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Kanté injury big blow to Chelsea clean sheet potential

Those hoping to capitalise on Chelsea’s first clean sheet of the season will be disappointed to see N’Golo Kanté (£5.0m) miss today’s game with a hamstring problem.

He is joined on the sidelines by Kurt Zouma (£4.8m) who was ill in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Those absences could see Mason Mount (£6.6m) drop back into a central midfield trio, although Frank Lampard could still use him in attacking midfield if he goes with the 4-2-3-1 formation.

Meanwhile, Andreas Christensen (£5.0m) is paired with Fikayo Tomori (£4.6m) at centre-back.

Opponents Brighton arrive at Stamford Bridge with Yves Bissouma (£5.0m) in central midfield, making his first league start of the campaign.

Spurs have lined up with Harry Kane (£11.0m) and Son Heung-min (£9.7m) leading their attacking against Southampton.

Erik Lamela (£6.1m), Lucas Moura (£7.2m) and Dele Alli (£8.4m) are among the substitutes but Christian Eriksen (£8.8m) starts, with Serge Aurier (£5.0m) at right-back.

Southampton make the wise decision to bring Ryan Bertrand (£4.9m) back in at left-back after issues there in Gameweek 6. Cédric (£4.9m) returns to the right of defence.

Diogo Jota (£6.2m) is absent from the Wolves squad today with rumours circling about a foot injury.

Therefore, Raúl Jiménez (£7.2m) is paired with Adama Traoré (£5.0m) up front while Leander Dedoncker (£4.5m) starts ahead of a benched Rúben Neves (£5.5m) and Romain Saïss (£4.4m) lines up at centre-back in the place of Ryan Bennett (£4.9m).

Bournemouth retain the same starting XI from the win over Southampton for their meeting with West Ham today.

That features Callum Wilson (£7.8m) fronting-up a 4-4-2 formation alongside Dominic Solanke (£5.4m) with Josh King (£6.3m) in the left-midfield position.

However, Ryan Fraser‘s (£7.2m) absence from the starting line-up is enforced this weekend as he misses the game today with an illness.

Taking his place on the bench is Arnaut Danjuma (£5.8m) who makes it into the matchday squad for the first time.

Also named among the substitutes for the first time this season is Simon Francis (£4.4m).

Meanwhile, West Ham midfielder Manuel Lanzini (£6.5m) is fit enough only for the bench.

That means Sébastien Haller (£7.4m) is supported by an attacking midfield trio of Felipe Anderson (£6.9m), Pablo Fornals (£6.1m) and Andriy Yarmolenko (£5.9m).

Aaron Cresswell (£4.9m) starts at left-back, while Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) is absent from the match-day squad with Pablo Zabaleta (£4.4m) able to cover either defensive flank from the bench.

It looks as if Jack Grealish (£5.9m) might be playing in a more advanced position for Aston Villa today.

He appears to be lining up in the front-three, alongside Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) and Wesley (£6.0m).

Opponents Burnley line up exactly as we predicted as Sean Dyche makes no changes from the side that beat Norwich last weekend.

Despite suggestions that rotation could occur up-front, both Ashley Barnes (£6.6m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) retain their starting berths.

Teemu Pukki (£7.2m) and Todd Cantwell (£5.0m) retain their places in the Norwich side as they travel to face Crystal Palace.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Targett, Mings, Engels, Guilbert; McGinn, Nakamba, Hourihane; El Ghazi, Wesley, Grealish.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; Wood, A Barnes.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Rico, Aké, S Cook, Stacey; J King, Billing, Lerma, H Wilson; Solanke, C Wilson.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Fredericks; Noble, Rice; Anderson, Fornals, Yarmolenko; Haller.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, Tomori, Christense, Azpilicueta; Mount, Barkley, Jorginho; Pedro, Abraham, Willian.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; D Stephens, Bissouma, Mooy; Alzate, Maupay, Groß.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Cahill, Kelly, Ward; Schlupp, McArthur, Kouyaté, Milivojevic; Ayew, Zaha.

Norwich XI: Fahrmann; Lewis, Godfrey, Amadou, Aarons; Leitner, McLean; Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendía; Pukki.

Spurs XI: Lloris; Rose, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Aurier; Sissoko, Winks, Ndombele; Eriksen; Son, Kane.

Southampton XI: Gunn; Bertrand, Yoshida, Bednarek, Cédric; Romeu, Højbjerg, Ward-Prowse; Boufal, Redmond; Ings.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Jonny, Moutinho, Neto, Dendoncker, Doherty; Jiménez, Traoré.

Watford XI: Foster; Holebas, Dawson, Cathcart, Janmaat; Capoue, Doucouré; Deulofeu, Cleverley, Sarr; Welbeck.

2,226 Comments Post a Comment
  1. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Step 1: I kept Jota instead of moving to Abraham.

    Step 2: Abraham blank

    Step 3: Greenwood off the bench

    Step 4: Profit??

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      What are you doing with Jota next week?

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

        Jota -> Abraham I think (small % I bench him as he has good fixtures after that)

  2. Demí
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Wow some actual points. Matt Lowton assist

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Well done Demi

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Shake hands ... Wood for me

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

    Got Kelly sitting on my bench with 6 points. Anyone else?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He might come in if he is first in the bench

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

      Everyone..

