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Abraham fit to start as Martial misses out for United

There are six Premier League matches taking place this evening, with all bar the Merseyside derby kicking off at 19:30 GMT.

Liverpool v Everton gets underway at 20:15 GMT, meanwhile.

Perhaps the headline team news comes from Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea take on Aston Villa.

Frank Lampard is able to call upon Tammy Abraham (£7.9m) as the England striker makes a swift return from the hip injury that forced his absence in Gameweek 14.

Mason Mount (£6.6m), Christian Pulisic (£7.5m) and the recalled Willian (£7.1m) make up the attacking trident behind Abraham but there is no place in the starting XI for Fikayo Tomori (£4.9m), who is replaced by Andreas Christensen (£4.9m).

Jorginho, Emerson (£5.5m), Olivier Giroud (£6.6m) and Pedro (£6.8m) also drop out of the team, as N’Golo Kante (£5.0m) and Cesar Azplicueta (£5.9m) return.

Dean Smith has made three changes, two of which are enforced.

Douglas Luiz (£4.5m), the suspended Frederic Guilbert (£4.4m) and the injured Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) make way, with Marvelous Nakamba (£4.4m), Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.2m) and Trezeguet (£5.2m) taking their places.

The swirling media reports that suggested that Anthony Martial (£7.7m) would miss out have proven to be accurate, with the Frenchman not in Manchester United’s squad.

Speaking to MUTV before the game, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said:

Anthony got a slight injury on Sunday so he’ll be out for a little while.

Brandon Williams (£4.1m), Juan Mata (£6.2m) and Andreas Pereira (£5.0m) all drop to the bench, meanwhile, as Jesse Lingard (£6.3m), Ashley Young (£5.4m), Mason Greenwood (£4.3m) and Scott McTominay (£5.1m) come into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s starting XI.

Jose Mourinho is back at Old Trafford after a 12-month absence and has made two changes to his Spurs team, with Harry Winks (£5.3m) and Lucas Moura (£7.0m) replacing Tanguy Ndombele (£5.8m) and Eric Dier (£4.9m).

There were shocks at Anfield, too, with Jurgen Klopp making five changes: two of which see Mohamed Salah (£12.2m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.4m) drop to the bench.

Xherdan Shaqiri (£6.3m) and Divock Origi (£5.2m) come in, while Adrian (£4.2m) replaces the suspended Alisson (£6.0m).

Everton are unchanged.

Brendan Rodgers has made only one change to his Leicester City XI, with Christian Fuchs (£4.3m) replacing the absent Ben Chilwell (£5.9m).

Chilwell reportedly has a minor groin injury.

Hayden Mullins, in temporary charge of Watford, also makes a sole alteration, with Troy Deeney (£6.2m) in for the injured Jose Holebas (£4.7m).

That would seem to indicate a change of shape, with the 3-5-2 abandoned for a back four.

Continuing that trend, Nuno Espirito Santo has only made one tweak to his Wolves starting XI: Romain Saiss (£4.4m), who was banned for the 1-1 draw against Sheffield United, ousts Max Kilman (£4.0m) at centre-half.

West Ham’s only change sees Sebastien Haller (£7.1m) come in for Michail Antonio (£6.9m), who failed a late fitness test.

There is just one alteration at St. Mary’s, meanwhile: Norwich City are unchanged, while Shane Long (£4.6m) starts in Michael Obafemi‘s (£4.9m) stead for the hosts.


Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Christensen, James; Kante, Kovacic; Pulisic, Mount, Willian; Abraham.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Targett, Mings, Konsa, Elmohamady; Hourihane, Nakamba, McGinn; Grealish, Wesley, Trezeguet.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Fuchs, Soyuncu, Evans, Ricardo; Ndidi; Barnes, Maddison, Tielemans, Perez; Vardy.

Watford XI: Foster; Masina, Mariappa, Cathcart, Femenia; Capoue, Doucoure; Hughes, Deulofeu, Sarr; Deeney.

