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Chelsea v Man City team news: Estevao starts

12 April 2026 340 comments
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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. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    11 days, 59 mins ago

    Gtfo of my team Semenyo

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 days, 58 mins ago

      Good decision. Sell for sure

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    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 57 mins ago

      Silly action easy YC, at least no one capped him

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  2. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 days, 59 mins ago

    I'm not liking my Haaland (c) very much after this first half hour...

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      11 days, 55 mins ago

      Bruno the only realistic (c) this week.

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        11 days, 52 mins ago

        Bowen and Thiago too

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      2. TyroneGAA
        • 8 Years
        11 days, 51 mins ago

        One game left to go and you come out with this

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      3. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 days, 51 mins ago

        Just thought it might be a decent shout. But should have played safe.

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      4. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        11 days, 50 mins ago

        Need Bruno no show to save my season with Bowen Vice

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    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 days, 37 mins ago

      Haaland been poor in the league for a while now

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  3. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    11 days, 57 mins ago

    Now Cherki wasting OReilly A. OReilly the only one doing squat in this City side

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  4. WVA
    • 9 Years
    11 days, 52 mins ago

    WC up in flames of course

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    1. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 days, 46 mins ago

      Music to my ears…….

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    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      11 days, 39 mins ago

      You are crying as usual of course

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  5. FourLokoLeipzig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    11 days, 51 mins ago

    Is there a reason (aside from Chelsea’s defence being a bit rubbish) that Cucurella hasn’t been mentioned as an option for the double?

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      11 days, 50 mins ago

      He's been crap all season despite taking up dangerous positions

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    2. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 days, 46 mins ago

      I’d definitely consider him but I think for me Pedro, Palmer and Neto are better Chelsea option with possibly Enzo if he is back

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  6. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 days, 48 mins ago

    HT 0-0 is perfect. Would love Haaland, Pedro and Palmer to all blank this week.

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    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 45 mins ago

      not happening

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      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        11 days, 43 mins ago

        It will

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 42 mins ago

      0-1 with OReilly goal

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      1. Patio Kev
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 days, 37 mins ago

        Happily take that if that’s the worse my game week gets

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      2. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        11 days, 28 mins ago

        Oh yes!

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  7. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    11 days, 43 mins ago

    I'm a neutral, but I don't want Arsenal to win it this season. Not with the football they're playing.

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  8. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    11 days, 38 mins ago

    Haaland TC next week is going to be like a single GW against Burnley really. Not the most enticing but what other better options will there be either?

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    1. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      11 days, 31 mins ago

      Triple DCL will be a mighty differential

      But I think Bench Boost is the best move for me.

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  9. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    11 days, 29 mins ago

    NOR G

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 29 mins ago

      Cherki A think

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    2. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      11 days, 28 mins ago

      Cherki assist

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  10. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    11 days, 28 mins ago

    ALL HAIL WILDCARDERS

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      11 days, 26 mins ago

      Lol surely most non WCers still have him

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  11. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    11 days, 28 mins ago

    Points

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  12. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    11 days, 28 mins ago

    Cricky O’Reilly…

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    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      11 days, 27 mins ago

      Only 12.8% owned nice

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      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        11 days, 26 mins ago

        Now that's a surprise

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        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          11 days, 25 mins ago

          *nice surprise…

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    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      11 days, 27 mins ago

      Monster haul incoming…

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  13. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    11 days, 28 mins ago

    Up the wildcard. Floodgates now hopefully

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  14. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    11 days, 27 mins ago

    Wish O’Reilly could’ve waited until I had him next week for that 🙁

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  15. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    11 days, 27 mins ago

    Lovely - only just transferred him in this gameweek (not on wildcard)

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  16. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    11 days, 27 mins ago

    Why not cap OReilly next GW?

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 27 mins ago

      Why not TC?

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      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        11 days, 26 mins ago

        Team is set up for BB

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  17. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    11 days, 27 mins ago

    O’Reilly you sexy beast!

    I take it you all own him?

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      11 days, 27 mins ago

      Yes

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 27 mins ago

      Rival has Guehi over him

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      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        11 days, 23 mins ago

        That worked out ok 🙂

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      2. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        11 days, 22 mins ago

        Well

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    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      11 days, 26 mins ago

      Nah, preferred to keep Thiaw

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      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        11 days, 24 mins ago

        oops

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    4. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      11 days, 26 mins ago

      Unfortunately not

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    5. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 days, 25 mins ago

      o/

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  18. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 days, 26 mins ago

    Nice to get some points

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  19. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    11 days, 26 mins ago

    Get in!

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  20. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    11 days, 26 mins ago

    Crumble FC chanting 11 green bottles sitting on the wall…

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  21. Bigbars
    • 15 Years
    11 days, 25 mins ago

    With 6GW's to go... I'm thinking of not following the masses and not targeting next weeks DGW. the fixtures dont exactly look that appealing, but with 3 chips to burn in 6 weeks... what to do, FH GW34 seems fine still I think, and still talk of a DGW36 to target with BB or WC.

    Anyone else not going nuts over for DGW33?

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      11 days, 23 mins ago

      FH34 WC35 BB36 is as good a strat as any

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      1. Bigbars
        • 15 Years
        11 days, 19 mins ago

        yep ta, thinking that.. next weeks DGW just isn't spectacular. Gone are those lucky DGW's of yesteryear with one sided fixtures so we can load up on some teams. Even thinking of not getting semenyo and going for a differential.

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  22. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    11 days, 25 mins ago

    Cucu YC

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  23. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    11 days, 23 mins ago

    Guehi G

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 22 mins ago

      Cherki A

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  24. tutankamun
    • 16 Years
    11 days, 22 mins ago

    Cherki assist again

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  25. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 days, 22 mins ago

    Cherki was the city mid of choice

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      11 days, 21 mins ago

      Yup

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  26. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    11 days, 21 mins ago

    Miss him, but happy for Guéhi - great guy and a Rolls Royce of a player

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  27. el polako
    • 8 Years
    11 days, 20 mins ago

    North London in tears.

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  28. United13
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 days, 20 mins ago

    Any news on the Mukiele goal turning into an own goal? Anyone see if it was on target? For all the usual camera angles I haven’t seen anything which definitely shows it was on target

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    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      11 days, 20 mins ago

      Looked on target.

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      1. United13
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 days, 16 mins ago

        Interesting. Quite a few posts on here when the goal went in suggesting it was wildly off…

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  29. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    11 days, 20 mins ago

    City paid 34m for Cherki. What a steal!

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      11 days, 16 mins ago

      Think there was only 1 year on his contract

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  30. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    11 days, 20 mins ago

    City had David Silva, then Riyad Mahrez and now they have Rayan Cherki, proper creative player and great to watch.

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