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Lampard rotates but key Chelsea assets all start

Chelsea’s key Fantasy assets all start against Bournemouth with Christian Pulisic (£7.4m) joining Tammy Abraham (£8.0m) in the front-three.

Meanwhile, Mason Mount (£6.6m) is also in the starting line-up but may well be sat in a central midfield trio alongside N’Golo Kanté (£5.0m) and Jorginho (£5.0m).

However, those who made a move for the differential Reece James (£5.0m) were left disappointed as he was named on the bench.

The exciting right-back has started four of the last five but is among the substitutes against Bournemouth.

The Cherries have gone with something relatively experimental in light of recent injuries.

Eddie Howe has opted for a 4-4-2 diamond system featuring Josh King (£6.1m) and Ryan Fraser (£6.9m) as the central strikers.

That sees Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.8m) return to the right of defence with Emerson Palmieri (£5.5m) starts on the left.

Meanwhile, Leicester have kept the exact same line-up rolled out in the 4-1 win at Aston Villa, hinting that Brendan Rodgers may continue using it after Gameweek 16.

The Foxes once again are laid out in a 4-3-1-2 system, with Dennis Praet (£5.3m) and Youri Tielemans (£6.6m) either side of Wilfred Ndidi (£5.0m) and James Maddison (£7.8m) behind Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) and Kelechi Iheancho (£5.7m).

Opponents Norwich include Todd Cantwell (£4.7m) in their starting line-up after he was benched in Gameweek 16.

Sheffield United name an unchanged side to face Aston Villa, Dean Smith hands rare starts to Kortney Hause (£4.4m) and Henri Lansbury (£4.4m).

After coming back into the team for the 5-0 defeat at Spurs, Matt Lowton (£4.4m) returns to the bench for Burnley.

Phil Bardsley (£4.3m) reclaims his right-back berth after an injury, while Ashley Barnes (£6.3m) and Ashley Westwood (£5.4m) return after missing out on Gameweek 16.

Chris Wood (£6.2m) has also shaken off the knock Sean Dyche revealed on Thursday to start up-front in the 4-4-2 system.

In light of recent injuries to Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m) and Jonjo Shelvey (£5.1m), Steve Bruce is somewhat limited in the team he can name at Turf Moor.

He has stuck with a five-man defence but looks to be deploying three central midfielders behind a front-pairing of Andy Carroll (£5.4m) and Joelinton (£5.6m), rather than sticking with a 5-4-1 formation.

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

Newcastle United XI: Dúbravka; Willems, Dummett, Schär, Fernández, Manquillo; Atsu, S Longstaff, Hayden; Joelinton, Carroll.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Emerson, Rüdiger, Zouma, Azpilicueta; Mount, Kanté, Jorginho; Pulisic, Abraham, Willian.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Rico, Mepham, Francis, Stacey; Lerma; Gosling, Billing; L Cook; J King, Fraser.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Tielemans, Ndidi, Praet; Maddison; Iheanacho, Vardy.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Aarons, Zimmermann, Godfrey, Byram; Tettey, Trybull; Buendía, McLean, Cantwell; Pukki.

Sheffield Utd XI: Henderson; Basham, Egan, O’Connell; Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens; Mousset, McGoldrick.

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

1,988 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bournemouth goal. CHelsea no CS as usual

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

    lampard at the wheel

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

      Chelsea are so unreliable (FPL wise)

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

    Jammy Vardy goal coming up to cheer up the captainers. 🙁

  4. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Salah captainers the real winners of this dreadful week

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks

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

    Goal for Bournemouth

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

    Gosling G given

  7. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gosling GOAL

  8. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    chel 0-1

    1. Ole.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Good for MU

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

    Chelsea.

    Bruh.

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

      Gutted

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

    G BOU CONFIRMED

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

    Chelsea CS gone!

  12. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gosling goal given!

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

    Gosling G

    Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth

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

    Lampard OUT

  15. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bournemouth goal confirmed

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

      Why does it take 5 mins??
      VAR is a joke.

  16. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    BoU goal after VAR check ..

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

    That’s why you don’t drop James

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

    Lucky Tomori, James, Rico owners

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

    Rico rooted to 3rd on the bench 😎

    1. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Me 2

  20. Lev Yashin
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Wowsers.

  21. Gaddafi
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    So what happened to the "Vardy always scores in the second half" guys?

    1. Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You wouldn't be so salty of you had him for weeks.

      New owner, I take it?

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

      9 mins left to do so, plus stoppage time

  22. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    LOOOL

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

    So Mane cap beat Vardy cap eh 😀

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

      Why would you jinx it like that?!

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not over last seven weeks 😉

  24. 4-4-who?
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea, Wolves are coming for you!

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

    Pulisic owners in heaven!

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

    I thought Chelsea were supposed to be alright?

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

    That’s a ridiculous goal

  28. Give Me the Mane
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ffs Chelsea!

  29. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    FAT LAMPS what happened?

    1. 1314
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      actually is he really fat that people been calling him that ?

  30. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gosling cooks Chelsea's goose.

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      underrated 😆