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Popular Pukki starts as Kanté misses out for Chelsea

Gameweek 2 hat-trick hero Teemu Pukki (£6.8m) embarks on his first Premier League match as a highly-owned Fantasy asset this afternoon.

He was the recipient of a huge influx of transfers ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Carrow Road, becoming the most transferred in player of 2019/20 with over 1.2 million managers signing him.

Not surprisingly, Daniel Farke has made no changes to the side that thrashed Newcastle 3-1 last weekend.

That means Todd Cantwell (£4.6m), who also impressed against the Magpies, starts again for Norwich.

Meanwhile, Frank Lampard has made two changes to the Chelsea XI with Tammy Abraham (£7.0m) and Mateo Kovacic (£5.5m) starting for the Blues ahead of Olivier Giroud (£7.0m) and N’Golo Kanté (£5.0m). 

The Blues have started the 2019/20 campaign tentatively, following up a 4-0 mauling a Manchester United with a 1-1 draw against Leicester City in Gameweek 2. 

The goalscorer from Lampard’s draw against the Foxes, Mason Mount (£6.1m), retains his place in the starting XI and will look to build on his promising attacking form against the Canaries at Carrow Road. 

Question marks continue to linger over the fitness of Kanté, and therefore Lampard’s decision to deploy Kovacic in the central midfield role is far from surprising, and potentially good for Pukki owners.

The Chelsea boss has also opted to re-call Abraham at the expense of Giroud, with the 2018/19 Aston Villa loanee yet to register a league goal for the Blues.

The 21-year-old will be hoping he can repay the faith of his manager with an impactful attacking contribution against Norwich in the lunch-time kick-off. 

Norwich XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Hanley, Aarons; Trybull, Leitner; Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendía; Pukki.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Emerson, Zouma, Christensen, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Jorginho; Pulisic, Mount, Pedro; Abraham.

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  1. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Starting to think I might just be bad at this game. Sigurdsson last night; no Norwich or Chelsea while everyone is celebrating Cantwell, Pukki and Mount hauls. The only was is up I guess!

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No worries only owners are bragging. Besides Pukky others are not that owned

    2. BoomXhakaLaca1
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      So you've 10 players left to play. There's no problem there

      1. Eytexi
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Digne gone too but no shame in owning him. But yes, the only way is up, although not filled with confidence by the likes of Lundstram & Wood. Time will tell.

  2. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Mount has double figure goals in him. Bargain alert. Bargain alert

    1. MyBall MyRules
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      This

  3. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Really good touch and finish

  4. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Buendia = Poor man's Cantwell

    1. CARROW ROAD
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Buendia is much better, appreciate your opinion is based on 20mins of football

  5. Freaki
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Van Dijk to 5.5 and McGinn to Mount for -4?

    1. BoomXhakaLaca1
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      God no

  6. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How come Barkley is playing... thought he was on the bench

    1. Crystal Alice
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pedro injured warming up

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pedro injured in warm up

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pedro injured? Not sure.

  7. SpaceCadet
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Kane and dendo > Pukki and mount done

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Solid

  8. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Mount for Perez paid off.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Well done

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      But Perez is going to score too I'm sure...

    3. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      did the same move, caught some price rise as well!

    4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Perez hattie incoming

  9. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Good boy Mount

  10. Orion
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Siggy to Mount for free looking ok?

    1. luk46
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thinking about the same even though I wanted to get KDB/Son...

  11. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ahhh, so that's why Mount is so popular

  12. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Posted ‘Mount is a baller’ literally 60 seconds before that goal. He is so good on the eye

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

      They are all baller's though seeing as they all play football...

  13. juho
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Gosh, Norwich has such a porous defence

  14. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Perez might drop soon if he blanks again

    1. Dirty Harry
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Perez > Mount it is

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He was terrible pick. I regrettably got him since he was so popular here . Nonetheless next 2 are good he might finally shows something

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

        Still think Perez is a good pick but there might be a few better ones now.

