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Mount starts as Alonso and Azpilicueta miss out for Chelsea

Mason Mount (£6.8m) has come through his injury concern to start Chelsea’s Gameweek 12 meeting with Crystal Palace.

The midfielder sustained an injury against Ajax midweek but keeps his place in the line-up, although it is unclear which role he will play this afternoon.

Mount could either be in the central midfield trio of a 4-3-3 or as the number 10 in a 4-2-3-1.

His return to fitness means that Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.9m) stays on the bench for a third Premier League match in a row as Christian Pulisic (£7.4m) and Willian (£7.2m) start on the flanks.

However, the most surprising news from Stamford Bridge is in the full-back areas.

Emerson Palmieri (£5.5m) starts at left-back with Marcos Alonso (£6.3m) absent from the matchday squad.

Meanwhile, club captain Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.9m) drops to the bench to allow the incredibly promising youngster Reece James (£5.0m) to start at right-back, just days after scoring an important Champions League goal.

That means that Fikayo Tomori (£4.8m) and Kurt Zouma (£4.7m) retain their places at centre-back.

Roy Hodgson looks to have reverted to 4-4-2 following their 2-0 defeat to Leicester last time out.

Andros Townsend (£5.6m) comes in for Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m) to play on the left side.

The formation also looks capable of playing of switching to a 4-3-3 to match up Chelsea if need be, with Townsend able to push forward and join Wilfried Zaha (£6.7m) and Jordan Ayew (£5.1m) in attack.

Crucially, Martin Kelly (£4.1m) is on the bench for the fourth match in a row with James Tomkins (£5.0m) and Gary Cahill (£4.5m) preferred at centre-back, the latter making a return to Stamford Bridge after seven years there as a player.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Emerson, Tomori, Zouma, R James; Kanté, Kovačić; Pulisic, Mount, Willian; Abraham.

Crystal Palace XI (4-4-2): Guaita; van Aanholt, Cahill, Tomkins, Ward; Townsend, Kouyaté, Milivojević, McArthur; Ayew, Zaha.

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

    Still own Kelly

    Would love it if he manages to get a run of games for Palace great run of fixtures

    1. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yep, this is what i said a few weeks back, Kelly is basically our only other player that can play RB as well as cover for CB.

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

    Wardinho fail

  3. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kelly on
    Ward off

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

    Game is screaming for CHO CHO Chooo

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Alonso for Emerson IMO. (Don't own either).

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

        Alonso is not even on the bench

  5. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ward 🙁

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

    Grace Kelly on

    1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Braendon is Ginger.

      1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Brendon*

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

    Palace are terrible with the ball

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      But good at disrupting Chelseas play. Which is their main game plan it seems.

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

    Never realised Kelly and Ward were two different players until now

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

    Groin injury for Ward, Kelly an option again it seems

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

      ...for now

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      My bench of Naitland-Miles and Kelly coming back from the dead.

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

      How much is it usually for groin injuries? (=How much time for Kelly)

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Depends on the class of the prostitute.

  10. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Why would anyone ever cap an attacking player facing Palace?

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

      Yep they play possibly the worst football ever seen in the premier league

    2. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Because on average they concede at least 1.16 goals per game?

  11. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I like palace.

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

      I see you’re a missionary only man

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Solid team. Never captain a player against them.

  12. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kelly, cheapest nailed bench fodder

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

    At least we now know that Mount is made of rubber. Never bench

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Just sell

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

    Hudson on asap

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

      Surely on for mount at half time

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

        He plays on the wing, he's not coming on for mount

        One of Willian or pulisic

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

          Willian is so selfish and only passes to Emerson but he has experience so lampard may want to keep him on

      2. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        No man

  15. No Professionals
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pulisic plays like a child, no interest in short passes just wants to dribble, shoot and cross.

    And he cries when he gets subbed.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Surely the ultimate FPL type player.

    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      A perfect fpl player. Reminds me of Mane

  16. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Zaha begging for a red

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

    Highlighting the importance of Jorginho

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

    Willian misses from 5 yards

    1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Heroics from Cahill 🙁

  19. theodosios
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What a miss by Willian

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

      Deflected

  20. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea attacker essential

  21. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Went Perez to Martial and should have done Mount

  22. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    wow

  23. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Well done lads, keep it going 🙂

  24. No Professionals
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Worst half of pl football I've seen this season

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

      You haven't watched any Man Utd games then?

      1. ‘Tis the Season
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Lol

    2. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      From Palace that is?

      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        They're being very naughty aren't they, they need to open up a bit more.

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You didn't watch Bournemouth vs Norwich then.

      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Was it on tv?

  25. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Owning 3 Chelsea players isn't very enjoyable right now.

  26. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Goals in this second half. Remember guys, palace are very solid on travels.

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

      7 conceded in last 3?

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

    Great block by Cahill tbf but Abraham should have got on the end of that beautiful James cross for the tap in

  28. Lecky Legs FC
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Thought that was a Willian goal when it dropped to him so close great block by Cahill then

    1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      🙁

      1. Lecky Legs FC
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        He'll get it mate don't sweat it Palace will break and Willian will be in the thick of it

        1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          This! 🙂

  29. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Benched Tomori and he's gonna get a CS

    1. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Be quiet

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

    This game has been even worse than the one last night.