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How Azpilicueta’s goal threat is affected by Alonso and Hudson-Odoi

Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Burnley on Monday night was a mostly disappointing result for Fantasy managers who own the Blues’ defenders.

Although he was unable to bank a 15th clean sheet of the season, Cesar Azpilicueta (£6.4m) at least compensated with an assist for Gonzalo Higuain‘s (£9.1m) goal against the Clarets.

That was Azpilicueta’s seventh attacking return of the season, with five of those arriving in the last 11 Gameweeks.

Having played mostly as a centre-half under Antonio Conte in a three-man backline, Azpilicueta has had to re-acclimatise to life as a right-back since Maurizio Sarri’s appointment last summer.

The Spain international has not been without his detractors this season, especially for his limited ability going forward.

Marcos Alonso (£6.3m) had previously suffered criticism from Chelsea fans and beyond, of course, but his weaknesses are very much defensive in nature and Fantasy managers cared little about negative critiques of his all-round ability as a left-back while the attacking returns were flying in at the other end.

It is actually since Alonso lost his ever-present status in Gameweek 24 that Azpilicueta’s output has improved in terms of goal involvement.

Having registered no goals and just two assists up until that point, Azpilcueta has one goal and four assists from the beginning of February onwards.

Azpilicueta would traditionally be the full-back to hang back in defence as Alonso bombed forward but the latter’s frequent absence of late has perhaps freed up Azpilicueta to get forward a little more.

Not that Alonso’s no-shows and Azpilicueta’s increased attacking threat are mutually exclusive: the much-maligned left-back has been on the pitch for three of those five most-recent returns.

Nevertheless, we will use Gameweek 24 as the starting point for our analysis of Azpilicueta’s performances in the Members’ article below.

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  1. shearer9
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Start Ryan or Foster this week?

    1. FPL DONKEY
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Ryan I reckon. Watford leaky and Brighton fighting for their lives.

      1. shearer9
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers

    2. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Agree go Ryan

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

    Might lose it if Pogba is benched tonight 😆

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      yes could be the difference between 1 point and 0 points

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

      Nah

    3. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      He deserves the bench. But Don’t worry. He’ll start tonight.

  3. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Score prediction?

    Wolves vs Arsenal
    Utd vs City

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      18-5
      260-17

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

      2-1
      1-1

    3. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      2-2
      1-0

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

      2-1
      0-3

    5. FPL DONKEY
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm hoping for:

      2-3
      0-0

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

      Well I hope for:

      1-0
      1-1

    7. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      1-2
      5-1

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

        United to beat City 5-1? What are you smoking? 😉

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

          Haha ooops wrong way round

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

            Haha, cheers.

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

          Bet 😆

    8. CFC1990
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      1-2
      1-4

    9. Tev
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      1-2
      0-4

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

        2-2
        1-4

  4. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Utd team supposedly (5311)
    De Gea
    Darmian Smalling Lindelof Shaw Young
    Pereira Fred Pogba
    Lingard
    Rashford

    1. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      4-0 city then

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Embarrassing, 4-1 to City at least

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

      Source?

    4. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      what a joke of a squad they've assembled

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

      Doesn’t inspire much hope, that.

    6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Fred again

    7. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Rojo should be LCB & Shaw LWB.
      Young is not good enough anymore

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    With Salah being in New York (will he be back?) who are we captaining this week? Thinking mane and may even put the triple on him

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      no he wont be back. he's staying in new york until the end of the season.

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I think he's back I read, scrap what I wrote

        Salah or mane triple c?

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          lossl

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

      Yeah no way he misses Hudders

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

      He's walking back, hopefully ready for next season.

    4. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Of course he will be back

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

      Scaremongering alert!

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

      I was TCing Salah for this gw as I planed even 1 month ago but with these Time Magazine bullsh{} ts, now I'm looking to get Sadio and put the armband on him

    7. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      7 hour flight to Manchester. Not a Mayflower voyage.

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

        He already lost 2 days in training?

