Newcastle v Chelsea team news: Enzo benched

FPL GW33 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Darlow

O’Reilly
Senesi
Struijk

Semenyo
Bruno Fernandes
Tavernier
Palmer

João Pedro
Welbeck
Haaland

Dubravka
van Hecke
Hill
Okafor

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.4m	94.1%	Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	94.2%	Likely
Mateta	CRY	7.5m	100.4%	Very Likely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	93.3%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	92.4%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	89.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	88.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	78.7%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	88.2%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	62.5%	Unlikely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	71.1%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	73.0%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	71.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	71.8%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.8%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	72.2%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	69.2%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	70.6%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	70.3%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	65.9%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	63.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	60.6%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	60.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	58.7%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	58.2%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	57.8%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	53.5%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	54.1%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	47.2%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	51.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	50.4%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	45.7%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	46.2%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	41.6%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	44.3%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	43.2%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	41.8%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	41.1%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	40.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	101.4%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	99.5%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.2m	86.6%	Maybe
Dalot	MUN	4.6m	97.9%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	94.8%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	93.5%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	88.2%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	86.7%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	92.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	89.3%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	89.5%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	88.8%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.3m	89.8%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	87.6%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	87.1%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	84.7%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	85.7%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.1m	85.2%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	85.7%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	81.5%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	79.0%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	77.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	77.3%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	73.9%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	63.2%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	73.3%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	71.4%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	75.8%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	69.0%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	70.2%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.3m	71.1%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	69.5%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	68.8%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	67.4%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	65.7%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	66.3%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	66.5%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 16 Apr, 2026 10:18pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A, Inj
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 12:20pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:11pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:13pm

Dugout Discussion

20 December 2025 515 comments

Skonto Rigga

Gameweek 17 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) begins on Tyneside with Newcastle United v Chelsea.

Kick-off is at 12.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

There are two changes from the Newcastle side that lost to Sunderland last weekend.

Tino Livramento is injured, while Anthony Elanga drops to the bench.

Jacob Ramsey and Jacob Murphy come into the side.

It looks like Lewis Miley will be at right-back again, as he was in midweek.

After making wholesale changes in the EFL Cup, Enzo Maresca pretty much reverts to the side that he sent out in Gameweek 16.

There’s one change, however: Moises Caicedo is in for Enzo Fernandez.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Ramsdale, Miley, Schar, Thiaw, Hall, Guimaraes, Tonali, Ramsey, J Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon.

Subs: Ruddy, Joelinton, Wissa, Barnes, Elanga, A Murphy, Willock, Shahar, Neave.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, James, Caicedo, Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Pedro.

Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Badiashile, Tosin, Hato, Andrey Santos, Buonanotte, Fernandez, Guiu.

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Kaneyonero
4 months, 3 hours ago
CS Thiawed away
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Defcons are for Kinnear
4 months, 3 hours ago
Clear penalty!!!
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OverTinker
4 months, 3 hours ago
Has Bruno G done anything??
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BeaversWithAttitude
4 months, 3 hours ago
Clean tackle.
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g40steve
4 months, 3 hours ago
Pen
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g40steve
4 months, 3 hours ago
On field decision no pen
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F4L
4 months, 3 hours ago
ref(s) had a shocker there
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x.jim.x
4 months, 3 hours ago
Might as well just bin the sport completely if people genuinely think that's a penalty
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Tonyawesome69
4 months, 3 hours ago
Thiago starts https://x.com/i/status/2002374721136959639
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1. nanxun
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Thx for sharing good news for owners. Now just hope he can return. We'll see ....
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  1. iFash@FPL
    4 months, 3 hours ago
    We just need a hat trick of goals from him, in the opponents’ net… 🙂
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    1. I have no Wirtz
      4 months, 3 hours ago
      Second that.
      
