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A busy Sunday afternoon of Premier League football gets underway at 14:00 BST, with Chelsea v Ipswich Town, Liverpool v West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur.

As expected, Enzo Maresca makes nine changes from Chelsea’s UEFA Conference League win over Legia Warsaw, with Robert Sanchez, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Noni Madueke, Pedro Neto and Nicolas Jackson back in the starting XI.

Tosin Adarabioyo and Cole Palmer, who was withdrawn at half-time on Thursday, keep their places.

The headline team news for Ipswich concerns Liam Delap, who drops to the bench. George Hirst comes in for him. Conor Townsend and Nathan Broadhead also come out of the starting line-up for Leif Davis and Jack Clarke.

Elsewhere, Arne Slot makes four alterations from the Liverpool team that lost at Fulham last time out.

Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Kostas Tsimikas and Luis Diaz come into the side at the expense of Caoimhin Kelleher, Andrew Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo.

Konstantinos Mavropanos and Carlos Soler return for West Ham as Edson Alvarez and Tomas Soucek drop out.

At Molineux, Wolves are unchanged, having won each of their previous three Premier League games. Matheus Cunha, who is back from suspension, is therefore named among the substitutes.

Finally, Ange Postecoglou has made six changes from the draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Those alterations see Ben Davies, Djed Spence, Archie Gray, Yves Bissouma, Pape Sarr and Mathys Tel come in. Out go Micky van de Ven, Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall and Son Heung-min, who is left out of the matchday squad entirely.

LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Chalobah, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Madueke, Palmer, Neto, Jackson

Subs: Jorgensen, James, Gusto, Acheampong, Badiashile, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Sancho, Nkunku

Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Johnson, Enciso, J Clarke, Hirst

Subs: Walton, Woolfenden, Townsend, Luongo, Taylor, Philogene, Chaplin, Broadhead, Delap


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Jones, Diaz, Jota

Subs: Jaros, Kelleher, Endo, Szoboszlai, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Robertson, Quansah

West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Mavropanos, Todibo, Scarles, Ward-Prowse, Soler, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen

Subs: Fabianski, Coufal, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Alvarez, Rodriguez, Soucek, Emerson, Ferguson


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Semedo, J Gomes, Andre, Ait-Nouri, Munetsi, Bellegarde, Strand-Larsen

Subs: Bentley, Djiga, S Bueno, Sarabia, Traore, R Gomes, Cunha, Mane, Hwang

Tottenham Hotspur XI:  Vicario, Gray, Romero, Davies, Spence, Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison, Johnson, Tel, Solanke

Subs: Kinsky, Porro, van de Ven, Udogie, Bentancur, Bergvall, Kulusevski, Moore, Richarlison

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  1. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    ipswich 2-0

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      offside

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 12 days ago

        Should be given, incorrect flag

  2. JBG
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Chelsea are a good team

  3. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    2-0 Ips lol

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Sub Palmer on

  5. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Chelsea are a joke club. 2-0 down. Palmer an above average player in a below average club.....both are really poor

  6. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    If anyone has Ben Johnson, buy a lotto ticket right now

  7. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Goal stands for Ips

  8. boombaba
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Deffo sacked

  9. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    poor defending from cucurella again. shd have subbed him earler

  10. HelmutCool
    • 3 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Need to offload Palmer asap. Horrible chelsea...

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Palmer pen incoming

  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    I called it 9-0 to Chelsea not 9-0 to Ipswich!

  12. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Palmer>Rogers easiest transfer ever

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Saka surely

  13. DandyDon
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Johnson’s been sat on my bench all season, Wildcard ahead of BB and suddenly he’s gameweeks top points scorer!

  14. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Poch was taking chelsea in the right direction as well

  15. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Maresca is the real bald fraud

  16. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    May Sanchez forever be Chelsea goalkeeper

  17. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Enciso haul

  18. boombaba
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Merino and Ruben Dias
    Or
    Rogers and Saliba

  19. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Wolves 2

  20. JBG
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Spurs giving Wolves a helping hand

  21. thegame983
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Spence og

  22. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Gods sake Spurs. Muppet show

  23. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    palmer yellow

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      ipswich one

  24. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Palmer booked

    1. Joyce1998
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Haha wrong Palmer

  25. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Pen Chelsea surely

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Madness

  26. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Who got assist for Spence goal?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Vicario

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 12 days ago

        Thanks

  27. FFSbet.com
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Damn what a BB...Gvardiol,Cucu,Areola and Kluivert if he play

    2 points will be good 🙂

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      I dunno what you expected from that lot tbh

      1. FFSbet.com
        • 10 Years
        11 months, 12 days ago

        Gvardiol and Cucu are good for BB,they are starters first time on bench.
        So only gamble was Kluivert.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          11 months, 12 days ago

          Areola playing Liverpool away
          Kluivert injured
          City playing Palace who are good away
          Chelsea are Chelsea

          1. FFSbet.com
            • 10 Years
            11 months, 12 days ago

            Going by this you can never play BB,those with good fixtures are starters.

            1. x.jim.x
              • 11 Years
              11 months, 12 days ago

              You can - you usually plan it so all four have good fixtures or will at least play though

              1. Mr. O'Connell
                • 13 Years
                11 months, 12 days ago

                What about a benchboost with

                Verbruggen (LEI)
                Dunk (LEI)
                Cucurella (IPS)
                Enzo (IPS)

                Looks like it's going to return a grand total of 3 points from nailed starters with good fixtures

                1. x.jim.x
                  • 11 Years
                  11 months, 12 days ago

                  That’s just funny

                2. AC/DC AFC
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  11 months, 12 days ago

                  Didn't Enzo score?

                  1. AC/DC AFC
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    11 months, 12 days ago

                    Julio Enciso

                    My bad!

              2. FFSbet.com
                • 10 Years
                11 months, 12 days ago

                Sure,Cucu goal at least some points

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Yes Kluivert virtually ruled out from what I hear

    3. Not again Shirley
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Got your goal at least

      1. Cold Palms
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 12 days ago

        Own goal given

  28. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    The league is just genuinely awful this year

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Worse than when Leicester won.

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        11 months, 12 days ago

        no. an awful arsenal team that got mauledb y bayern and barca and finished on 71 points finished 2nd that year

        eng clubs have been the best in europe this season. overall football quality globally is worse but prem league still have the best teams overall

    2. @ocprodigy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Think the top five race will be great in the last few gameweeks but that's all that's left. Need to hope Arsenal somehow get dragged into it to make it a little more exciting.

    3. Merlin the Wraith
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Turned into a EPL(A) & EPL(B). (C) if you want to include Ips/Leics/Sou

    4. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 12 days ago

      Sign of things to come.

      Mid-table teams trying to emulate 2010 Barcelona.
      The promoted teams are just going to be canon fodder for the foreseeable.
      Lack of world class players in the league.

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 12 days ago

        Pep, his army of xG nerds, and the pro-VAR divs have truly ruined the beautiful game

  29. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Palmer's gonna outscore Palmer

  30. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 12 days ago

    Kudus is some player