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Barkley and Abraham benched as injured Chilwell misses out

Chelsea take on Leicester City in the second and final Premier League fixture to take place on Sunday.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is at 16:30 BST.

There has only been one goal scored in the last three league meetings between these two clubs: two stalemates sandwiching the Foxes’ 1-0 win in west London in December 2018.

The Chelsea starting XI shows only one change from the side that took on Liverpool in midweek, with Mason Mount (£6.0m) replacing Mateo Kovacic (£5.5m) in midfield.

That means there is again no place for Ross Barkley (£6.0m) or Tammy Abraham (£7.0m), who are among the substitutes.

Pedro (£7.0m) and Christian Pulisic (£7.5m) will flank Olivier Giroud (£7.0m) in the Blues’ attack, while Willian (£7.0m) makes the bench.

Ben Chilwell (£5.5m) won’t feature for the visitors this afternoon, with his place at left-back being taken by Christian Fuchs (£4.5m).

Chilwell misses out with a minor hip injury.

That is Brendan Rodgers’ only change to the side that drew 0-0 with Wolves in Gameweek 1, so Ayoze Perez (£6.5m) and James Maddison (£7.0m) will again support Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) in attack.

The Foxes are without a Premier League goal in three matches stretching back to April of last season, although have admittedly faced tricky opposition in the form of Wolves, Manchester City and Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea in that time.

Rodgers’ side managed only three shots from inside the box against a stubborn Wolves side last weekend.

They may get more joy out of a Chelsea backline that has shipped six goals in their two competitive matches in 2019/20, however.

Lampard’s troops also conceded on eight occasions in their final three pre-season friendlies.

The Blues look more promising going forward, however, having racked up 38 shots against Manchester United and Liverpool over the past week.

Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Zouma, Emerson, Kante, Jorginho, Pedro, Mount, Pulisic, Giroud.

Leicester City XI (4-3-3): Schmeichel, Ricardo, Evans, Soyuncu, Fuchs, Choudhury, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Perez, Vardy.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 2

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  1. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Fellow Siggy owners, sticking or twisting?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Stick definitely

      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        You had a monster GW1 lad.

        1. TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          GW2 a disaster though

    2. Carlton_Goal
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sticking for now. Bigger issues to deal with

    3. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sure he will come good

    4. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      keeping him for this whole run of fixtures, its siggy

    5. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      why stick with this guy? has he shown any promise in first 2 games?

    6. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Probably getting rid for Son

  2. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Fraser, Digne, Zouma, Perez, Moura

    Would you WC?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      no perez and zouma have great fixtures and are cheap, digne should be fit, fraser has one bad game. theyll tick along and get points

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

      Yes.

    3. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Keep Digne and lose the rest!

      Why would you want Digne gone?

      1. BrutalLogiC
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        injury

        1. thepeen555
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          He said on his Twitter apparently that there was no issue and the manger said he was ok apaz also

          1. BrutalLogiC
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            glad to hear it

    4. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      wait on digne news. none of those other players are reasons to wc

    5. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Fair enough points. Perez/Fraser > Martial/Ndombele + cash

      1. Ady87
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        That was a question haha

  3. Carlton_Goal
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Which of these mids would be best to get in?

    A) Trossard
    B) Mount
    C) Ceballos

    1. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Trossard

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      If you got enough Trossard. I have Ceballos now but unsure how long it will last cause of the mins

      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah I have enough. Planning Perez + King > Pukki + one of these guys. Have the same doubts about Ceballos plus he has the worse fixtures

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

    4. St. Joseph
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

  4. Miniboss
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Planning to get KdB in. Which option would you prefer?

    A) Moura & TAA -> KdB & Dunk
    B) Perez, Wilson, Moura -> KdB, Barnes, Ceballos (-4)

    2ft, 0.0itb

    Heaton
    TAA Robbo Zinchenko Digne
    Salah Sterling Perez Moura
    Wilson Pukki

    Button Lundstram Dendocker Greenwood

    1. Carlton_Goal
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

    2. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      first one. Hit not worth it.

