 Mio in the bank !
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_Ninja_
2 years, 8 months ago
Jota yc
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Bubz
2 years, 8 months ago
Oh piss off Jota you moron
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WVA
2 years, 8 months ago
My god non Salah owners are lucky, should be packing their bags for the season
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1. TheBiffas
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Right
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2. FPL Maldini
  2 years, 8 months ago
  It’s comments like this and people like you that make this community toxic
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  1. Scalper
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Non salah owner
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    1. FPL Maldini
      2 years, 8 months ago
      I own Salah. Just don’t like this attitude
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  2. TheBiffas
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Aren't you the same guy trolling non-Saliba owners?
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3. BobbyDoesNotLook
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Gotta admit as non owner.
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x.jim.x
2 years, 8 months ago
Jota booked
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Sim Simma
2 years, 8 months ago
Enzo Jota bromance
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Thanos
2 years, 8 months ago
Jota yc
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Andy_Social
2 years, 8 months ago
James on zero points
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1. Andy_Social
  2 years, 8 months ago
  sorry, not yet 😉
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Freshy
2 years, 8 months ago
Still must shoehorn Salah in for GW2
Rash out?
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jacob1989
2 years, 8 months ago
Sigh of relief as a non Salah owner
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gooberman
2 years, 8 months ago
Chelsea's defence looks absolute garbage. Was considering Stones to James to double up with Chilwell. Not on this evidence.
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1. Hazz
  2 years, 8 months ago
  I would side with Liverpool also looking great. We have much better fixtures coming, also Caicedo.
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  1. Andy_Social
    2 years, 8 months ago
    I'll give Caicedo a week to introduce himself to this defence. A possible Chilwell GW3 transfer for me.
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Woy_is_back
2 years, 8 months ago
Jota lol
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COLLIN QUANER
2 years, 8 months ago
Salah cooking here. Non Salah owners must be terrified. At least they've got Bruno's 2 pointer to look forward to tomorrow!
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1. TheTinman
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Imagine him vs Bournemouth next week 😮
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  1. COLLIN QUANER
    2 years, 8 months ago
    We're in for a monster haul!
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  2. Hazz
    2 years, 8 months ago
    9-0. Can't wait to see his returns.
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    1. TheTinman
      2 years, 8 months ago
      He'll probably be involved in all of them now that he's an assist monster too
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2. Zenith UK
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Covered with Diaz
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3. Old Man
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Not at all. He's a great player, but he's also 12.5. You can't have them all.
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4. jacob1989
  2 years, 8 months ago
  U got Salah and some 4.5. I got mbuemo and Maddison
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  1. x.jim.x
    2 years, 8 months ago
    What if the 4.5 is Andersen
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  2. kellamergh
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Nope... Mbeumo- Mitoma- Rashford- Saka- Salah.
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Count of Monte Hristo
2 years, 8 months ago
Jota never gets booked until you own him.
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T C
2 years, 8 months ago
Salad's looking spicy.
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FPL Scoop
2 years, 8 months ago
Would ya do Eze to Mbuemo if no other pressing issues?
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1. FantasyTony
  2 years, 8 months ago
  This week? Nah. Better to have 2FT going into week 3.
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2. Old Man
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Not according to what you read on here. (Mbuemo owner)
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3. Debauchy
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Eze to Mo
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Thanos
2 years, 8 months ago
Gabriel to Konate?
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Baines on Toast...
2 years, 8 months ago
No Mo immediately seems a terrible idea as always
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1. FPL_trail_runner
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Wc is always an option 😉
  
  My captain week 2 then WC week 3
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JBG
2 years, 8 months ago
Sterling and Gallagher so bad for this Chelsea offense, everything breaks down when they have the ball it seems.
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1. Hazz
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Sterling had looked awful almost every game in preseason. Gallagher not so much.
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Debauchy
2 years, 8 months ago
We only got Salah to Cpt in gw 2 but hey ho cmon MO
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1. Chandler Bing
  2 years, 8 months ago
  As long as he outscores Bruno and Martinelli (combined), I'll take it.
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Royal5
2 years, 8 months ago
Poch aldready dressed for his funeral
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1. Count of Monte Hristo
  2 years, 8 months ago
  😆
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Magic Zico
2 years, 8 months ago
Silently planning to bring Salah in 😆
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Sim Simma
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilli in the points
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