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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
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Boobs

    1. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Baps been added yet? etc etc

    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lovely items

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

      Watching GoT?

  2. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

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

  3. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Who will be the first to die in GOT?

    1. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That deserter Ned Stark executes.

    2. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Bobby probably

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        You’re thinking of Dallas

    3. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Gizmo

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        You’re thinking of Gremlins

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

      One of the first scenes in season 1 mate

  4. Les Bleus
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

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

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

      Eden the Troller

    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sadly not

    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      HAZARD

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        AZAAAAR

      2. Numb
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Two can play at that game

    4. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      HIGUAIN

  5. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month 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
      5 years, 1 month ago

      D

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks

  6. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    5 years, 1 month ago

    CHO an option as 5th mid?

  7. Mo Mané Mo Problems
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month 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
      5 years, 1 month 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
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

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

  8. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard looks on it tonight πŸ™‚

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The good Hazard has turned up

    2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes Rover!

  9. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nearly Hazard assist

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

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

  11. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ben Mee has 3 baps locked in

  12. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month 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
    5 years, 1 month 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
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Haha

  15. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So happy I played Ryan over Kepa.

  16. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hendrick G

  17. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard clean sheet gone πŸ™

  18. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Get in!

  19. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Oh dear

  20. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Alonso would have stopped that

  21. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    That's a nice goal!

  22. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Chelsea defence owning casuals spewing

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

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

  23. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    yes Burnley! πŸ™‚

  24. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Need another Burnley goal πŸ˜‰

  25. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kaboom !

    Splat splat

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Woof

    2. Jay_
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Spud out of trainspotting 1 came to mind.

    3. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Well played Hendrick sir

    4. Party time
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hau ab! Kepa

      • HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It seems Nobidy wants top 4 πŸ˜€

        1. Silecro
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

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

      • It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

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

        1. Eddie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          We'll take it.

      • twoplustwo
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Wow

        Main ML opponent had double Chelsea def

        Didn’t last long...

        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Happy Easter! πŸ™‚