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The opening Gameweek 12 match – and the first of 100 Premier League fixtures in the next 48 days! – is Burnley v Chelsea.

Kick-off at Turf Moor is at 12.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Chelsea make four changes today, with Reece James, Jamie Gittens, Tosin Adarabioyo and Andrey Santos brought in.

Moises Caicedo drops to the bench but Enzo Fernandez and Pedro Neto are fit to start.

Burnley are unchanged.

LINE-UPS

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Hartman, Cullen, Luis, Tchaouna, Ugochukwu, Anthony, Flemming

Subs: Weiss, Ekdal, Laurent, Pires, Mejbri, Edwards, Foster, Bruun Larsen, Broja

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Fernandez, Neto, Joao Pedro, Gittens, Delap

Subs: Jorgensen, Gusto, Badiashile, Hato, Acheampong, Caicedo, Estevao, Garnacho, Guiu


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  1. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Unlucky James owners
    But that's what you get with him
    High risk & high potential reward

  2. Emiliano Sala
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Injamsed?

  3. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    How Pedro/Delap play in front of Estevao is beyond me

  4. Count of Monte Hristo
    11 months, 23 days ago

    James never again! To Muñoz or Guehi and that’s the end of that chapter.

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      He and Joao Pedro…

      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        11 months, 23 days ago

        Pedro owner also, selling soon but other priorities ahead of that and not taking hits.

    2. tbos83
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Yup. See you later, never to return (cut to him netting a brace next game).

    3. Three Pints of Schlager
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Haha. Another injury. Even with his minutes managed. He should retire. This is not normal.

  5. Tonyawesome69
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Looks like a planned sub for James, just walked to the bench and didn't look like there was any issues

  6. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Is that a ref's assistant
    Or is it the Bionic Man with all them wires

    1. g40steve
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Looks like cheap kit to me

  7. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    OMG Pedro so bad

  8. g40steve
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Pedro row x

  9. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Pedro with a Defcon clearance into the stand

    1. Please Help I Don't Kn…
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Better than prime Maldini that.

  10. SpaceCadet
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Hooooold Sanchez!

    1. JBG
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Deez

  11. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Looks like Santos got his ankle scratched.

    Poor boy

    1. Brosstan
      11 months, 23 days ago

      What a baby. Cullen didnt even touch him.

  12. Digital-Real
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Burnley a goal down and Parker puts ten men behind the ball. Horrendous manager.

  13. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Sanchez CS looks pretty nailed at least

  14. The Mandalorian
    11 months, 23 days ago

    P45 for Enzo.

    Poor transfer.

    1. Tonyawesome69
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Kroupi comes in for Semenyo

    2. Supersonic_
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Dammit

    3. Brosstan
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Sarr hat trick confirmed as I held off the transfer...

    4. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      He's got a £65m release clause
      I think he's leaving early in January

    5. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      FFS BB ruined, worst chip in game

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      O’Reilly first sub

    7. Conners
      11 months, 23 days ago

      At least I'll get Gudnundsson's zero or 1 point off the bench.

    8. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Senesi (WHU) it is then. Was worried about benching him anyway...

  15. F4L
    11 months, 23 days ago

    poor from delap that

  16. EWH2020
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Kroupi Jr 1st sub feels good

    1. _Greg
      11 months, 23 days ago

      I'm playing Kroupi Jr over Haaland lol.

      1. _Greg
        11 months, 23 days ago

        ... Although Alderete bench brings him back in probably.

    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      same

  17. henrysquire
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Pedro is... (Insert Expletive Here).

    1. Three Pints of Schlager
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Pedro is the next one out after Reece.

    2. Ball Ake
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Missing

    3. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      crap,was at brighton too

      1. Ball Ake
        11 months, 23 days ago

        Yep, I watched most of his home games at Brighton, it's weird, he looked like an absolute world beater for 2 or 3 games then just sort of goes missing, like he can't be arsed

  18. PartyTime
    11 months, 23 days ago

    For anyone who might be wondering during this Free hit season.

    A change of rule:
    “Please note that when playing either a Wildcard or your Free Hit chip, any saved free transfers are maintained for the following Gameweek. If you had 2 saved free transfers, you will still have 2 saved free transfers the Gameweek after playing the chip.”

    ~Skonto Rigga

  19. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Omg Enzo so poor

    1. Gizzachance
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Has been for weeks when he was a bandwagon pick

      1. TheBiffas
        11 months, 23 days ago

        No, he's played very well recently. The returns just haven't been there

        1. Gizzachance
          11 months, 23 days ago

          Don’t get pts for playing well unfortunately

  20. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    If you’re have the worst season of your life is there anything you can do to change that?

    1. fusen
      11 months, 23 days ago

      wild card to a team that is scoring points

      1. WVA
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 months, 23 days ago

        Tried that, they all stopped scoring points immediately

    2. Brosstan
      11 months, 23 days ago

      No, this game is 100% luck.

      1. WVA
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 months, 23 days ago

        Agree tbf

  21. fusen
    11 months, 23 days ago

    James is made of swiss cheese, he's only 25 and is managed like he's about 39. Seems to break down at the slightest breeze.

    1. tbos83
      11 months, 23 days ago

      By a long stretch my worst buy of the season.

    2. PartyTime
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Fat buttocks & no flair type of player

  22. Basileus
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Semenyo out

    1. JBG
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Did Chelsea already buy him and then sub him out?

      1. Three Pints of Schlager
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        11 months, 23 days ago

        He was spotted at Old Trafford earlier today.

    2. Gizzachance
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Andersen my first sub then

  23. _Greg
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Content Creators fail to manifest Semenyo fitness!

  24. FantasyTony
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Isak's pre season is over.

  25. JBG
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Woltemade coming on for Semenyo

  26. F4L
    11 months, 23 days ago

    king starts for fulham

    1. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Need him this week

      1. Sun God Nika
        11 months, 23 days ago

        Same

  27. BeaversWithAttitude
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Didn't know Martha Stewart is a Chelsea fan.

  28. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Caicedo going to come on?

  29. Gizzachance
    11 months, 23 days ago

    Diego Gomez brighton, is he worth bench place more than a Stach dewsbury hall etc ?

    1. F4L
      11 months, 23 days ago

      need to see when mitoma comes back if he still starts somewhere

      1. Gizzachance
        11 months, 23 days ago

        Good point

    2. TheBiffas
      11 months, 23 days ago

      Only playing until mitoma is back

      1. Gizzachance
        11 months, 23 days ago

        Cheers