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Chelsea v Fulham gets Gameweek 3 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) underway.

The team news couldn’t be simpler: both sides are unchanged from their last Premier League matches.

The Blues are, of course, without the injured Cole Palmer for this clash.

Reece James is only among the substitutes again, as Malo Gusto keeps his place at right-back.

Moises Caicedo is fit to start, despite only having his first training session of the week on Friday.

As for the Cottagers, Rodrigo Muniz retains his place up top despite a midweek goal for positional rival Raul Jimenez.

And budget FPL midfielder Josh King starts for the third league game in a row.

Harry Wilson is on the bench after shrugging off a midweek foot injury, while Antonee Robinson is also a substitute as he slowly builds up match fitness following his summer knee surgery.

LINE-UPS

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

Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, James, Fofana, Hato, Essugo, Santos, George, Gittens.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Anderson, Bassey, Castagne, Lukic, Berge, Sessegnon, King, Iwobi, Muniz.

Subs: Lecomte, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed, Cairney, Adama, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Jimenez.


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  1. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 8 days ago

    Absolute robbery against Fulham there; and lots of Pedro owners eating their words, I’m sure! 😉

  2. Cruyff's Eleven
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 8 days ago

    Yeah, boii

  3. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 8 days ago

    Apart from the disallowed goal & the Pedro goal the other talking point must be .
    What's going on at Chelsea ?
    Palmer injured in the warmup last week & Pedro hammy after 15 minutes.
    This isn't bad luck it's poor squad management & game preparation .
    Plus all those games played in the Club World Cup .

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 8 days ago

      Not 'plus', that's exactly what's happening.

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 8 days ago

      U mean delap hammy.. they got like 15 forwards/ attacking players.. they can cope

  4. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 8 days ago

    Pedro doubters in shambles

  5. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 months, 8 days ago

    Pedro killed me before the GW even started! Maybe next year.

  6. 420king
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 8 days ago

    I hope you guys took Pedro over Wood.

  7. Moon Dog
      6 months, 8 days ago

      Bassey has Joao Pedro (C)

      1. Bada Bing
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Shirley is a terrible defender.

    • Thanos
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 8 days ago

      Just wanted one player to not score. Got to laugh!

      1. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Crazy that the best player on the pitch scores, innit...

    • Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 8 days ago

      Silva needs to take a chill pill or his head will explode.

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Has every right to be angry cause the ref is a cheating b******

      2. Moon Dog
          6 months, 8 days ago

          I can understand the anger. Disgraceful decision.

      3. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Season keeper. Never in doubt.

      4. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Got JP in last night. First thing I’ve got right this season.

      5. Pedersen
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Pedro on 5dc. He can get that +2 pts still

        1. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Hard to get defensive contributions leading the line on the way to a hattrick, innit

      6. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Lol just saw the disallowed goal. People complaining that a goal is rightly disallowed are just outing themselves as salty Cucurella non owners

        1. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Didn’t you quit playing the game last season after making bad decisions?

          1. The Philosopher
            • 5 Years
            6 months, 8 days ago

            He's back to make more bad decisions!

      7. Warblers
        • 10 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        It’s games like this that make one question the integrity of the game. I would never bet on English football.

      8. Ady87
        • 12 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Starting the season with Pedro and panic selling GW1 has crippled me.

        1. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          I am regretting just not c him. Was 50-50 between him and Haaland

        1. JJO
          • 13 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Incompetent idiots

      9. Mother Farke
        • 2 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Jammy 1-0 lead for Chelsea. Fulham very impressive.

      10. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Pedro to Wood after GW1 **chefs kiss**

        1. gooberman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          knee jerking of the highest order.

          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            6 months, 8 days ago

            Wildcard tbf

            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              6 months, 8 days ago

              So there were another 14 almost equally bad transfers made

        2. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Could have picked Delap, or Jackson.

      11. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Darn. Should have gone with j pedro c after all.

        1. The Philosopher
          • 5 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Nah, Haaland will outscore him.

      12. JJO
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Ofcourse he scores in 75th min of first half after fking idiots ruin the game with that var decision

        1. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Instead of 1-0 would have been 1-1 then. Still j pedro goal will stand

      13. Underdogs11
        • 5 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Yeah, Pedro and Enzo are really useless... 😉

      14. gooberman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Celebrating a Joao Pedro goal only to see his EO is 96%. Lol

        1. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Cool kids captained him

      15. fusen
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Jesus, just saw the fantasy football hub TV advert on TNT sports.

        This FPL lark seems to actually have quite a lot of money behind it...

        1. OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Wow

        2. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Sad times

      16. WVA
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        More contact in that Muniz incident than there was for Arsenals penalty

      17. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        How are Pedro cappers feeling?

        1. The Knights Template
          • 12 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Juuuuuust fine, TKT, juuuust fine!

      18. OverTinker
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Damn it Pedro

      19. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Pedro, Richarlison, Raphinha, Cunha, Paqueta, Martinelli are important players in the Brazil squad. But they don't seem to be as good as the old Brazil attackers like Ronaldo, Kaka, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Neymar. Vinicius Jr is probably the closest thing Brazil have to a superstar attacker and he isn't as good as those old guys were.

        1. OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Yes they are like from the third division as compared to those super stars

        2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 15 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Yes it’s laughable to put those in the same sentence with Ronaldinho and r9

        3. Dannyb
          • 8 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          I hate Vinicius, has the most punchable face ever in my opinion lol.

        4. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          current Brazil players are meh

        5. #1 Salah Hater
          • 1 Year
          6 months, 8 days ago

          "they don't seem to be"?

          May as well of said United's '99 side don't seem to be as good as their current day XI.

        6. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Raphinha is class. Best of the lot right now.

        7. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          This applies to football overall. The superstar player doesn’t exist anymore cos Pep and his gang of xG disciples want robotic possession play instead of joga bonito. Sickening state of affairs.

      20. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        6 months, 8 days ago

        Currently ranked 98k.

        1. tangtastic
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          thanks for the update

        2. Bobby Digital
          • 8 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          You're reaching Virgin levels of cringe

          1. The Knights Template
            • 12 Years
            6 months, 8 days ago

            Oh dear God no. Ok, will pull mine head in and politely remove mineself from the community!

            1. Oi! Shadders!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              6 months, 8 days ago

              This schtick became tedious a long time ago.

              1. The Knights Template
                • 12 Years
                6 months, 8 days ago

                Jousting schtick maybe.

                1. Oi! Shadders!
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
                  6 months, 8 days ago

                  Ha!

        3. Make FPL Casual Again
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Dont you know, you're only supposed to whiningly post your bad decisions, low scores, rank drops etc.

          Peeps should listen to more Tony Robbins

      21. Moon Dog
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Found some old jalapeno jam at the back of my fridge and now my stomach is mad. First blunder of the GW.

        • FPL Sanky
          • 2 Years
          6 months, 8 days ago

          Pedro destroying my season