    3. rdpx
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He is my highest scoring player by a long way. 3rd bench. Including the captain with his double points.

  4. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Is Ryan on 9 saves ?

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

      8 annoyingly

    2. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He's been so good today

  5. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Son (c) looking decent now. Just need a Sterling fail

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

    ridiculous how barnes has just suddenly gone on a drought and wood is now the main man

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Truly is

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

      I switched them. Missed all their goals. Sorry mate.

    3. Chirsbom
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      They tend to do that. It is one or the other.

  7. pjomara
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sweet was tempted to go on Abraham bandwagon for -4 but stuck with King instead

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

      Is the fat lady warming up her vocal cords?

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

    Any baps for Barnes?

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

      LOL

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

    Kane close

  10. Party time
      4 years, 6 months ago

      McGovern is a Legend!

    • Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Kane will get another here

    • Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Fantastic from Kane!

    • ddande
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      What is Fabs off?

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

        Injured

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Why the hell was Haller in the scout picks?

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

        Did better than Abraham

      2. Muchentuchel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Had a better game than Tammy tbf

      3. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Over Kane as well lol

    • Shultan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Wish id read those pep comments yesterday!

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

        He did make it very clear.

      2. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        What did he say?

        1. Critical Observer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          That he loves both Jesus and Kun and it’s impssible to play both every game and when they don’t play they are not happy and in related news, bears still take a dump in the forest.

          1. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Okay, cheers.

      3. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        what did he say?

    • moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Oh, Lowton assist, 1st on my bench, making the inevitable Kun 1pter even more irritating

    • Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone WC GW7 how's for you so far?

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

        Awful

    • SirStevieG
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Abraham is the perfect example why you should NEVER make players like him captain. Just stick with the proven guns, something he is not right now.

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

        Like salah?

      2. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Get banged

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

        You're right!
        Keeping Sterling and then not captaining him was the worst decision of my whole life.

      4. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        All of the big hitters not doing much today, save Kane, which few of the Top 10 k own. Sterling and KDB left to play (Kun benched)...so, not sure what you're talking about.

        1. SirStevieG
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Watch Sterling and KDB get returns.

      5. DantheManinaPan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I didn't captain him this week, but surely you can see the logic behind him as a pick?

        We should measure mistakes based on errors in judgement, not simply on points.

        I don't think there was an error in judgement there really

        1. SirStevieG
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          He had CLEAR cut chances to score and blew them.

    • TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      0 goals in my team from 7 games. Any good?

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

        Show-off!

      2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Great

      3. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        You are not alone

      4. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        There has to be teams with 0 goals 1 red card?

        1. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yep, mine.

        2. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          That would be me.

        3. FPL.team
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Me

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

        Stop bragging

      6. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        None here either, have 4 assists tho thank god

    • For Fuchs Sake
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Was Son injured?

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

        Tactical change it seems

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

        No. Bayern midweek.

      3. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Oh fantastic

      4. The Chosen One...
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        rested for CL midweek

    • Littlefish92
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      What a bad week this is -8

      Took out sterling for salah and C him
      Have aguero on bench
      Bring it Tammy as a punt and not done anything

      Red arrow coming

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

        I mean Sterling to Salah was daft, especially for a hit, but can sympathise with Tammy

    • Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Barnes couldn't stop scoring til I purchased him.

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

        I thought about getting King for him all week and didnt....arghhhhh

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Come on Ryan one more save

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        This!

      2. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        This

    • VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      So who held and played Digne? o/

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

        o/

      2. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah. COYBs!

      3. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Me. FK goal incoming. Or RC. Hopefully former

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

          Can definitely see this.

      4. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I did

      5. Demí
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Yes me. Love that wee french b*stard.

      6. L'Aeroplanino
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        masterclass needed

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

        Woop, let's do this. He's a free kick genius. Harry Wilson all over again please

      8. Hits from the Bong
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Sold for Aurier

    • Limbo
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      30pts (-4). Captain Tammy fail. Pukki fail. Salah fail. Jesus wept.

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

        How many players you got left? Might not be that bad

        1. Limbo
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Digne, KDB & Sterling

          Not holding much hope!

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

        My heart bleeds

        1. Limbo
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Haha. Sh!te week?

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

            Haha. Worse than you.. trust me

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

        Jesus yet to play.

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

        30 points is more than most.

      5. Celt Abroad
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        No, Jesus replaced Kun.

      6. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Jesus starts!

      7. FPL.team
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        20 here

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      McGovern 6 pointer laughing from the bench

      1. Party time
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Glad I gave him his debut 🙂

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Well, may as well play for fun this season, absolute write off

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

          It's been pathetic 🙁

        2. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Join the club.

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

          Sterlings week

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

            Was due to be fair

            1. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Not played yet

        4. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Totally - I had the worst game week of my life 2 ago and fell over 1.5 million places. Completely done with this.

      3. Party time
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I sold sterling, Kun(c), Aurier making it a -18 points. Heading towards a deep red hole

        • ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Need Kun to come off the bench and score 2.

          1. GOTHAM City F.C.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            He'd get 1 point not 2.

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

              Love it

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

            2 points?

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

          Aurier to Matip for free?

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

            Can’t sell Aurier, back for GW9 with that attacking threat!

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

              ??? Sarcasm?

          2. The Mandalorian
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Matip looks good