Liverpool XI: Adrian; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Wijnaldum, Milner, Lallana; Shaqiri, Mane, Origi.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Keane, Mina, Holgate, Sidibe; Sigurdsson, Davies; Richarlison, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Young, Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka; Fred, McTominay; Rashford, Lingard, James; Greenwood.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Gazzaniga; Vertonghen, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Aurier; Winks, Sissoko; Son, Dele Alli, Lucas Moura; Kane.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, Stephens, Cedric; Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Djenepo; Ings, Long.

Norwich XI: Krul; Byram, Zimmermann, Godfrey, Aarons; Trybull, Amadou; Hernandez, McClean, Cantwell; Pukki.

Wolves XI: Patricio; Saiss, Coady, Dendoncker; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty; Jota, Jimenez, Traore.

West Ham XI: Martin; Cresswell, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Fredericks; Rice, Noble; F. Anderson; Fornals, Snodgrass; Haller.

3,820 Comments Post a Comment
  1. School of Poch
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    transferred Mount out

  2. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    So Pool can't keep a CS... wow!

  3. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sold Mount for Zaha. Lol.

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Before Villa at home? Crazy.

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

    Lovren special

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Shite

  5. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I should stop playing this game.

    Transferred out Dilva for Son over Alli
    Soyunca booked
    Vardy booked
    Captained Vardy over Mane
    Double pool clean sheet gone AGAIN!

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      OMFG AND I SOLD MOUNT FOR CANTWELL

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Oh yes and i have Dendonker on the bench...

  6. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Goodbye.

  7. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Time for double pool defence to go

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Went two weeks ago had it since start, never coming good.

  8. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    MOUNTINHOOOOO

    THE PENDULUM SWINGS BACK!

  9. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    This double pool defence is getting to be a joke.

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

    f off f off f off f off f off

  11. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mount!!

  12. MGD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    This GW I have:
    Jimenez instead of Ings
    Son instead of Alli
    Salah instead of Mane
    Sold Tammy last GW
    2 Liverpool defenders

  13. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    FFS, Sold Mount and Tammy. Eff off

  14. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mount Tammy owners o/

    1. zdrojo187
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      🙂

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      o/

  15. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bloody Lovren again 😡

  16. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    People still doing Liverpool double defence?

  17. Dont give a fuchs
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mount on the bench rico on the bench

    1. Planet Head
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Me too, plus Dendo :/

      1. Railwayman
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Wow, harsh

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

    TAA overpriced?

  19. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    WTF, thats a Rashford dive. VAR?

  20. Regin
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Did mount to pulisic instead of martial to alli.
    10 to 16 pt swing. Terrible terrible decision. If course my main rival retained mount and Abraham and has alli.
    Terrible just terrible

  21. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    What a start to the second halves. Goals galore!

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not if you own none of them

  22. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    FECK OFF POOL DEF..

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

    Where's the delete team function?
    Mount to pulisic
    Tammy to Laca
    bench scoring
    Vardy c mane vc

    it keeps getting worse!

    1. David Richardson
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Do you ever stop moaning?

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

        no

  24. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mount finally pays back.

    Still selling for Dele though.

  25. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    70k to 200k predicted so far this week.

    Good Times.

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Penalty for Tashford

  27. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Vardy's was more of a pen than Rashford's

  28. Clintymints
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Robertson gotta go, this is piss taking territory now

  29. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    -8 points, Tammy out, Maddison in, Vardy in, Chilwell out (and Tomori not playing, either) 🙁
    Dele in, Sterling and Mount out, 🙂

    And now Everton have scored, TAA CS gone.

    Yyyyeah, this is not shaping up well.

    1. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I personally dont own TAA for his clean sheets.

      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Nor do I, but he's not done much on the two goals either and how many more are L'pool going to score?

    2. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Quick fire weeks doing their jam

    3. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Great, now Mount's scored.

  30. Calvin Valance
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mané might get a shoulder injury from carrying this team