    3. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

    4. KUNingas
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

  5. jacktaylor
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    KDB going up in price....

    Perez/Taa ---> KDB/Kelly?

    Or Vardy/Perez ---> Greenwood/KDB +1.5m?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Prob in a few days yes

      The bottom one as both Leicester

  6. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Twitter is hilarious. Somebody just called Pulisic an NYC Matt Jarvis.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      reminds me of damian duff

    2. BoleynWin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I actually cracked up at that, absolutely brilliant.

      I remember us buying Jarvis, so much hype at the time. Had put the most crosses in across Europe when we bought him, it went downhill very quickly unfortunately...

      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I remember a lot of crosses but rarely did they ever find a teamate

    3. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lol

  7. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Would you do Greenwood, Perez and TAA to Ceballos, Pukki and Maguire/AWB for minus 4?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Ceballos you might regret Incase of mins. I got a wc active and have him in but am concerned if he doesn’t continue to play

      1. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I may just do Greenwood and TAA to Pukki and Dunk, keeping Perez for one more nice fixture

  8. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    0.1 Short of Perez + Robbo to Laporte + Martial

    is a Perez + Robbo to AwB + Martial a sound trade? for free.

  9. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Perez,King to Ceballos,Pukki?

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Keep King

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Why? He's sh*t. Only goals he will score are from pens.

        1. Postman Ty
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          He scored 16 goals a few seasons ago without pens, he can score goals.

          1. The Train Driver
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Benteke scored 15 three years ago, after that he score 3 goals in 2 years...

            1. Postman Ty
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Can't argue with that lmao

  10. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hmmm.

    Perez, Vardy to Ceballos, Pukki leaves 3.8m in the bank.

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

    Mount vs Pulisic. Who's been the better at play in general?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Mount

    2. St. Joseph
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Mount

  12. BEARZINHO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ive done wilson, fraser, perez to pukki, kdb, Cebellos for a -4...

    Feels good! Kdb looks so so good and like my team with him in so much more

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Looks solid. Nice one

  13. MGD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What’s up with Digne?

    1. BEARZINHO
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Apparently he hurt his knees jerking in pukki after his hatty

  14. AlpoShearer
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Sigurdsson to KDB (-4)
    Yes or no?

  15. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Think I'm happy to go for Robertson + Perez - - > Lundstram + KDB.

    Still got TAA but Pool's defence has looked shaky (and has been statistically poor too) and Perez has done very little - Lundstram is a bargain and KDB looks integral too so looks like a positive move.

    Any major complaints?

    1. MGD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No, do it

  16. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    KDB, Pukki
    Or
    Kane, Cabellos

    1. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      First one imo

  17. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Solid move?

    Perez, Fraser, Wilson to kdb, Cellabos, pukki? -4

    1. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Got the exact same 3, planning the same move (see above), May go for Kane instead

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sort of

      Perez has been terrible but has 2 good fixtures coming

      Cellabos looked great but has awful fixtures

      1. DantheManinaPan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Sheff U strong defensively. Not sure Leicester will be getting much more than one goal at Bramall Lane

    3. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Looks good

    4. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      solid. are you gonna pull the trigger before fraser falls tonight? I can only get kdb if I get rid of fraser at 7.5

  18. Moose™
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Heaton Pope

    VVD Robbo Digne Guilbert Hanley

    Salah Sterling Martial Perez Dendoncker

    Vardy King Greenwood.

    Time to WC?

    1. Heaton to 4.0 GK to free up some funds

    2. Digne (injured?) and Guilbert is missing

    3. Time to ditch double Pool def

    4. Perez to KdB looks tempting

    5. Vardy to Pukki. To avoid price drop.

    Yay or nay?

    1. BEARZINHO
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      You can do vardy - pukki / perez - kdb and heaton to 4 for a -4....

      Why ditch pool? Imagine how you will feel if they keep a cs next week...

