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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. Srv210
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    If Perez doesn't perform today

    Perez+ Fraser to mount + KDB/Son (-4)

    Sounds good?

    1. The Sociologist
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep!

    2. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sounds amazing

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

      irrelevant,...non Pukki related!

      1. Srv210
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Pukki party...already got him

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

          Nice! I also have those two mate, patience wearing thin also!

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

    A tear to my eye me ole Finnish mucker...only sad that I didnt leave the armband on you! But so proud, so so proud!

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

    Pukki will be the biggest undifferential in history by next gameweek!

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wonder what is EO is lol

    2. Guy Demel
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      You can make inroads ditching a player coming out of form just as you can getting a player coming into form....

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

    People complaining about not putting the armband on Pukki. Just enjoy the points. Next week he will have 40 percwnt ownership.

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

      Heh yeah this is true. Like anyone would’ve even really considered the armband.

  5. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Typed Pukki in Giphy. First one is him doing a Berbaspin.

    1. The Gobstopper
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      That's, at best, a workingman's Berbaspin...

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pukki and fpl mention on bt sport

  7. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    This is why we love FPL! Bargain bandwagons that keep on giving 😀

  8. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bro I'm going to make my fpl team name 'Pukkistan' if he gets a hatty

  9. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    "Don't have Pukki, just took a look at his fixtures - will monitor for now."

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      just keeping an eye on him

      he is on my watchlist

      on the fence, need to see a bit more

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

        On your watchlist lol hurry up and join the pukki party

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

      joke of the century...you dont monitor Pukki

    3. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Game over.

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Whose tombstone are you reading?

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

    Pulisic is a good soccer player, average football player

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

      Excuse me

  11. Bielsa's Bucket
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I guess you can still afford Pukki by bringing in Cantwell

  12. GE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    King or Jota -> Pukki?

    1. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      King

    2. FreddyP3
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      King

  13. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Robinson to Mount for free, no brainer?

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

      Yep

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      See how Cellabos looks later first

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

        Ik

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

        That is OK not ik

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

    Pukki is Amr Zaki & Michu combined

  15. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Sterling, KDB, Salah, Mane, Mount, Martial, Son.

    Picking 5 of those in wildcard is gonna be tough.

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

      I've just had the same issue last week. So hard!

    2. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Salah looks a bit expensive st the mo

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have 4 already. Just Mount left to bring in.

      1. Podge
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Same, if Ceballos does nowt he’s out for mount
        Ooh rhymey

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

      I have Salah, Sterling, KdB, Martial, Mount 😉

    5. Guy Demel
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sterling, Mane, Martial, KDB, Cantwell

    6. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have Kane, Sterling, Salah and Martial and it leaves you with a dodgy bench.

    7. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Can’t do it with Cantwell playing so well.

  16. FPL_Crisis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Would you rather lose Jota or King if you’re looking to join the cool Pukki party?
    His ownership is getting out of hand

    1. Siggy in the Middle
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      King

      1. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Of course I am now 0.1 short of King/Perez to Pukki/Mount

  17. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pukki effectively reducing FPL to a 14-player game.

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Mount could make it 13. Looks a boss and on majority of set pieces

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

      12 players have more ownership thank Pukki still

  18. Firmino
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    My moves for this GW:

    King -> Pukki
    Perez -> Mount

    Buzzing!

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Would have been good if you did that last gameweek.

      1. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Oh my bad I thought you were gonna make them lol

    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Queue 2 pks for BOU and a masterclass from Perez 😛

    3. @FPLDIARYFPL
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Same!! Get in!!

    4. dshv
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I am thinking the same but i have jota over king what do you think

      Jota perez to pukki mount

      If they don’t perform goos

    5. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Repost this again after King and Perez play

    6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      If you have cash ITB it’s possible otherwise it’s 0.1 short.

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Didn't realise pogrebnyak once scored 5 in his first 3 games

    Didn't score a goal after

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukki can Finnish though.

    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukki scored 29 last season without PKs

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      He was a poor man’s Crouch tbf

  20. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I just wish id got him from the start. Hes going to be massive owned by 80% of teams after this week

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Do you have him?

  21. Licky
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pulisic is drifting too central, needs to stay out right to provide some width.

  22. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Considering Perez and King to Cantwell and Pukki for a hit. They seem to be the real deal.

  23. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Norwich with 20 passes more than Chelsea and same accuracy!

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

    Norwich are geat team to watch offensively. Doubt one can't outsource your way through premier league survival though.

  25. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    This Norwich side is a well oiled passing team, unfortunately their defence is sh*t. Attack is also a bit slow but really passing it well. Pukki is going to destroy lesser teams. Westham next.

  26. Licky
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pulisic denied.

  27. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pukki already a cult hero with commentators... "Here's the Pukki press"

  28. Cholito
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    That's one of the reason why i hate FPL sometimes.
    Good result it's not always good decision, and good decision it's not always good result.
    Pukki was fifty fifty transfer and now he's got 1+1 when Norwich had 2 attacks and 2 shots.
    Everybody who brought him in now starts celebrating and u can't do anything with it.

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      It is frustrating
      Only for masochists really

  29. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Azpi still looks tidy attacking wise, shame about Chelsea defensively...

  30. semiconductor
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bring in Mount or Martial for Perez?