        1. potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Klopp has already come out saying with the fixture build up right now they're hardly scheduling training anyway

    8. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hopefully everyone sticks the TC on Salah this week !

    9. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Donald Trump has sent him to Guantanemo

  6. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Fully expecting Kolasinac to be benched tonight

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      thanks for the update

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

      Wouldn’t mind that

    3. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Away match
      Wouldn't be surprised

    4. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Got your wish

      1. Not again Shirley
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Don’t think he was wishing!

  7. rjcv177
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Going after 3rd Pool.
    KdB+Eriksen to Salah+Redmond would give me this.
    Anything more worth a hit?

    Lloris
    TAA, Dunk, Kola/Cathcart
    Salah, Mane, Son, Redmond
    Kun, Vardy, Jimenez

    Foster, Boly, Hojbjerg, Kola/Cathcart

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      prefer vardy to rash

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

      Could you get Deulofeu over Redmond?

      1. rjcv177
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        yes...but Redmond will outscore him IMO

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          and he'll always be on your bench

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

    United need Herrera back playing.

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Bloody hope he makes the team tonight

  9. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    wishing joe a speedy recovery and return to full helath

    1. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      What’s up?

      1. Bruno Bruno!!
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        had a bleed on the brain

        1. Bouncebackability
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Oh my! That’s awful. Wishing a speedy recovery for sure.

        2. OldBenKenobi
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Seriously? 🙁

        3. DeadStarComing
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Serious? Where’s this been shared? I hope he’s ok.

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

            Check the hot topics. Joe shared it on his Twitter account earlier.

            1. DeadStarComing
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Cheers just seen.

  10. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    WOL: Patrício, Boly, Bennett, Coady, Jonny, Dendoncker, Doherty, Neves, Moutinho, Jiménez, Jota
    Subs: Ruddy, Vinagre, Saïss, Gibbs-White, Costa, Traoré, Cavaleiro

    ARS: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Monreal, Koscielny, Sokratis, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, Özil, Torreira, Xhaka, Lacazette
    Subs: Cech, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Willock, Guendouzi, Elneny, Nketiah

    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No Aubameyang

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Rival has him ©.
        😮

        1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Amey ftw

          1. Amey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Amen
            😉

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Kola bench

    3. All For One
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Damn why Kolasinac on the bench...

      1. Andy'81
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Fixture congestion thanks to the Europa league unfortunately.

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

      Kola properly hurting owners by not playing in games.

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

        Hardly been raking in the points when he is playing either.

      2. WVA
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Losing out on a maximum of 1 point

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

      Doherty mid?

      1. Runaway
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        RWB as usual

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

      Good ebening.

    7. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      This is getting silly, Kola, Valery, Llorente, Lloris, KdB ...

  11. shearer9
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    If City get two clean sheets this week it'll really chew my goat

  12. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    No auba no kola

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

      Typical

    2. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Thinking of removing Kola.

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

        Should have a long time ago

  13. azz007
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    No Kola. Clean sheet banked then

  14. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    No auba

  15. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Auba benched

    1. Naby K8a
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      *Not in squad

    2. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not on bench?

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not even on bench

    4. OldBenKenobi
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Nope. Not in squad by the looks of it

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Been in New York with Salah?

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

          That’s who the 2nd pizza was for

    5. Mark-O
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Specsavers

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

    Anyone else on a 10k red arrow with bench boost!?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      not possible for me unforunately

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      25k red 🙁

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

        Ouch, how come?

        That Gray goal cost me dearly last night and absolutely no attacking returns hasn't helped!

        1. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          My benched had been ok but no-shows from Valery, KdB, Lloris, Llorente ... now Kola, has hit hard

          -8 to sell Eriksen, Vardy & Siggy to get Son (C), KdB & Llorente was painful to watch

          Just lots of bad luck really

  17. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I hate Kola. Getting TAA or Laporte for him

    1. shearer9
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'll be so cheesed off if Laporte gets two clean sheets this week. Terrible fixtures on paper and the people who got him in did so before the outcome of the CL game so they didn't even know it would be a positive FPL outcome for him. Having said that, fair play to them lol.

