Dugout Discussion

Richarlison and Hazard fit to start as Barkley and Pedro are benched

The second of four Premier League matches to be contested on Sunday kicks off at 14:15 GMT, as unbeaten Chelsea welcome Everton to Stamford Bridge.

The release of the teamsheets brought positive news for Richarlison‘s (£6.9m) owners, with the Brazilian fit to start after having been an injury doubt in the build-up to Gameweek 12.

Eden Hazard (£11.3m) is also back in the Chelsea starting XI for the first time in the Premier League since Gameweek 9.

The Belgium international had been restricted to a 24-minute cameo against Crystal Palace last weekend and continued his recovery from a back injury with an hour-long run-out against BATE in midweek.

There was disappointment for Ross Barkley‘s (£6.0m) owners, however, as the England midfielder was only named among the substitutes for the visit of his former employers – Mateo Kovacic (£5.9m) replacing him in the centre of the park.

Pedro (£6.3m) made way for Hazard in Chelsea’s only other change to the team that defeated Palace.

Cesc Fabregas (£6.3m) has returned from illness and is back among the substitutes.

Marco Silva has made one, enforced alteration to his starting XI, meanwhile: Yerry Mina (£5.4m) in for loanee Kurt Zouma (£5.0m), who is ineligible to face his parent club.

The Toffees haven’t kept an away league clean sheet in 2018/19, with only four clubs having conceded more big chances on the road than Marco Silva’s side.

Chelsea (81) and Everton (65) were the two Premier League clubs who had registered the most attempts on goal in the four Gameweeks preceding this one.

No striker had recorded more big chances or shots on target than Alvaro Morata (£8.7m) during this four-match spell, meanwhile.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Willian, Morata, Hazard.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Gueye, Andre Gomes, Walcott, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Richarlison.

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1,351 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard to Patterson?

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Already done

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      People laughed when I suggested this move yesterday

      1. Podge
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        rightly

      2. fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        They are still laughing today.

  2. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    I hope Morata never plays a game for us again.

    1. Andriy Shevchenko is Back
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Sadly he will. Oh how I miss Diego - a true fighter. Perhaps Icardi in the summer?

  3. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Phew....

    Survived without Hazard for 1 more gw.

    Just 1 GW to go now before I get him for FUL in GW 14.

    1. Anathallo
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Am in the same boat. My Mane punt hasn't worked out but at least Hazard hasn't punished. He's not an easy player to watch as a non-owner!

  4. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    The real winners so far are Salah and Kane

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Ok

  5. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Richarlison walking freely towards the Everton fans after the game. A good sign!

    1. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      International injury

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      He was never injured to begin with

    3. altan8797
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      great news.

  6. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard 3 points

    Very nice

  7. F4L
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Mina was decent

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Certainly was

    2. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      But fixtures makes him a non-option too me

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        he'd need to start scoring to justify the money over Digne for sure

    3. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Yerry good performance.

  8. Sweetboi
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Chances Alonso keeps 2 baps?

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      He’s only on 1

      1. Sweetboi
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Look again.

    2. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      0%

      1. Sweetboi
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Incorrect.

    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Slim

    4. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Pickford will get 2

    5. Andriy Shevchenko is Back
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Maaaaybe. In a low scoring GW like this (so far), every little helps. The Foster save point, the Richarlison CS point

  9. columbo
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Digne rooted to my bench 🙁

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Mine too

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      samee doherty first sub comes in.Digne second sub doesnt .Not getting the rub of the green here

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      same. Won't matter after his 11 point haul against Cardiff 😉

  10. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Why didn't I do Hazard--> Sterling as it was planned?

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      If only

  11. noahzark22
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Now do that again for ManC/ManU

    1. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      This

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      yes.. 0-0

  12. Lemongrab
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    That Salah 8 pointer not looking so bad now....

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      The least people would expect against the bottom placed team

    2. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      At least we don't have the headache of panic sales over OB, all set for a low scoring GW13 with no FT's , to start preparing for fixture swing from GW14-15

  13. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    ...and breathe.

  14. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Alonso 2 Baps?

  15. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    I guess all the Kane haters won't be talking about the value Hazard provides now, will they?

  16. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    A Sarri managed Chelsea v Marco Silva’s Everton match has ended in a goalless stalemate. .FFs Digne laughing at me from second on the bench lol

  17. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Chelsea are a top striker away from competing for the title.

  18. Pep's Money Laundry
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard doing wonders for me since I got him on my wc in gw9

  19. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    The year of expensive flops in FPL.

    Haz trolling again, Salah not worth the money you have to pay to have him in your side. Kane barely getting anything worthwhile.

    Tempted to bin Haz and Salah and stock up on City and Arsenal assets. They look like the only two teams genuinely capable of putting teams to the sword every GW regardless of opponent.

    That’ll probably change today, though.

    All in all this has been a pretty unspectacular FPL season so far.

    1. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Kun, Haz and Salah have been pretty great so far imo

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        They’ve been OK.

        But for their price tags you’d hope for a bit more. Maybe we got spoiled by Salah last season, but it’s a lot of money for a goal, or assist and pretty much that’s it.

    2. Steve McCroskey
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      This is so knee jerky, madness to be binning both Salah and Haz for City/Ars assets imo

  20. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Any chance Hazoo nicks 1 bap?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Nope

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Members area says no.

  21. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    RAM is 2/3s back!

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      What about TAM?

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        T came off injured yesterday

  22. Third Eye Vision
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Morata even blatantly dived right at the end when he was tussling to win a throw in. Would have loved to see him get a second yellow.

    No doubt he’s talented, but players like him are an embarrassment to ‘sport’.

    1. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Scores on the doors so far?

      I'm on 54 pre baps with Mendy and Kun to play.

      1. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Fail... wasn't mean to be a reply

  23. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Top 10k average at 46

    1. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Good!

  24. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Aguero 😯

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      ???

  25. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    The 6.5m Chelsea striker fails to score but still registers a score of 8 🙂

    1. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Deductions?

  26. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hoping for A goal and cs for Doherty

  27. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    so is 60 points good score for this gw ?

    1. Andriy Shevchenko is Back
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah Top 10k average is ~50

    2. Sylas
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      No

  28. Fantastisk
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Fellaini, Matic, and Herrera lmao.

    1. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Creative midfield

  29. Mic
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Giroud didnt come on, why? Injured?

  30. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Luiz - 3
    Alonso - 2
    Keane & Pickford - 1

    1. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Lovely. Alonso could’ve got so much more

    2. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Non owners let off big time

    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      sure? digne looks to be on 2 baps??

      1. badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        0 after deductions.

        1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          cheers

    4. Jonny HOW SON?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      how do you know the deductions before it updates?