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West Ham v Chelsea team news: Palmer injured in warm-up

22 August 2025 1496 comments
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Gameweek 2 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway on Friday, with West Ham United and Chelsea both looking to secure their first wins of the 2025/26 season.

Kick-off at the London Stadium is at 20:00 BST.

Chelsea make three changes from their clash with Crystal Palace last Sunday.

Malo Gusto and the fit-again Tosin Adarabioyo come in for Reece James and Josh Acheampong at the back.

Further forward, Liam Delap starts alongside Joao Pedro, with Jamie Gittens dropping to the bench.

West Ham boss Graham Potter makes just one alteration from the side that lost 3-0 at Sunderland, as Tomas Soucek is preferred to Guido Rodriguez in midfield.

The main Fantasy interest is in the visitors.

Joao Pedro is in more than half of FPL squads, while Robert Sanchez and Marc Cucurella‘s ownership is over 20%.

*UPDATE: Cole Palmer is out of tonight’s match due to an injury suffered in the warm-up. Estevao comes in for the Chelsea midfielder.

LINE-UPS

West Ham United XI: Hermansen, Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd, Wan-Bissaka, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Diouf, Paqueta, Bowen, Fullkrug

Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Scarles, Rodriguez, Potts, Irving, Wilson, Marshall

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella, Enzo, Caicedo, Estevao, Joao Pedro, Neto, Delap

Subs: Jorgensen, Slonina, Acheampong, Fofana, Hato, James, Essugo, Santos, Gittens

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  1. Hypnos
    1 year, 2 months ago

    somewhere el hadji diouf is watching

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    1. JT11fc
      1 year, 2 months ago

      "Go on son"

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    2. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Is Malick his son?

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  2. Fifa las vegas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    The machines were right about Sanchez vs Dubravka

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      1 year, 2 months ago

      In fairness it’s good enough for me for picking Sanchez anyway, never reliable. Got sucked in by the price tag

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    2. Tomerick
      1 year, 2 months ago

      So far

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    3. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      What machine?

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Everyone was saying that RMT and points predictor tools were saying start Dubravka out of the two.

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  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Palmer to mbuemo and j pedro to sesko?

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    1. g40steve
      1 year, 2 months ago

      JP just scored

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      1 year, 2 months ago

      “Yeeeessss - we go for it!!”

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Nevermind…

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    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Nah

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    4. CereaLKiLLerz
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Lol... not any more...

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  4. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    J Pedro G!

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    1. Gizzachance
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Pts for every one

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  5. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Reijnders playing early kick off tomorrow .
    If he returns again there's going to be plenty of transfers in for Palmer .

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  6. THE Wild Rover
    1 year, 2 months ago

    JP g Cucu a

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  7. Bram
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Pedro G

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  8. g40steve
    1 year, 2 months ago

    JP G
    Cucu A

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  9. Thanos
    1 year, 2 months ago

    JP goal

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  10. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    pedro g
    cucu a

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Essential?!

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  11. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    1-1

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  12. jacob1989
    1 year, 2 months ago

    J pedro!!!

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  13. Bobby Digital
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Bloody Pedro scores

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  14. Vinyl78LP
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cucu A - nice.

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  15. Shark Team
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cucurella A

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  16. JBG
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Had Palmer and JP on FH, kept Palmer.

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  17. jacob1989
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Wow i have cucu and j pedro!!

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  18. MBK 42
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cucu assist?

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    1. ZimZalabim
      1 year, 2 months ago

      yup

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  19. Royal5
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cucc & Pedro double up get in

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  20. CereaLKiLLerz
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cucu assist
    Pedro goal

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  21. 3 A
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Yeah. .... Cucu assist Pedro... Hahaha.

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  22. JT11fc
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Get in!

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  23. Zilla
    1 year, 2 months ago

    OMG
    CUCU X JP linkup

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  24. Goodfeathers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cucurella to Pedro. Lovely stuff.

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  25. didas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Ha ha! Got both!

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  26. JT11fc
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Hah Cucu owners

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  27. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Alright, JP, you can stay for now.

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  28. Atimis
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Sanchez Frimpong over Cucu was hell of mistake…

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  29. Brosstan
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cuck A

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  30. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    thats like the worst goal possible 😆 hows that happened

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