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Sterling and Hazard lead respective attacks at Stamford Bridge

Both Chelsea and Manchester City will have their attacks led by midfielder players at Stamford Bridge this evening.

Eden Hazard (£10.9m) has been deployed in the false-nine position for the Blues, flanked by Pedro (£6.3m) and Willian (£7.3m). After recent performances Olivier Giroud (£7.7m) is on the bench while and Álvaro Morata (£8.6m) is absent from the matchday squad entirely.

Marcos Alonso (£7.1m) keeps his place at left-back while Mateo Kovacic (£5.8m) is preferred to Ross Barkley (£5.7m) once again.

It’s Raheem Sterling (£11.5m) who plays up front for Manchester City this evening, with Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) and Leroy Sané (£9.4m) joining him in the front three.

Gabriel Jesus (£10.1m) drops to the bench while David Silva (£8.7m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.5m) retain their places in central midfield.

In defence, Aymeric Laporte (£6.1m) comes back into the side and is paired with John Stones (£5.3m) at centre-back, Fabian Delph (£5.3m) and Kyle Walker (£6.5m) in the wide areas.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, Luiz, Rudiger, Azpilucueta; Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic; Willian, Pedro; Hazard.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Delph; Fernandinho, David Silva, Bernardo Silva; Mahrez, Sané; Sterling.

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  1. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Wondering how I still don't have Fanderson

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Can’t have them all

      1. @FPLDIARYFPL
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thats what they use to tell Ash Ketchem.

    2. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      another transfer usually becomes priority & throws plans to the side. some TV there Daniel!!!

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks man .. I lost recently some with Mitro and Hazard falls

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          *Arnie not Mitro

  2. kennethrhcp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    @ #fplbhuna/guru... it's gonna be a tight one in the cup!!! I didn't think you'd capt Salah aswell 🙂

  3. Valar(Keith)
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Reckon Kolasinac is a safe bet to buy now? Swapping Digne for him end of week if so

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      For the short term at least. Mustafi injury could help

      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Plan was a 2 week swap.. Looks good then. Cheers

  4. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Lost on last page, is Mitro injured?

    1. bialk
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No

    2. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I suspect he is.
      That or he is complete sh111!.
      Owner btw

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Oh my. Hope he is fine

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Since I have Wilson too

  5. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laca (c) for a hit really hurt. Tempted to WC out of anger to get Auba.

    Fabianski, Patricio
    Laporte, Robbo, Kola, Bennett, AWB
    Hazard, Sterling, Richarlison, Fraser, Højbjerg
    Kane, Laca, Jimenez

    Do I even need to WC with this team?

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No you don’t

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No need to WC at all

  6. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    457 points (-4) 11 players remaining. Any good?

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Meh

    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Average

    3. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      probably red arrow this week

    4. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sub par

    5. Rage Against The Raheem
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Anything less than 460 is embarrassing mate

    6. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      457 is ghost ship points

  7. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba Jiménez DSilva Hazard Diangana to Rashford Kamara Salah Sterling Snoddy (-16)?

    1. Winterburn is Coming
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Do it

    2. elchilangles
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      are you on glue?

    3. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No. That many hits man. First, Diangana to someone.

  8. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How sweet would an Alonso goal be tonight. Oh my.

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Extremely

    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Are you hoping that one of your players scores a goal? Weird

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Well its sweeter off the bench

  9. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    My front 7 is

    Haz/Salah/Rich/Anderson

    Auba/Wilson/Laca

    My plan this wk for a hit was

    Salah➡️Sterling
    Laca➡️Kane

    Salah gets a hatty and Laca obviously 2bd choice to Laca maybe I shouldnt do the above??

    (Auba (c) this wk btw)

    1. camarozz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      2nd choice to Auba I mean *

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Bit of a pickle. See how the other games pan out

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

      Maybe downgrade Lacazette and upgrade Richarlison to Sterling or Sane if you can’t afford?

  10. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I hate that both my players are playing striker in the next game. Like Richarlison, it's not always a good thing when a winger plays up the middle...

