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Thanks to the Bank Holiday in the United Kingdom, we’ve got the unusual spectacle of a Monday 3pm BST kick-off today.

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest is our mid-afternoon match before Everton v Manchester City later.

TEAM NEWS

There are teamsheet surprises from both teams, although mostly the visitors.

The headline news from Chelsea is that winger Jesse Derry makes his first professional start.

The Blues have four senior wide-men out, with Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho joining the absent contingent today.

Cole Palmer also starts, having only been a substitute in the FA Cup semi-final.

Levi Colwill and Reece James are on the bench after recovering from injury.

As for Forest, carnage.

Vitor Pereira makes eight changes from the Tricky Trees’ UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg against Aston Villa.

Chris Wood, Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White are among those on the bench.

The only survivors from Thursday night are Morato, Nicolas Dominguez and Igor Jesus.

LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella, Caicedo, Lavia, Palmer, Derry, Fernandez, Joao Pedro.

Subs: Jorgensen, Colwill, Hato, James, Fofana, Acheampong, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Delap.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Abbott, Morato, Jair Cunha, Netz, Yates, McAtee, Dominguez, Bakwa, Igor Jesus, Awoniyi.

Subs: Ortega, Williams, Milenkovic, Anderson, Moreira, Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Lucca, Wood

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:

eight changes

price change predictions

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  1. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Eff off Palmer you useless c##t!

  2. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Sold Palmer to Saka and a Sels owner - are the stars aligning for me finally?!

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Sels - wow

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Neco too unfortunately…

  3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Cole Palmer will be playing in the Turkish League in a few seasons, absolute dross

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Overrated, injury prone t1t

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Another English one season wonder

  4. Big Mike
    • 3 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    I'm beginning to think that bringing in Cole Palmer on a 32 wildcard was the biggest mistake I've made this season.

    1. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 18 days ago

      This! It will cost me my mini league title for sure now it’s over

    2. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Same, feel your pain

  5. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Chelsea ain't scoring today

  6. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Palmer you beautiful man

  7. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Forest will have had harder training sessions today than this first half

  8. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Sanchez, Palmer and Pedro.

    I’d have more points if Chelsea didn’t play.

  9. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Palmer bro

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Pep knows

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Is Palmer still essential?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      At parties yes, jokes are important

  11. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Does anyone have the number of this chippy chips mofo? I just wanna talk.

  12. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Absolutely zero reason for Palmer to be in the England squad for this World Cup. Has stunk the place out for close to 2 years now

    There's no world where he can have an FPL price of more than 7.5m next season

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      8.5 at least. There is potential, just like with Foden.

    2. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 18 days ago

      I was just thinking that. Tuchel is in the crowd.

      So many players ahead of him in the 10 and out wide. I'd sooner take MGW and Bowen.

      1. Moon Dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Dewsbury-Hall & Hinshelwood too

    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      I’m not convinced he’ll make it in, so many players in better form

    4. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      He isn’t that goog anyway, way overrated. Or overly keen on Rogers either tbh. MGW, Eze and Bellingham.

  13. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Cole "lukewarm" Palmer

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Easy sell for Saka...

  14. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Expectations was 6 points, so I will take 4 points hopefully

  15. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    On my bench boost, I have 4 players currently combining for -2 points

  16. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Palmer 5.5m starting price next season

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Will still think long and hard at that price.

  17. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Slim pickings but start one

    Enzo @ Liverpool
    Pedro @ Liverpool
    Struijk @ Spurs
    Ampadu @ Spurs

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Enzo and Pedro, you deserve it for having both.

      (Probably Ampadu for the defcons)

  18. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Everyone moaning about owning Palmer and Chelsea in general…
    But cmon, we’d all do it again in a heartbeat. DGW’s are like heroin…

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      We're wiser now

      1. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Yeah, we prefer coke now.

  19. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    If you count captain twice Ive had 9 pen misses this season. Bruno, Bruno (C), Semenyo, Haaland (C), Thiago, Welbeck, Palmer. Over the entire season theres been 15 pen misses...

  20. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    You couldn't make it up

  21. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Gambling on Henderson getting the chance to save a penalty next gameweek

  22. Stranger Mings
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Gw36 Bench 2 of a) pedro liv or b) palmer liv c) thuago city d) tavenier ful.

  23. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Reinforcements for Forest

  24. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Palmer + Pedro -> Saka + Richarlison?

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Personally I'd keep them, they probably want revenge after today.

      1. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Enough, mate.

        1. JBG
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Just do it mate, but maybe a differential instead of Saka?

    2. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Yea im doing Palmer > Saka after UCL. I did Pedro > Bowen this GW.

  25. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Famous plastic garbage flags for the joke club?

  26. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    It's funny about 2 years ago, the England attack seemed like the best in the world. Fast forward to now, besides Kane they are all pretty meh or just bad.

  27. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    MGW A

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Aywonyi 2

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        3-0

    2. Il Capitano
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Nice

    3. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      May be offside

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Nah

    4. Babit1967
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Yasss

  28. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Forest 3-0

  29. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Looks offside to me

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Cut of the grass suggested he was ahead of the ball, but it was very tight.