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21 March 2026 244 comments
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Everton v Chelsea continues the steady dribble of Premier League football on Saturday.

Kick-off on Merseyside is at 17:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

The big team news for the hosts is that James Tarkowski starts after missing out last weekend due to injury.

His inclusion prompts a reshuffle: Jake O’Brien moves to right-back, James Garner to midfield and Tim Iroegbunam to the bench.

The Toffees are otherwise unchanged.

Another Everton centre-half who missed out in Gameweek 30, Jarrad Branthwaite, is among the substitutes.

Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior makes three changes from the 3-0 defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.

One is enforced as Trevoh Chalobah is out for six weeks with an ankle injury. Wesley Fofana replaces him.

Malo Gusto recovers from illness and comes in for Mamadou Sarr, while Romeo Lavia ousts Andrey Santos in midfield.

Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer and Enzo Fernandez, as expected, are in Rosenior’s line-up following their early withdrawals on Tuesday.

LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Gana, Garner, McNeil, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Beto.

Subs: Travers, Patterson, Barry, Dibling, Coleman, Branthwaite, Röhl, Iroegbunam, Armstrong.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Lavia, Palmer, Enzo, Neto, Pedro.

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Acheampong, Tosin, Sarr, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Estevao, Garnacho, Delap.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

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  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    8 days, 5 hours ago

    Chelsea shocking

  2. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    8 days, 5 hours ago

    Thank god I didn’t FH this GW. Can see my self going a couple of Chelsea and Pool.

  3. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    8 days, 5 hours ago

    Looks like sir Jordan is not getting any bonus smh

  4. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 days, 5 hours ago

    I’m on 28 points with 6 to go. The struggle is real.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      8 days, 4 hours ago

      Looks like a bad week to have a bad week as well

  5. SIMBOBIANTHEIII
      8 days, 5 hours ago

      RMWCT:

      Goalkeepers (GK):
      Raya
      Darlow
      Gabriel
      Virgil
      Van Hecke
      O'Reilly
      Thiaw
      B.Fernandes
      Dewsbury-...
      Gordon
      Semenyo
      Rice
      Welbeck
      João Pedro
      Thiago

      1. Sly Fly
        • 16 Years
        8 days, 4 hours ago

        9/10 for the team.

        0/10 for layout.

      2. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        8 days, 4 hours ago

        Assume that's a João Pedro that doesn't play for Chelsea?

    • Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      8 days, 5 hours ago

      Hipster Liam getting sacked in the morning.

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        8 days, 5 hours ago

        Can’t wait for the interview 😉

        1. The 12th Man
          • 12 Years
          8 days, 5 hours ago

          Have some respect

    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      8 days, 5 hours ago

      All on (G)ordon to save my season

    • bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 days, 5 hours ago

      Is Pedro even playing? What the heck is with CHE?

    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 days, 5 hours ago

      Got my first Pickford CS of the season.

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 days, 5 hours ago

      Chelsea 4 defeats on the bounce since 1933 respect the ball flol

    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 days, 5 hours ago

      On another note, can’t wait to get rid of Enzo. Worst buy of the season for me.

      1. Absolutely Muñozed
          8 days, 5 hours ago

          him and rogers

        • Pompel
          • 12 Years
          8 days, 5 hours ago

          ^this

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            8 days, 4 hours ago

            Actually got rid of Rogers at the right time.

            Then nullified it by getting Watkins instead!

      2. Absolutely Muñozed
          8 days, 5 hours ago

          17 massive points from Pickford and Keane!!! wow really loving this after Hill -1 yesterday

        • SIMBOBIANTHEIII
            8 days, 5 hours ago

            46 with 5 to go.
            Not bad?

            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              8 days, 5 hours ago

              Better than 25 with 3.

            2. Absolutely Muñozed
                8 days, 5 hours ago

                55 but no Thiago - Thiaw, Gordon, Rogers and Richarlison to go

                1. SIMBOBIANTHEIII
                    8 days, 5 hours ago

                    Howw do ya have 55!?

                    1. Absolutely Muñozed
                        8 days, 4 hours ago

                        captain bruno, Pickford, Keane and Wilson main contributors. Also have hill

                  • bso
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    8 days, 5 hours ago

                    48 with 3 to go. Could be worse.

                2. Pompel
                  • 12 Years
                  8 days, 5 hours ago

                  What a failure - three players in a 3-0 match , and not a single return.

                  1. Royal5
                    • 14 Years
                    8 days, 4 hours ago

                    Chelsea look awful

                3. JBG
                  • 7 Years
                  8 days, 5 hours ago

                  KDH and Tarkowski with 9pts between them and yet they basically just cancelled out Wilson and VVD around me... giving me barely a green arrow, for now. Fun season.