      Wc not necessary imo

  19. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    There are so so many options currently. This alone puts me off wild carding this week.

    It’s very unclear to me what the ‘right’ team structure is let alone the players to pick and if WC now there is significant risk you get it very wrong. I’d much rather wait another 3-4 weeks.

    Thoughts?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Same boat, looking at after GW4.

    2. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Agreed

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

      Agreed. Got 2 FTs so happy to take a -4 now to make a few changes. Looking at a GW4 or GW5 WC

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

      Ha ha
      Agreed. But having some worries in the team so tempted 😮

  20. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Do I keep confidence in Vardy?

    Got two great fixtures coming up despite a double blank

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I would drop Vardy and play Ayoze lone forward if I was BR.

    2. Bird Raymond
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lad's a spent force.

    3. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      are they really great fixtures, what's his history against these weaker teams?

  21. barracuda
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    How was KDB yesterday?

    1. Jimbo-Jones
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      World class

    2. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Outstanding.

    3. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Best player on the pitch, very advanced.

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

      Outrageously good

    5. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Thanks guys

    6. Supertrooper
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Looked like a must have, trying to fit him into my team right now.

  22. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    The game has truly changed. Go light upfront, invest in mids and wingbacks.

    Auba and cheap mid instead of Sterling and cheap striker didn't work then.

    1. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      It was never supposed to work for long...

  23. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What's up with Chelsea and a sh*tty 2nd half performance? All 3 games so far, great 1st half then a totally different team in 2nd. Lamp needa to practice hia changing room speech a bit?

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Was the same under Sarri.

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Naive against United. Ran out of steam today - understandable maybe given Super Cup in midweek where they were arguably the better team.

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

      I think they play with too much intensity early on. They caught Leicester on the hop today, but one goal was not enough. The high press early in the game, which is part of this intensity, also leaves them susceptible to counter attacks.

      The best marathon runner in the world will not win if they go off too fast too early.

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        You may have a point there. Bad substitutions as well...

  24. Jimbo-Jones
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Mount looked tired towards the end of the game, but otherwise looked very sharp and was on all set pieces. Easy fixtures to come too.

    Need to find 0.5 somewhere to do Robinson to Mount. Where to downgrade?

    Heaton
    Robertson VVD Digne Laporte
    Salah Sterling KDB Perez Robinson
    King

    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'm doing Robinson to ceballos this week and mount for perez in 2 gws

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Robinson, King or Perez

  25. jsd202
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Zouma or Christensen? Looking to bring in one Chelsea defender for the next two. Which should I plump for?

  26. KUNingas
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    2FTs

    A) Perez -> KDB, save another
    B) Robbo + Dendo -> AWB + KDB

  27. The Pep Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Do you think this team is worth wildcarding:
    Pope Heaton 
    Robertson Digne KWP Montoya Rico
    Sterling Salah Perez Robinson Dendoncker 
    Aubameyang Wilson Greenwood 

    I have a few players that I want to get rid of.

    Would a 4 point to transfer Wilson, Robertson and Robinson to Pukki, Lundstram and KDB be enough for this week and hold the WC for now?

  28. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Without ripping my team up, only Vardy and Perez out would look like this. Have not pulled the trigger yet though. Will be GW3 and -4 hit.

    Pope, Button
    TAA, VVD, Pereira, Dunk, Lund
    Salah, Sterling, KDB, McGinn, Trossard
    Pukki, Jota, Greenwood

    Thoughts?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      G2G

  29. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Lundstrum was a fluke can’t do Trent to Lundstrum feels like really unbalanced defence so think I will go sensible and do

    Trent and Perez to
    Maddison and Laporte

    Pope
    Robbo Trent Digne Montoya/Rico
    Salah Sterling Perez McGinn/Dendo
    Pukki Kane/Greenw

    Any thoughts o these 2 moves

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No

  30. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Did anyone see Mourinho crying that he misses to be a manager? Wow

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No