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Pulisic gets the nod over Hudson-Odoi as Emerson returns at left-back

The eighth and final match of a busy Saturday of Premier League football sees Watford take on Chelsea.

Kick-off at Vicarage Road is at 17:30 GMT.

Frank Lampard’s main selection dilemma has gone the way of Christian Pulisic (£7.2m), who has been given the nod to start on the left flank.

Callum Hudson-Odoi (£6.0m) is only among the substitutes.

Emerson Palmieri (£5.5m) has returned at left-back, meanwhile, with Marcos Alonso (£6.3m) dropping to the bench.

Frank Lampard’s side are otherwise unchanged from the team that beat Burnley last weekend.

Andre Gray (£5.7m) replaces the injured Tom Cleverley (£4.9m) in Quique Sanchez Flores’ only alteration from Gameweek 10.

Watford have only scored one goal in their last five Premier League games, although Lampard’s troops haven’t kept an away clean sheet in the top flight this season.

Chelsea have averaged four goals per game in their last four league fixtures on the road, however.

Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) and Mason Mount (£6.9m) haven’t blanked in any one of those four games.

Abraham was the second-most-bought Fantasy Premier League forward of Gameweek 11 and remains the most-owned asset in FPL overall.

Pulisic himself was bought by just under 135,000 Fantasy managers ahead of this game.

Watford XI: Foster, Kabasele, Dawson, Cathcart, Janmaat, Doucouré, Chalobah, Masina, Deulofeu, Gray, Pereyra.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Tomori, Zouma, Emerson, Kovacic, Jorginho, Mount, Willian, Abraham, Pulisic.

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

    Next week looks bloody difficult.
    Free hit?

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nah I reckon we’ll do way better than we think there

    2. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yh horrible fixtures for more than half of the team

    3. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I wouldn't but go ahead if you think you'll get a positive result from it.

      1. This is the year
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Good fixtures are what have cost me.
        Triple city last 2 and no more than 30 points including two captains!!!

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

          sounds like this is not the year

          1. This is the year
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Witty

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

      I know I know... one should wait for a double gw but with three City, double Pool, Lundy etc my team has a LOT of tough fixs next week.

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

      A question for a Pro during the week!

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

      I'm hoping for 0-0 or 4-4

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

        Liv-Manc, i guess thats the fixture that makes it difficult

  2. jorgenoj
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Otamendi to Soy, Willems or Tomori?

    1. rjcv177
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I will go for janmaat...getting the most funds possible for liv triple on GW13 or 14

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

    Cool...have Deoulofeu coming off the bench for Mendy 🙂

  4. Timon
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero and Conolly to Vardy and Jiminez for Free?

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No brainer

  5. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Damn Mount yellow.

    Takes my score from 65 to 64...

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not linked

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

    61 with no one left. Should be ok?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, you shouldn't fall too much.

    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      64 with Vardy and Perez left.

      Hoping tomorrow is a good day.

      Think your score will be way above average after all the Sterling TC's lol.

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

        Snap!

        think I've got you by 1pt though 🙂

    3. TOPCAT1960
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      65 with Vardy(c) and Pereira ...green arrow !!

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

    Rico benched, CHO 1 pter. Well should I have known. My mistake at the end. Anyone benched CHO rightly?

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

      3 CS benched in a row

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

      Matched Mount at least!

    3. rjcv177
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Always play the attacker...fpl rule right?

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

    I got my bench order right at least

  9. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero owners, what are you doing now?

    1. Flynny
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Selling for vardy

    2. JC9
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      keeping here

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

      They're probably reading this.

    4. Jack Burton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Might keep and get rid of sterling not decided yet my rivals both have vardy

    5. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      keeping--he can score against liverpool and chelsea

    6. rjcv177
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Going jimy (c) and keep the money for liv asset

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

      Was all set on selling him, but might keep.... no other forward are really appealing, already own Vardy and Tammy. Maybe Jimenez

    8. LE CHARO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Probably keeping one more gameweek and saving my FT. But he certainly will be gone by gw13.

  10. Wensink
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone have info on the average number of players played/remaining? Trying to gauge how far I’ll fall tomorrow.

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

      Top 10K avg is 49 and 10/12 players played

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

        Cheers.

