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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.

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  1. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Imagine give 70 milion for donkey Kepa

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

    Enormous Vardy fail. Mane cappers the real winners...

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

      Salah u mean!

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

      LOL.

    3. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      scoring now is what he does

    4. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      If you captain him every week and his lowest score is 5 then it's a success. Do you expect 9 pts average?

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

      Classic Bross

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

    New manager bounce officially over. Back to the norm.

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

    Son captain next week

    1. Dr. Agabuse
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Salah you mean

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

        BGW

    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Glad I got Kane in this week have a feeling spurs will roll chelsea over 3-0 ish

  5. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Finall Pulisic more points than Mount..lllol

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

    mane win

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

    Thanks Pulisic for the clean sheet point !! Feck off !+

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

    Take a moment to appreciate Mark for capping Abraham.

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

      Surely hacked?

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

    Chelsea haven’t looked the same without Tammy.

  10. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Usually now is Vardy time

  11. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea stopped scoring since I put Mount in lol

  12. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Getting absolutely murdered in the cup.

    He has Fleck, Captain Salah, double SHU defence...blah blah blah...

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

      RIP

      1. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        He’s already close to 80pts...

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

      That cant be real . Link pls

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

          Oh my

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

    Just realised I’d have Rico points if Robbo didn’t come on 🙂

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

      But......

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

    vardy party almost over

  15. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Goal?

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

      What? Just f off

      1. Dr. Agabuse
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Said goal pending in my fotmob app.
        Still actually

  16. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea need Giroud

  17. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Cantwell is so weird

  18. Pointless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    They say don't load your clean sheet pouints early. But I'd say do load your rival's - and have the joy of watching his 40 pts drop to 36 with Azpi clean sheet loss!

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

    Irbox is going to be unbearable this week 😀

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Why?

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

      Lord help me

    3. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      makes a change

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

      He captained Salah?

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

        Yeah and was all over predeadline.

    5. Klein
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah only mass report can save us.

    6. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      A Salah haul might push him up the rankings a bit from 1.9M

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

      oh god

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

      He's unbearable every week

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

      Hes on a 24 hour sit out for fake team news, will be back posting around 11.30 tomorrow.

    10. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      deffo, fair play to him!

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

    Cantwell off

  21. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Can anyone tell me why Grealish is on 0 points did he get a yellow or what.
    He could knock me out of the fpl cup - why did I pick the traitor?

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

      Missed a penalty.

    2. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Missed pen.

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Ah right thanks makes sense could not make head nor tail of it.
        Is good then in a way because I have double blades defence as well (hedged my bets)

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

    Chelsea have no goal scorers in the team except Abraham who can put one in after 100s of attempts of going forward

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

    That’ll be cantwell dropped just in time for BGW. As expected.

    1. Dr. Agabuse
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Could start tbf

  24. Holding Matip
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    If you google the Leicester game and click on lineups, the Norwich lineup has an odd symmetry to it!

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

      Very satisfying

  25. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Cantwell off

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Can better

  26. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Tammy party is over.

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy party also

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

    Need a non-Vardy goal to keep the title challenge exciting.

  28. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Abraham FAIL

  29. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Leicester love a late goal it's coming

    1. 4-4-who?
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Let's hope so

  30. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy still on for a BAP?

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

      Bacon.