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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. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    52K people already bought Mount since deadline

  2. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Dead leg it seems for Mount.

  3. Mr. Grv
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    mount dead

    1. THAT'S LIFE
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Dead leg

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Leg

  4. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Alonso sighting

  5. Nightcrawler
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    That injury will mount even more pressure on lampard

    1. Maddi Son
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      ;(

  6. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    That’s a 2-4 week injury for Mount

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Tha knyou doctor

    2. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      2-4 days

  7. FPL Daniel
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Mount injured ? Oh my

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Nah

  8. Gobigorgohome
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Mount 🙁

  9. soup natsi
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Perez, King > Mount, Pukki for a hit is a no brainer right?

    1. JohnBlack
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Mount just injures

      1. Warby84
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Foot got stood on, he’ll be fine

    2. Conor1
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Complete no brainer. Can you afford to wait to see how Mount is after injury? Pukki probably going up tonight though.

  10. ZeBestee
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Looks like just a knock for Mount. It's nice as the yellow flag would be a detterent for potential new owners.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Knock hopefully

      1. ZeBestee
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Should be flagged most of the week hopefully. Need to bring him in.

  11. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Mounts absolutely fine there, nothing but a dead leg

  12. S.Kuqi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Just a knock

  13. FOO FIGHTER
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Mount transfers out on the cards?

  14. jia you
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Non-wildcarders stay strong...our time will come!

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      This

    2. 7rjngs lollygagger
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Next season?

    3. Threat Level Midnight
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Sounds like someone forgot to get Pukki in

      1. 7rjngs lollygagger
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Nah Jia captained him last week - he’s just stuck on Fraser Perez

        1. Threat Level Midnight
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 29 days ago

          What’s his SS while you’re at it?

        2. jia you
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 29 days ago

          yup stuck with those two but hopefully they will give me 4 points between them and I'll be content 😉

          1. Threat Level Midnight
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 29 days ago

            Fraser will come good IMO

  15. dshv
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    That’s not an injury for mount!!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Obviously 🙂

  16. Dirty Harry
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Broke back Mount

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Lol

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        That is dirty

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Like this haha!

  17. Phillipsturn
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Greenwood > Pukki
    VVD > Montoya -4
    Go from a 4-4-2 > 4-3-3

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Don’t like that 433 formation

      1. Phillipsturn
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Sorry. Meant 3-4-3. Currently at 4-4-2

  18. Werner Bremen
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Okay, where are those clowns saying Abraham is too good for Championship and not good enough for the PL?

    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Norwich just got promoted from Championship and has awful defence.

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Put the keyboard down.....

    3. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Well Norwich came from the championship with him so that could still be true but he was good today!

    4. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Saturday usually a working day for the clowning profession.

    5. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      He's only a chap. Needs to be more consistent. Has loads of potential.

      1. Werner Bremen
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        He's 21 for God's sake, give the kid time

  19. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Pukki to Abraham for a hit?

    1. soup natsi
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      And Mount to Cantwell for -8

    2. Mr. Grv
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      do it

    3. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Kane to either for a hit looks decent

  20. 7rjngs lollygagger
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Great statting from the Guardian

    Pukki has outscored 7 of 8 teams kicking off today and matched United with 5 goals

    🙂 🙂

    Trying to find that please bookmark post after week 1 about the most absurd bandwagon ever

  21. SkeletONv01
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Mount dead? Mount > Cantwell then.

  22. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Left room, came back to mount on the ground. What happened please?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Just a knock, he’s fine

      1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Thanks, zico. Phew!

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      A disMount.

      I'll get the tumbleweeds

  23. Bruce Lee
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Chelsea really have been unlucky in their last games

    They were the better team against Utd
    They did well against Liverpool

    Now, to be fair they really have been all over Norwich, but it is somehow a close game scoreline-wise

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Leicester deserved to win

    2. CARROW ROAD
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Agree. Lots of chance creators but not many finishers. Mount looks promising though

  24. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    I wish I had a little less Haller
    I wish he was a baller
    I wish I saw some curl from Chris Wood, score a goal, yer?
    I wish I had a rabbit in a hat, Dennis Praet
    And a six for Montoya

    1. jia you
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Nice, good to see you mate...whose your cappo this week?

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Sterling! Cheers, feels good to captain an attacker finally! Where's our No-Salah league? 🙁

        1. jia you
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 29 days ago

          Nice, good pick! El Topo didn't renew the old one but there was one prior to GW1 but it got removed for whatever reason!

  25. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Zouma dead

  26. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    King and Leitner -> Pukki and Cantwell (-4)

    Do it right now?

    1. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Before FT to get today’s points!

      1. Tshelby
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Nah just before price rises

  27. goriuanx
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    This referee has had yet another stinker.

    Absolute awful decision making.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Agree. Missed way too many decisions.

  28. juho
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Buendia is quite the looker eh?

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      But he becomes Susan Boyle when he stands next to Giroud.

  29. Freaki
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 29 days ago

    Hopefully mount pulled his hammy lol

    1. how now brown cow
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      Classy

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 29 days ago

        By name and nature huh

      • VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Cool guy

    3. Nightcrawler
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 29 days ago

      So 11 points for pukki

      Comments here would have made u think he was already on 20. Happy an a non owner as limited damage + He will return to average with a few blanks now

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Bookmarked

      2. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        He's a sub 7.0 mil striker ffs

      3. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        fine by me.

        averages 14 ppg for me

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 29 days ago

          And has played against two top6 sides.

          1. Baps hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 29 days ago

            28 pts from two matches for 6.5 is good enough for me 🙂

      4. FOO FIGHTER
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Good for you

      5. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Whu next 🙂

      6. jtreble
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        ... but will probably be the best value (points/GBP) forward this season. Kinda the whole point of FPL. :).

        1. CRO KLOPP
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 29 days ago

          This

      7. Threat Level Midnight
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Getting him was easiest decision of the year after GW1. Sub 7.0

        Speak it into existence though

      8. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Why are you spamming this ridiculous comment?

      9. jia you
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Oh lord what a stupid post...facepalm

        1. jia you
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 29 days ago

          ...wish the mods would focus their attention on idiotic posts rather than deleting ones from regulars having a bit of banter!

          1. Nightcrawler
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 29 days ago

            So u want posts deleted that differ in opinion. Wow

      10. 1zverGGadeM
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Don't buy him ,please

      11. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 29 days ago

        Are you not entertained?