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We’ve got a bonus Premier League match this evening in the super-late 8pm BST slot.

Brentford v Chelsea rounds off the day’s action.

TEAM NEWS

The Bees have made two changes for this evening’s game, one enforced as Mikkel Damsgaard misses out due to illness.

Dango Ouattara drops to the bench, too, as Keith Andrews channels the spirit of his predecessor by moving to – we think – a 5-3-2 against a big-six club.

Ethan Pinnock and Mathias Jensen come in.

As for Chelsea, Enzo Maresca has made four alterations.

Wesley Fofana and Jorrel Hato are surprise starters at the back, with Malo Gusto and Marc Cucurella dropping to the bench.

Jamie Gittens comes in for the absent Estevao out wide, meanwhile.

And with Cole Palmer only deemed fit enough for the bench, Facundo Buonanotte is given the nod to replace the injured Liam Delap.

Alejandro Garnacho is among the substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Pinnock, van den Berg, Yarmoliuk, Henderson, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Schade, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry, Ajer, Janelt, Onyeka, Carvalho, Outtara, Nelson.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Chalobah, Adarabioyo, Fofana, Hato, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Buonanotte, Gittens, Joao Pedro

Subs: Jorgensen, James, Gusto, Cucurella, Acheampong, Santos, George, Palmer, Garnacho.

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  1. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Scade G

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Justice for Cucu

      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        He will come on late and tie it

  2. WVA
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Watkins Reijnders to Haaland KDH?

    Sels
    Diouf VdV Konsa
    Salah Bruno Semenyo KDH
    Haaland Pedro Mateta
    Dub King Rodon Reinildo

  3. JBG
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Brentford G

  4. F4L
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    schade g
    henderson a

  5. Twisted Saltergater
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Get in!

  6. F4L
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    kevin de henderson

  7. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Schade!

    Say it right, Frenchie

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Never!

  8. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Good stuff, Chelsea have had some very lucky cleanies

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      All cleanies are very lucky

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        Ok, particularly lucky

  9. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    JP’s on the centre line something needs to change

  10. Twisted Saltergater
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    It’s so much easier to sit in, then counter with genuine pace. Attacking teams are far too rigid, playing too safe.

  11. Pointless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Free the Cucu One!

  12. F4L
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    pedro just isnt a 9. very surprised guiu has got the cold shoulder and jackson was allowed to go

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Guiu is gash

    2. claretparrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Not saying he's good, but seems odd to recall him if you're not even going to have him in the squad in these circumstances

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      They didn’t foresee the Delap injury

    4. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Manchester City won the league without a proper 9 (2021/2022)

    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Firmino says hi

  13. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    The old boy still got it

  14. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    As per usual the WC is a big fail.

    1. Salarrivederci
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Pretty happy with my WC actually

    2. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      One GW, still ongoing, long season. Anything can happen

  15. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Maresca put out a shite team. Andrews got his boys drilled. Wasn’t like there wasn’t a warning with other long balls

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Best part of 2 billion quid spent and this is what they've got to show for it

      1. Jimmers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        But, but but they're World CClub Champions! 🙂

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 13 hours ago

          They win trophies, I'll give them that. The big trophies are a long, long way off still.

  16. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Some tragic goalkeeping from Sanchez

    1. claretparrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Massive deflection

    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Watch the replay

  17. Twisted Saltergater
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Chelsea quite complacent. Playing like they only need to turn up to win.

    1. F4L
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      dont blame them after they were handed free points against palace and fulham

  18. Nightf0x
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Sels
    Neco burn konsa (dorgu vdv)
    Salah gakpo kudus semenyo (rejinders)
    Gyokeres pedro watkins

    Initial thoughts, which ?

    A) watkins to wood
    B) konsa to guehi
    C) roll ft

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Why not Dorgu to Guehi?

  19. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Brentford has forgotten how to pass and somehow still leads...what a disaster of a game.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Reminds me of the way Nuno set up Wolves to beat Man City, with Jimenez and Adama up front.

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Best league in the world has had a pretty poor day.

