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Sunday’s final match sees Chelsea take on Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Liam Rosenior makes two changes from the FA Cup win over Port Vale.

Marc Cucurella and Moises Caicedo come in for Tosin Adarabioyo and Romeo Lavia, who drop to the bench.

Jorrel Hato will presumably move to centre-back as a result.

Estevao, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto and Joao Pedro make up the front four.

As expected, Enzo Fernandez is not available following public comments about his future at Chelsea.

As for Man City, they make just one alteration from the FA Cup: Gianluigi Donnarumma in for James Trafford in goal.

All the outfielders remain the same, with Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku supporting Erling Haaland up top.

LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Santos, Estevao, Palmer, Neto, J Pedro

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Acheampong, Tosin, Sarr, Essugo, Lavia, Garnacho, Guiu, Delap

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly, Bernardo, Rodri, Semenyo, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Kovacic, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Foden

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. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    Benched Guehi 15 pointer :/

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 day, 20 hours ago

      Ouch

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 20 hours ago

      Ouch!

    3. Ser Davos
      • 10 Years
      1 day, 20 hours ago

      sorry to hear, TS! 🙁

    4. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Gutting

  2. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    With muscle injuries, I dont expect O'Reilly to br back soon. Best 3 City now is Haaland, Semenyo and Guehi. Any one with a good FH team to share?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 20 hours ago

      Darlow
      Guehi Senesi Van Hecke
      Semenyo Palmer Tavernier Weiffer
      Haaland Kroupi DCL

      1. ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 20 hours ago

        Cheers. I just dont feel comfortable with that team over the likes of Bruno, Thiago etc

        1. Miguel Sanchez
          • 9 Years
          1 day, 20 hours ago

          I completely get that

    2. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Just forget about CHE and you will do great!

    3. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      He was on the bench though? Not sure it's that serious, week to recover

  3. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    Cole Palmer defcons was not in my expectations. I didn’t even know he did defcons!

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      3rd time he's got them I think

  4. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    One game to go, can I call a WC success with projected +38% rank increase? 😛

  5. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    WC goes up in flames every season lol

  6. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    73 points. Up to 181k

    Bruno(C) & Mbeumo left to play.

    GET IN

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Nice one

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      76 with Bruno (C).

      IF ONLY I had played KDH instead of Thiaw

  7. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    Senesi defcon finally corrected

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Oh nice, extra couple points always welcome…

  8. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 20 hours ago

    Just comparing my pre-WC team with my WC team, the damage is not as bad as I thought. Both teams scored 48 points with both having Bruno captain to come, but my old team would have Mbuemo and my new team has DCL still to go.
    Feel much better about the WC now!

    1. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      w/c 61 points
      gw31 ,36 points +dcl

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Am 22 pts better off on WC apparently, the luck is on my side 😉

  9. H Dog
    • 16 Years
    1 day, 19 hours ago

    Assuming NOR out for only Arsenal/not LT, transfer out Thiago for JP or Rogers for Gordon/Tavernier?

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      I think he is a sell tbh.

      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        1 day, 19 hours ago

        You really think injury was that bad?

        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 day, 19 hours ago

          Hamstrings usually are.

          1. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 day, 19 hours ago

            He went sitting on the grass when they had the ball. No idea how bad that was, but Romero's knee is certainly much worse. Even tear 1 hammy is often more than one week, usually 2-3, so I can't see Pep taking any risks with him.

            1. Utopsis
              • 6 Years
              1 day, 19 hours ago

              Fair enough, thanks for the explanation mate

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      I think Thiago (FUL) could well outscore JP (MAN, bha) this GW.

      I am looking at something like Rogers to Tavernier/Scott or a Brighton mid

      1. H Dog
        • 16 Years
        1 day, 19 hours ago

        I think you are probably right, and certainly not worth a point hit then

        I already have Hinshelwood, so would prefer Tavernier. I'm ahead of rival who has Gordon so would covering that change it?

  10. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 19 hours ago

    Best Bournemouth mid for the double:

    A) Scott
    B) Tavernier
    C) Rayan

    1. H Dog
      • 16 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Scott I don't think has enough routes for points, Rayan is a bit streaky/still adapting so Tavernier for me, although if in a mini league rivalry and they have Tavernier then Rayan

  11. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 day, 19 hours ago

    Neto or Gross on FH?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Gross

  12. The Senate
    • 7 Years
    1 day, 19 hours ago

    If Nico is confirmed injured-

    Who’s the better option out of guehi/nunes?

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Content creators will be discussing this a lot. Good question. After watching this game, I would pick Guehi. Ideally I would like to have bothnon FH, but that would mean no Semenyo.

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 19 hours ago

      Guehi is better for defcon and bonus.