  11. The Hoff
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Would you WC the below?

    Reasonably happy with team, but not sure there will be a better time to use the WC given City/Spurs/Arsenal good fixtures and Pool poor fixtures

    Ryan *
    Alonso / Robertson / Digne* / Doherty
    Salah* / Hazard / Richarlson * / Fraser
    Kane / Jiminez

    Hamer / AWB / Kamara* / Cairney*

    Would get in some of the following: Sterling / Laporte / Torreira / Mitro / Wilson / Leno / Camarasa

  12. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Desperately need at least a Kane brace... No Salah Fanderson have hurt me bad 🙁

  13. Lionac
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Opinion on Laca? He seems not to fit in in new 3-5-2 system.

    Which Arsenal attacking option would you choose other than Auba?

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I bought Auba last week and if not him, wouldn't have bought any other Arsenal players.

      In years gone by no one would have touched Lacazette because he is 9m+ and not even remotely nailed on to start.

  14. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba will outscore Salah in the coming weeks. Today it was Salah's day, Auba's day is not far off.

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It better ruddy well come soon!

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 3 months ago

        doubt it

      • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Doesn't work like that

      • J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        After today’s showing it just makes me want to ditch arsenal and stick with salah

    3. Crouching Tiger
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling & Hazard hat-tricks with few Alonso & Ederson assists please. One can dream?

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        CHE ones good
        MCI nah

      1. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        so....are you?

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          That would be a “No”.

    4. JT11fc
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Anyone know the captaincy % for the top 10k?

      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        100% has captains

      2. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Ragabolly

    5. jezstatham
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Well ive got 5 pt from 6 players but i took a 4 pt hit

      1. jezstatham
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        22 from 8 .2 havent played replaced by mane and murray for 2 pts.kane capt and my vc is wilson.barkley 3rd sub for another point.so im looking at 25 points and i took a 4 point hit.so a grand total of 21 points without a bonus point in sight.worst ever gw in 10+ seasons

    6. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling and Hazard strikers

      1. SirStevieG
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        well done mate

    7. @FPLDIARYFPL
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Can we just end this gameweek now. Livefpl predicting me up 20k and into top 10k for first time in a long time!! Kane fail tonight pleaseeee :).

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

      Patricio - Hamer
      Alonso - Trippier - TAA - AWB - Bennett
      Salah - Sterling - Richarlison - Brooks - Schneiderlin
      Kane - Aubameyang - Mitrovic

      A. Brooks ➡ Snodgrass
      B. Alonso + Brooks ➡ Anderson + Kolasinac for -4
      C. Richarlison ➡ Anderson
      D. Patricio ➡ Fabianski
      E. Schneiderlin ➡ Camarasa
      F. Save FT
      G. Anything else?

      1 FT and 0.5m in the bank.

      1. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        are you sure about removing Alonso? fixtures after City are plum. Sure gets a few clean sheets and the odd attacking points.

        Salah explosion proves today, taking out big names can be punishing.

    9. thischarmingman
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hey, why is it BAPS, not BOPS?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        More sexy

      2. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Bonus additional points scored = BAPS

    10. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I kind of believe Sane Sterling and Mahrez is the way to go.

      Also at the back:
      Robbot VVD and TAA

      If I had WC would have gone that route surely

    11. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      for gw17, Arnautovic & Richarlison --> Kane & Snodgrass (-4) look good?

      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes

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

        short term yup but see richy's fixtures after next week for upcoming 9 weeks

      3. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Don't lose Richarlison

    12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Big goodbye to Alonso tonight

      Reckon it's the last time we see him starting the premier League tonight

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Why is in you man?

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          *what

        2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Just think he maybe given a torrid time

          Soon to be Emerson time

    13. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nice one Felipe Anderson. Salah and Arnie to Felipe and Kane could be a net gain yet.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Could be if Kane gets brace

    14. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      5pts from 4 players, buahahaha, this game is ridiculous!!! 😆

      And bloody Lacazzete, you will be on my bench next week...

      1. mgilbert86
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Jez sry man

      2. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Out of curiosity, why have you VC Fabianski for the past 2 GWs?

        1. Holmes
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Always defender/GK

          Have never been of any use...

    15. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Score prediction Chelsea - Man City?

      1. TOPCAT1960
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        0-0 would be pretty good but highly unlikely lol.

    16. N00B
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      https://twitter.com/jeorje_alex/status/1071454031728525318 Play three but score like one 😀

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Is that you Unai

        1. N00B
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yes 😛

    17. EMERGING STAR
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Just logged in to see the Salah madness.

      I sold him last week to accommodate both Auba and Laca. Atleast Sterling(C) plays.

      28 points a decent one for now? Don't have any Spurs