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Hazard fit to play as Hudson-Odoi gets a fourth straight league start

Chelsea take on Burnley in west London this evening, with kick-off at Stamford Bridge at 20:00 BST.

Eden Hazard has shaken off a minor knock to start for the Blues and is back on the left flank, following his run-out as a “false nine” against Liverpool last weekend.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi each start their fourth successive Premier League matches, while Gonzalo Higuain is recalled up front.

Higuain for Willian is one of two changes Maurizio Sarri has made from the defeat at Anfield, with Andreas Christensen in for the injured Antonio Rudiger his other alteration.

Marcos Alonso is once again sidelined so Emerson Palmieri continues at left-back.

After three wins on the spin, Sean Dyche has unsurprisingly named an unchanged starting XI for the trip to west London.

Phil Bardsley hasn’t recovered from a gashed leg so Matthew Lowton continues at right-back.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson still can’t find his way back into the Clarets’ side, with Jeff Hendrick again preferred on the right flank.

Hazard was the most-sold midfielder (and second-most-sold asset overall) of Gameweek 35, with almost 275,000 FPL managers transferring out the Chelsea winger.

16.19% of the top 10,000 Fantasy managers still own Hazard, with his overall ownership figure standing at 27.07% at the point of the Gameweek 35 deadline.

The Blues beat Burnley 4-0 in the reverse fixture of this game but only two of the six players involved in the goals – Loftus-Cheek and N’Golo Kante – start this evening.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Emerson, Jorginho, KantΓ©, Loftus-Cheek, Hazard, Hudson-Odoi, HiguaΓ­n.

Burnley XI (4-4-2): Heaton, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Wood, Barnes.

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  1. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Boobs

    1. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Baps been added yet? etc etc

    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Lovely items

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Watching GoT?

  2. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hopefully we don’t get another Troll performance from Hazard tonight

  3. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who will be the first to die in GOT?

    1. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      That deserter Ned Stark executes.

    2. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Bobby probably

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        You’re thinking of Dallas

    3. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Gizmo

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        You’re thinking of Gremlins

        1. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I’ve never seen GOT so wasn’t sure if Gizmo had made a comeback

    4. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      One of the first scenes in season 1 mate

  4. Les Bleus
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Does anyone even have any players from tonight’s game?

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Eden the Troller

    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Sadly not

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      HAZARD

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        AZAAAAR

      2. Numb
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Two can play at that game

    4. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      HIGUAIN

  5. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    A jwp
    B lotus cheek
    C xamarasa
    D w hughes

    Until the end of the season (playing)

    Thanks a lot !!

    1. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      D

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks

  6. Collie01
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    4 years, 11 months ago

    CHO an option as 5th mid?

  7. Mo Mané Mo Problems
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    When you want to understand this season, look back at your GW1 team.

    Patricio; Mendy, Robbo, AWB (tbf autosub); Salah, Eriksen, Jota, Bilva; Firmino, Kun, Jimenez.

    Strong.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Ederson
      AWB Robbo Bailly Mendy
      Mane(c) Bernardo Richarlison
      Zaha Aguero Jimenez

      Foster - Kenedy - McArthur - Lascelles

      100+pt GW and Top 50k GW rank

      1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        But it’s decent though right? Like what would you have scored this week? Not bad points...

  8. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard looks on it tonight πŸ™‚

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      The good Hazard has turned up

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes Rover!

  9. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Nearly Hazard assist

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Higuain shot from a Hazard pass cleared off the line by Ben Mee

  11. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ben Mee has 3 baps locked in

  12. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    What would you do with 1 ft here? 1.1 itb

    Ryan
    TAA Duffy Valery
    Sterling Eriksen Son Deulofeu
    Aguero Firmino Jimenez

    Subs: Foster Jota Doherty Kolasinac

    A) Eriksen -> Mane (TC)
    B) Sterling + Kola -> Salah (TC) + Fodder -4
    C) Eriksen + Son -> Salah (TC) + 5.8 mid -4
    D) Aguero + Jota -> Salah (TC) + 5 7 forward -4

    A bit hard to fit in Salah. Thoughts?

    TA

  13. Earn your Spurs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    To get Mane in should I just sell Eriksen or take a hit to sell Pogba and someone else?

  14. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Haha

  15. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    So happy I played Ryan over Kepa.

  16. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hendrick G

  17. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard clean sheet gone πŸ™

  18. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Get in!

  19. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Oh dear

  20. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Alonso would have stopped that

  21. TAT
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    That's a nice goal!

  22. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Chelsea defence owning casuals spewing

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      You prolly shouldnt use the word casuals. Its a word that can easily backfire πŸ˜‰

  23. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    yes Burnley! πŸ™‚

  24. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Need another Burnley goal πŸ˜‰

  25. Richd
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Kaboom !

    Splat splat

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Woof

    2. Jay_
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Spud out of trainspotting 1 came to mind.

    3. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Well played Hendrick sir

    4. Party time
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Hau ab! Kepa

      • HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        It seems Nobidy wants top 4 πŸ˜€

        1. Silecro
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          well chelsea at least isnt giving up on it πŸ˜€

      • It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Arsenal are lucky that the other top four contenders are slightly worse.

        1. Eddie
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          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          We'll take it.

      • twoplustwo
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Wow

        Main ML opponent had double Chelsea def

        Didn’t last long...

        1. Old Man
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          4 years, 11 months ago

          Happy Easter! πŸ™‚