  20. Qaiss
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    DefCon needs to be removed from the game next season. You can’t have players getting 4 points when they concede a goal, it just kills having good defenders and cheap attacking midfielders

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      It kills expensive defenders if we’re able to find aggressive 4.5m CBs in decent defences.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        Alderete at 4.0 is a cheat code

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Just get cheap defenders and cheap attackers. It's a huge flex.

    3. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      They'd need to remove most chips before the game is back to being good...

      1. Qaiss
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        I do agree

      2. Twisted Saltergater
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        Content creators dream

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 13 hours ago

          The gravy train

    4. F4L
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      think the increase in clean sheets this season has caught fpl towers off guard as well

      plus the increase in bps for successful tackles, its like the perfect storm

      i hope they stay, but any defenders that is half decent with defcons this season are really put up in price next year. like hardly any defenders under 5 who even get defcon 1 in every 3 etc, unless they offer literally no attacking threat

      1. Qaiss
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        It’s going to look very stupid when 4.5 defenders outscore most midfielders by the end of the season

        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 13 hours ago

          Not if you play 5 at the back 😉 But when we lookbat player prices, yes. Few goals, Saka and Palmer injured for example, a lot of clean sheets... Many things can change.

          1. Qaiss
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 13 hours ago

            Playing 5 defenders isn’t what FPL should be about

    5. pundit of punts
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      DEFCON is atrocious

    6. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Maybe they'll introduce AtckCon next season. 4 shots/chances created = 2 points

  21. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    44m & Chelsea get a shot on target

  22. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Where’s Sanchez off to

  23. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    HT 🙄

  24. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Brentford away is a tough fixture

    Point noted

  25. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    No CS for Chelsea is a Godsend though

  26. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Here comes Palmer

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Here he doesn't. He's definitely very injured.

      Cucu should be on at HT, though.

  27. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    -8 is alot, but im considering
    RAN Rogers Kudus ->
    Alderete Salah KDH

    Petrovic
    Cucurella Porro Muñoz
    Salah Semenyo Enzo Reijnders
    Haaland Pedro Richarlison

    Dubravka KDH Alderete Gudmundsson

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      I don’t think Kudus is a must sell

      1. DandyDon
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        No but his main chances today were late on against 10 men. I also have Johnson so he’s first to go!

      2. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        Kudus looked good today. I was even thinking possibly getting him whilst watching the game.

        1. Mother Farke
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 13 hours ago

          Terrifies defenders when running at them, but never looks like scoring.

          1. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 months, 13 hours ago

            All fart, no poo... Yes, lack of end product seems to be the issue.

          2. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 13 hours ago

            Reminds me of Adama Traore

  28. DandyDon
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Semenyo rising and Watkins dropping tonight. Need 0.1 extra to move Johnson out for Semenyo so thinking Watkins goes as well despite 3 good fixtures coming up?

    A) Johnson+Watkins to Semenyo+Ekitike
    B) Johnson+Saliba to Semenyo+Timber
    C) Johnson+Cucurella to Semenyo+Sensi

    1. Qaiss
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      Early transfers when there’s midweek games isn’t worth it

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      If there were no price changes, would you sell Watkins?

      1. DandyDon
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        Probably not but I’ve already lost 0.1 on him! Yea I’ll probably hold but a hit for a defender change isn’t as great

  29. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Worth considering a WC here?

    Sels | Dub
    Milenkovic | Tosin | VdV | Gudmundsson | Esteve
    Salah | Grealish | Bruno | Reijnders | Kudus
    Ekitike | JP | Watkins

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      If you’re considering it with that squad, then I definitely should be

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      JP, Reijnders, Watkins, Kudus all look like duds. Salah overpriced when you can get defcon monsters for a third of the price.

      Semenyo is perma (c) material. Double Forest defence with Ange.

      Consider it

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        Reijnders is not a dud 😆

    3. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 13 hours ago

      GW not over, games tomorrow (Salah, Ekitike, Bruno, Reijnders)

      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 12 hours ago

        I'm looking at next week and the following ones.

  30. JT11fc
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 13 hours ago

    Now that Im awake Chelsea can do something ay? Come on ladsh