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        got him in because city in past 5-10 weeks have best defensive stats by miles, also got ederson, would have done even if they'd got through in cl

      2. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        sorry you made a bad decision though

        1. F_Ivanovic
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          eh... I also ignored him. Don't regret doing so, he failed to keep a CS in 34 and I got Robertson + TAA instead and couldn't afford another premium. Just think his price was too high for him. I do get their weren't that many good options though.

      3. YEAH PITCH!
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        People got him because he is a dgw monster.

    2. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Ahhh well. Probs just bench for Valery I guess

  18. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    First time in live and i hope last im cheering for Manchester United.

    GGMU !

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Lol

    2. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      pool are shite, they will slip up against wolves in 38 lol

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

        Yeah they’re terrible

      2. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        doubt it

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

        Who is really shite though Ole?

        1. Poseidon.
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Pool. He did say

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

            Ok. Good luck tonight

    3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      same, pool fan here

    4. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      in life *

      Come on Manchester United !!!!!!

    5. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      They need God on their side to get anything out of this match

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        does god like the red devils?

        1. Now I'm Panicking
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          😀

    6. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Don't cheer, pray.

  19. Baby Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Looking forward to the second game I've owned Jimenez this season.

    The first one being Brighton at home.

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I think we both broke him.
      Same here

      1. Baby Bowen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        It's brilliant isn't it

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Pathetic 😀

    2. OldBenKenobi
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      So it’s your fault :lol;

      1. Baby Bowen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Sorry, I have the same tendency with Sterling too

  20. Runaway
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Feel lucky as Laca owner.

    1. Runaway
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Playing lone forward, Ozil and Mkhi behind to feed and no Auba in the bench. Everything looks ideal.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      See below 😉

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

    Lol at Someone leaking the Utd team in a bid to help City. Like they need help 🙂

  22. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Come on Doherty and Jota lets do this!!!!

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

      Would absolutely love a 1-0 win, Doherty goal

  23. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Kola benched.. Awful WC pick

    1. All For One
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yep disappointing..

    2. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Are you going to remove for a hit?

      1. All For One
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Will keep

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

        Might just do that.. You?

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

          Yeah, thinking of a City guy. Maybe Laporte.

    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not terrible, he's been decent but rotation has begun to hit arsenal with europa

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

        Hasn't been decent for me 1,0,1 and now probably again 1

    4. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Let’s be honest Arsenal will conceed anyway

      1. All For One
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        1 point better than nothing lol

    5. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Same as Cathcart

  24. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Lacazette getting the full 90 with that bench... Lucky owners.

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

      Lucky? How?

      1. F_Ivanovic
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Lucky because he got to play both games when it's a complete lottery?

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Yep. I meant for no irk in my comment, just that he's likely to play the entire match with that piecemeal bench.

  25. Alexike8 fc
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Nice no Aubameyang and kola on the bench

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

    Ouch Kolasinac bench and Auba MIA... lottery with the Arsenal picks really.

  27. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Let’s go Jota(c) Doherty,Jimenez and Lacazette

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

      Ballsy (c) pick

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Yeh felt robbed against Brighton.

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

          As you should do haha. Insane that Wolves didn't score, and Jota their main threat in that match

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

      Good choice

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

    Sharting myself with Aguero non-cap (captained Son 🙁 ) and no Sterling.

    Who's with me?

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      You re alone !!!!!!

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

        Don't believe so, lad.

    2. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No Sterling here.

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

        Could (but hopefully not) be in for a long night, mate.

        1. The 12th Man
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          My ML has Sterling TC. If he hauls I’m afraid it could be curtains. 21 behind as it stands.

    3. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I’m very worried sterling will be benched - hope he isn’t

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        No chance

  29. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Jimenez to blank
    Doherty haul
    Aguero haul
    United to win

    Come on !

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Get ready for disappointment

  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pep time