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Mount and Emerson recover from injury to start against Liverpool

The final two matches of Gameweek 6 take place this afternoon as Chelsea entertain Liverpool and Arsenal take on Aston Villa.

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

The headline news comes from west London, with Chelsea – and Fantasy managers – handed a boost upon the release of the teamsheets.

Mason Mount has recovered from injury to make his sixth straight start in the top flight, while N’Golo Kante and Emerson Palmieri are also back in Frank Lampard’s starting XI after stepping up their recoveries over the last week.

Lampard has ditched the 3-4-2-1 and reverted to a 4-3-3, with Tammy Abraham flanked by Mount and Willian up top.

Liverpool have made only one change from the side that lost to Napoli in midweek, with Georginio Wijnaldum in for James Milner in central midfield.

That means there are starts for Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.

Unai Emery has made multiple changes from the side that beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday but, compared to Arsenal’s Gameweek 5 line-up, there is only one alteration: Bukayo Saka in for Mesut Ozil.

Sead Kolasinac has been passed fit despite coming off with a minor knock in Germany.

Aston Villa also make just one change to the side that drew 0-0 against West Ham on Monday night: Trezeguet returns from suspension and replaces the benched Jota.


Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Luiz, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Ceballos, Pepe, Aubameyang, Saka.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Taylor, Nakamba, McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi, Trezeguet, Wesley.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Tomori, Emerson, Kanté, Jorginho, Kovačić, Willian, Abraham, Mount.

Liverpool XI: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Mane, Salah, Firmino.


3,609 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sterling, Aubameyang & Zinchenko -> Aguero, Son & Otamendi (-4)?

  2. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Chelsea actually looked solid after zouma came in

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

    Chelsea played really well considering two early injuries.

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

      Same performance when City visit please 😉

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

    Chelsea were great, Pool got lucky!

    1. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ok

    2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Bonus Mr R?

  5. adibo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    How you gonna lose with 2-1 lead and the other team down to 10 men

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

    Auba yellow

  7. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Tomori get in my squad lad. Bargain 😉

  8. Robin Cook
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Man City win by 8 goals difference ... Pool only by 1.
    Klopp out!
    😉

  9. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    No kdb vc but I'll take this petty assist from Salah vc

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Take it and run. He was very poor.

  10. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Arsenal so lucky with that result

  11. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Hahahah Auba yc in 95th min? Bye baps

    1. grumpyman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      A fitting end to my game week.

  12. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Go McGinn!

  13. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    VVD/Jota > Aurier/Tammy hard fail

  14. rodragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Wilcard this team? I got Pope for pickford this week
    Pope button
    Digne awb taa lund kelly
    Salah David silva tielemans cantwell Dendonker
    Aguero tammy vardy

    WC team:
    Pope button
    Taa tomori/mings rico lund kelly
    Mane kdb son cantwell hayden
    Aguero pukki abraham
    0.5itb....
    Thanks in advance

    1. LordRougeGrog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      You’d be WC’ing to get KDB. Your current team is strong, and you are only a couple of moves from KDB. If you want it then go -8 and save the WC, or wait a week.

  15. Amey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Well, Gomez isn't a threat to Taa.
    He's a threat to Mo Salah
    😀

    1. Stockport Hatter
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Salah was atrocious.

      1. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Haul incoming vs Sheffield

  16. Shultan
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Did Jota > Abraham for a -4 have zinc/sterling/kelly not playing
    Dend on my bench

    Someone please hack my account

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Why did you take a hit to get Abraham? The price rises?

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

        Yeah lost .2 on Jota & Abraham was rising & wanted him long term for Chelsea fixtures

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Tammy... flag him up!

  18. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I thought I saw Tammy limping??!!!

  19. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    As an Aubameyang captainer, I'm annoyed Pepe took the penalty.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Also had a late yellow

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      That Pepe pen was a joke and this is why:
      Pepe has not scored once in the league yet, Arsenal were behind. Auba should have taken the pen 100%, the only time Pepe should have taken a pen is if Arsenal were leading by a 2 goal margin, not behind. Stupid decision that wasnt necessary.
      Arsenal got so lucky this game

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Pepe was the pen taker at his last club. Takes better pens than auba and she be the 1st choice. Probably is too

  20. Elfozzie 42
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Going to be interesting seeing all the points changes from the bench and VCs in place in an hour or two - I've lucked out with Lundstram coming in and Aguero VC after Sterling's absence.

  21. bialk
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Where to check live rank?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Team ID?

      1. bialk
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        606960

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          43209

          1. bialk
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Thanks!

  22. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    92 all out. Massive week.

    1. Grounderz
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Link?

      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        No ones linking their teams anytime soon

        1. Grounderz
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          No proof, then nothing to see here. Just words.

    2. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      85

    3. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      GJ Pinky, I am close to 90, I'm so bad in math

    4. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      If you did it with no bench BS then congrats.

      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Why does bench exist?

    5. A girl has no name
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      105

    6. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      88 had Mane, Tammy and TAA today, so could have been better. And my team should be properly linked.

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        WC helped though, all 14 (not Stekelenburg) started.

  23. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Just refreshing Rainy's profile for final baps...

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Members area has them.

      1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I'm not smart enough to know where to look. And it doesn't feel official until you or rainy tell me something.

  24. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Team done better than my WC team would have done. Thanks all who persuaded me out of it 🙂

  25. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Need alison back.
    Definitely we would have scored more points with him

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Nothing Alisson would've done about the goal today.

      1. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        You didn't get it

        1. Tsparkes10
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Don't tbh 🙂 sarcasm or Mount owner?

    2. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Lol.

    3. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      If anything Alisson played well

  26. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Digne Haller to Bobby Lundy looking tempting.. means no Tammy though

  27. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    How did Tammy look?

  28. Murder On Zidanesfloor
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Finished the week at 86. 800k to 100k. Phew!

  29. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    So I’ll have to wait for news on my planned transfer (Greenwood to Abraham and bench Cantwell)
    Any suggestions? 3.1itb 1FT
    Foster
    Robertson Otamendi AWB
    Salah Sterling Mount James Cantwell
    Pukki Barnes
    (Digne Greenwood Lundstram)

  30. FPL_Sponge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Final scores on the doors? 71 expected

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

      68 for me