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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
    1 year, 7 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
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Yeah, boii

  3. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 7 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
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

  4. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Pedro doubters in shambles

  5. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

  6. 420king
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    I hope you guys took Pedro over Wood.

  7. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Bassey has Joao Pedro (C)

    1. Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      Shirley is a terrible defender.

  8. Thanos
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

    1. The Philosopher
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

  9. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

    2. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 7 days ago

      I can understand the anger. Disgraceful decision.

  10. The Philosopher
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Season keeper. Never in doubt.

  11. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

  12. Pedersen
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

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

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

  13. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 7 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
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

      1. The Philosopher
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 7 days ago

        He's back to make more bad decisions!

  14. Warblers
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

  15. Ady87
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

    1. JJO
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      Incompetent idiots

  16. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

  17. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Pedro to Wood after GW1 **chefs kiss**

    1. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      knee jerking of the highest order.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 7 days ago

        Wildcard tbf

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 14 Years
          1 year, 7 days ago

          So there were another 14 almost equally bad transfers made

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

      Could have picked Delap, or Jackson.

  18. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

    1. The Philosopher
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      Nah, Haaland will outscore him.

  19. JJO
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 7 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
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

  20. Underdogs11
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

  21. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

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

      Cool kids captained him

  22. fusen
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 7 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
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      Wow

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      Sad times

  23. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

  24. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    How are Pedro cappers feeling?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      Juuuuuust fine, TKT, juuuust fine!

  25. OverTinker
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Damn it Pedro

  26. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 7 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
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

    3. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

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

    4. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      current Brazil players are meh

    5. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 7 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
      1 year, 7 days ago

      Raphinha is class. Best of the lot right now.

    7. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 7 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.

  27. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Currently ranked 98k.

    1. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      thanks for the update

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 7 days ago

      You're reaching Virgin levels of cringe

      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 7 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
          1 year, 7 days ago

          This schtick became tedious a long time ago.

          1. The Knights Template
            • 12 Years
            1 year, 7 days ago

            Jousting schtick maybe.

            1. Oi! Shadders!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              1 year, 7 days ago

              Ha!

    3. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 7 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

  28. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 7 days ago

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

  29. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 7 days ago

    Pedro destroying my season