      2. Dirty Harry
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        He was talked up a lot due to his price tag and considered a value pick as well as being with Leicester. I wouldn't say it was terrible. Just hasn't lived up to the hype as with Leicester as a whole to be honest

        1. jason_ni
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          2 games in.. be interesting if he grabs a brace will people still be slagging him.
          Same time he could be benched! That would seal it for me.

    3. Sharkytect
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He needs to score this afternoon or he is out of my team

  15. Dušan Citizen
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Got Pukki, Cantwell, Mount on my WC. Party time!

    1. LSK
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same (benched Cantwell but will take the price rises)

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        GREAT WC

    2. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Playing Cantwell?

      1. Dušan Citizen
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes, 352

        Having all of Kane, KDB, Sterling and Mane meant Cantwell and Lundstram will be played often

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

      Did not get any of those on my WC , well done! Did have Mings and Mcginn last night so not all bad!

      1. Dušan Citizen
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks 🙂 Well done for those 2, I sold McGinn and Heaton on WC unfortunately.

  16. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Not sure to move Perez and King or not. Both have nice fixtures. Mount doing fine though..

    1. Dirty Harry
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Mount has good fixtures as well though

    2. MyBall MyRules
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wouldn't say that king has good fixtures.
      I own Perez but he has looked poor.
      Get rid of both asap imo

  17. RealVirg
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I tort every year the promoted teams were lame, this year a blip?

    Feel dirty wanting a double fill from Norwich

    1. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wolves

  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pukki revving up

    Second phase of bandwagon imminent

  19. Francescoli
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Mount can football

  20. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    So far so good. Mount and Pukki 🙂

    1. Francescoli
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same. Although have Buendia instead of Cantwell 🙁

    2. HNI
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      As a Chelsea fan can you insight on Mount nailedness? Who will take his place? Is someone who is injured and back soon or he is nailed?

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

        He is competing with Barkley in that spot so should be quite nailed after this performance.

  21. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Maybe it's time to use my wildcard..
    McGinn, Cantwell, Pukki, Mount,.. need those guys in my team

    1. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      feeling the same, although I have Pukki, these players will likely skyrocket in price before the IB!

      1. Tshelby
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah don't want to miss those price rises

    2. HNI
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      lol good one.

  22. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    WC a possibilty now with the potential value on offer here! Well done wildcarders of you got in Pukki, Cantwell and Mount!

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Didn’t believe in Mount - wanted Sterling KDB, Son, Martial, Cantwell instead lol

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Got Pukki and Mount but playing 5 mids so missed Cantwell..

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same here Irbox

    3. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Brought in them 3 🙂

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Got Pukki and Cantwell. Have Martial over Mount

  23. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Got Mount on Wildcard and got 0.1 buy price rise 😎

    but sold yday before deadline 🙁

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Has mount already risen by .2??

      If not then not sure buying him did u any good

    2. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You didn't get price rise. Only get when they go up twice. You sold for 6m

      1. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        that's why I said buy price rise.....

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Then what was the glasses emoji for

          1. Differentiator
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            ….

        2. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          So made no profit

          1. Differentiator
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            nope

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Why sell?

  24. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Mount repaid my -8

    Thanks man

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Hmmmmm

  25. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Seen enough. Pukki looking like Vardy of a few years ago. He's coming in for Jota tonight if he gets through this match unscathed. Missed 0.3 of rises but there you go.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Plays more like a later years Alan Shearer imo

    2. fantasyfog
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      anything under 7mil will still be seen as a good result

  26. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Remember: "Pukki has bad fixtures"

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sorry for not knowing how lucky he'd be

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Still need that goal - 5 points 5 schmoints

  27. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Link to Mark's team please?

    1. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      As if you don't have it

  28. AC Tomasso
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Mount and Pulisic could become a good duo terrorising defences in the PL

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      lol.

  29. Sponge-worthy
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pukki will bury Greece and take us closer to Euros.

  30. BoomXhakaLaca1
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Imagine if Norwich actually could defend

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      They wouldn't score this many goals then

      1. BoomXhakaLaca1
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        That doesn't even make sense