      Own goals by strikers can be so irritating, leads to wrong decisions by owners in the weeks after.
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    2. nanxun
      4 months, 3 hours ago
      Amen.
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2. Sailboats
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Thank God
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3. iFash@FPL
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Awesome Hallelujah!
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Bigbars
4 months, 3 hours ago
This is what happens when the boy cries wolf one too many times. That is a Pen, but Gordon's reputation has been taken into consideration in that decision i'm sure by his constant throwing himself to the ground.
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1. iFash@FPL
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  So is there a wolf or not?
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  1. z13
    4 months, 3 hours ago
    There arguably was
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2. Zalk
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Ref has been useless the whole game
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3. Feanor
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Headband hero has himself to blame
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  1. Bigbars
    4 months, 3 hours ago
    He throws himself about on everyone, any time he's on the receiving end he throws himself to the ground... me thinks he needs to spend some time in the gym, a gust of wind will blow him over
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g40steve
4 months, 3 hours ago
Gusto off
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Tonyawesome69
4 months, 3 hours ago
Gordon weak in a shoulder-to-shoulder challenge...
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1. x.jim.x
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Got sent flying by a bloke with the build of Shaggy from Scooby Doo
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  1. iFash@FPL
    4 months, 3 hours ago
    LOL!
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  2. FPL Blow-In
    4 months, 3 hours ago
    Chalobah is a beast
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    1. iFash@FPL
      4 months, 3 hours ago
      Aren’t we all?
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    2. x.jim.x
      4 months, 3 hours ago
      Lad's built like a Nik Nak
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FPL Blow-In
4 months, 3 hours ago
City

XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Bernardo (C), Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Ake, Savinho, Khusanov, Gray, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni, R. Heskey
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1. FPL Blow-In
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  West Ham
  
  Areola, Walker-Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Magassa, Potts, Fernandes, Summerville, Paqueta, Bowen.
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2. Mr. O'Connell
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Come on the Foden blank
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3. x.jim.x
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  City have got WHO on the bench???
  
  https://media.tenor.com/ZQo0VJn2HC8AAAAM/ian-wright-arsenal.gif
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Sir Michael Taker
4 months, 3 hours ago
Van Hecke ill for BHA
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z13
4 months, 3 hours ago
Wolt would have taken it to make hattie
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Sgt. Schultz
4 months, 3 hours ago
No Van Hecke
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FPL Blow-In
4 months, 3 hours ago
No Van Hecke for Brighton
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Sgt. Schultz
4 months, 3 hours ago
Thiago Legend starts
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1. g40steve
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Bugger removed him & Wolte this week 🙁
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Kaneyonero
4 months, 3 hours ago
Tg for Thiago bag me a Hattie please
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1. Sir Michael Taker
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Pretty much every team in my ML has Haaland cap, Thiago. Irrelevant points
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  1. Feanor
    4 months, 3 hours ago
    Ekiteke is the difference maker
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F4L
4 months, 3 hours ago
did the ref just play advantage when cucurella was fouled on edge of box and chelsea were going backwards?
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Bobby Digital
4 months, 3 hours ago
Went OReilly over Thiaw a few weeks back when they were the same price. Best decision I've made all season.
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Mr Arsenal
4 months, 3 hours ago
That pen decision is baffling. That’s as clear a pen as you will see. Complete clean-out, no touch of the ball, first contact on Gordon’s knee.

Incredible.
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1. FPL Blow-In
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  I couldn’t disagree with you more.
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The Bandit
4 months, 3 hours ago
Schar gets a birthday card
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brianutd-why always we? 20
4 months, 3 hours ago
Foden Haaland and O’Reilly check
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1. Feanor
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  And Nunes
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2. FPL Blow-In
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Fingers crossed
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Sgt. Schultz
4 months, 3 hours ago
Schar YC
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Bigbars
4 months, 3 hours ago
So many grass rolls in this game... why cant they book play acting... some repeat offenders and how quick they jump up when they get the decision.. make them go off the pitch for 30secs regardless of treatment, that'll stop them
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AJRRF
4 months, 3 hours ago
Guys, need help!! I have not used any of the 4 chips (didn't read the rules proper) and will expire after two gameweeks…what are the best chips to use for next two gameweeks you suggest? I am thinking TC and WC…or should use Bench boost instead?
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1. Sgt. Schultz
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Def not BB
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2. Snoop Udogie Dogg
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  TC and depending on the state of your team / FTs - WC or BB
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3. Bigbars
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Depends what you feel will get you points, My plan is FH next week, then wildcard to set up the team for the early new Year GW's.
  
  If your squad can get you a decent outlay, Bench Boost or Free Hit next week and Wildcard the following...
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DA Minnion (Former great)
4 months, 3 hours ago
Got in Van Hecke for my bench boost.
What a waste.
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1. tutankamun
  4 months, 3 hours ago
  Same here. It’s a heck of a blow.
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g40steve
4 months, 3 hours ago
Palmer has excellent vision
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Zilla
4 months, 3 hours ago
United were right selling Garnacho
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