  11. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    So do I keep Jimenez or ditch him?

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Who are you getting for him?

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Ditch for who?

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Well I am deciding whether to get in Son so Jimenez would have to go.

    3. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No one reply to this

    4. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Foolish. Great fixtures

    5. Vasily
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Really?

    6. rjcv177
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Craaaazy. I will buy him.

      Do you know he is injured?? Anything we dont know??

  12. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Newcastle defence worth getting with those fixtures?

    1. Lilac Breasted Roller
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Got Lascalles as bench option

    2. The Frenchie
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Willems

  13. PikeyMikey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What to do with this team? Thinking that City midfielders let me down big time today also lack of Liverpool.

    Ryan
    Lunds Ake Soy
    Sterling Perez KDB Mount
    Kun Tammy Vardy

    Button Pieters Lewis Dendo

    1FT
    1.6 ITB

  14. JC9
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    why mount just couldn't hold himself one more minute ?!

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It's before the watershed.

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

      Cz he's a team player and took one for the team

  15. dansmusen
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Crazy GW...76 with Schmeichel to go. Also had 3 one pointers and KDB C. Smooth with the rough.

  16. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I hate those people who at start of the season said: lundstram will be dropped and lose his place in starting XI. Season killer and it's over

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

      if only you had 10 weeks of solid evidence to help you make an informed decision, eh? 😆

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

      Nobody knew anything. Pure guesswork

  17. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Team A or B for foreseeable future!
    A)
    Pope button
    Taa tomori SOY Lund Rico
    Salah sterling kdb DENDO HAYDEN
    VARDY Abraham jimi

    B)
    Pope button
    Taa ROBBO tomori Lund Rico
    Salah sterling kdb PULISIC DENDO
    Abraham jimi GREENWOOD

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

      A but with Mane, no Salah

    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not on WC sadly! But thanks

  18. bialk
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Next week captain Vardy or Abraham?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Either

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

      Tammy hates the Bridge.

    3. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      vardy surely

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

      Pukki

  19. danlynch13
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    A) Salah + Pukki > Mane + Jiminez
    B) Tomoroi + pukki > Rico + Jiminez

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

      Salah to Mane for team value.

  20. Kasper the ghost keeper
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Get Vardy before rise tonight or wait until he plays?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You know the risks. Only you can decide if you want to take that risk.

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

      Get him. Show everyone how big the spuds are

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

    Late bookings are so annoying.

  22. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Auba + Dilva ---> Vardy and Son
    VvD + Dilva ---> Lasceles and Son

    Either of those worth a hit? Think we are arriving at Son time around about now

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

      Keep VVD. He will get more points than Vardy overall.

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

    LOL and someone said I was bragging with 30 odd points.... was a genuine concern.

  24. CroatianHammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Okay, what a rollercoaster of a day! Somehow I emerge the other end with 65 & a Leicester duo to play tomorrow (Vardy/Tielemans). Had I not used my WC I would have been sitting on a much lower score.

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

      Very nice!

  25. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Any Burnley fans here? Interested to hear your thoughts on todays game

  26. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    63 with Vardy to go and that's with Raz captain!

    I'll take it!

  27. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Mendy.

    How to mend?

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

      Keep.

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

      Turn into a Pool fullback by GW13.

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

        but money

    3. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Get him out

    4. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Need to upgrade Cantwell to Tielemans so may downgrade to New/Bou bargain... Not sure may hold til the Int break..

  28. The Frenchie
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Best option?

    B) Mount - Pulisic?
    C) Mount - Martial?
    D) Pulisic - Martial?

    1. barcaa7
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      C

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

      Keep Mount and Pully

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

    Haven't owned Lundstram this season. Seems stupid to bring him in now, right?

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

      Wrong. Won't get a haul much bigger than this ever again though!

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Why would it be stupid?

    3. Alnair
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Seems stupid not to.

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

      Wrong. Hes got more points than Sterling, salah and Auba. For 4.7m!

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

        For 4.0m for some.

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

    Time to take Pulisic seriously.

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

      Until he's benched vs Palace, if he starts midweek.

      1. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Unlikely CHO will start in midweek cl game

        Pulisic rested midweek after playing 3 consecutive games and start next gw in pl