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Abraham, Pulisic and James among the substitutes as Chelsea face unchanged Villa


The second of Aston Villa’s two Double Gameweek 30+ fixtures kicks off at 16:15 BST, with Chelsea the visitors to the Midlands.

The Villans are unchanged from the side that drew 0-0 with Sheffield United in midweek, meaning that the ‘out of position’ and misclassified Fantasy Premier League midfielder Keinan Davis (£4.3m) once again leads the line for the hosts.

Jack Grealish (£6.4m), the most-bought FPL asset of the current Gameweek, is deployed on the left flank once more.

Frank Lampard has made four changes from the last starting XI he named in the Premier League, although that of course was way back in March.

Andreas Christensen (£4.8m), N’Golo Kante (£5.0m) and Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) are recalled, while the fit-again Ruben Loftus-Cheek (£6.3m) makes his first appearance of the season.

Kurt Zouma (£4.7m), Billy Gilmour (£4.5m), Ross Barkley (£5.7m) and Pedro (£6.8m) drop out.

With Reece James (£5.1m) only among the substitutes, Marcos Alonso (£6.2m) gets his fourth straight league start – the premium FPL defender hasn’t blanked in any of his starts this season.

Tammy Abraham (£7.5m) and Christian Pulisic (£6.9m) also have to be content with places on the bench, as Oliver Giroud (£6.6m) and the soon-to-be out-of-contract Willian (£7.0m) retain their places in Lampard’s side.


Aston Villa XI: Nyland; Konsa Ngoyo, Mings, Hause, Targett; Hourihane, Douglas Luiz, McGinn; El Ghazi, Davis, Grealish.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, Christensen, Alonso; Loftus-Cheek, Kanté, Kovacic; Willian, Giroud, Mount.

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  1. HTL
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Someone's going to have to remind me why everyone was clamouring for 3x Villa, 3x Sheff Utd, 3x Arsenal.

    DGW fallacy at its worst.

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Liverpool are going to absolutey kill my rank later

      1. SweepaKeepa
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Ditto. Going to switch off until after Aguero’s hat trick tomorrow.

    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ask the scouts.

    3. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Could be even more brutal if Liverpool turn up tonight

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Glad I kept Salah and TAA now.

    4. Legendary!
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Groupthink

    5. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sheff and Villa both got 1CS so not too bad

    6. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Villa and Sheffield defensive assets did well in the first game, anything more would've been a bonus IMO (apart from Grealish/McGinn/El Ghazi). Saka and Leno did OK too. Plus nobody had the benefit of hindsight at the time; Auba is still an elite striker and Grealish has still had a great season.

    7. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I think you were expecting a bit too much

      • WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        It's fun having lots of player's

      • Sif
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Point Ceiling.
        I'm quite happy with the gamble tbh. You could have gone with better on paper single game week players and still come off worse.
        My all Sheff U & Villa defense will average 7 points each, decent for the price.
        Nketiah one more point than Jota, Pukki etc.
        Aubameyang twice the score of Kane, Vardy

        Enabled triple City.

      • PL Ball
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Sheffield and Villa have done alright.

        Unsurprisingly, it's Arsenal who disappoints.

      • Supertrooper
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        3x avl = 19pts
        3x shu = 14 pts
        2x ars = 11pts

        Not to mention that most of these picks are bottom of the barrel pricewise that enables 3x mci heavyhitters.

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

      Azpi going ham.

    9. tm245
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Azpi two assists?

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yep

    10. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Someone on here suggested Azpi over Alonso for me, fair play that guy

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        He’s been way more attacking

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

        He even made that assist from Alonso's wing.

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Yeah haha. I actually thought it was Alonso

      3. Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Why did you ignore free advice? 🙂

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Who said I ignored it? 😉

    11. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Giroud proved that he is better than chicken Abraham

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        You proved yet again that you are an idiot

        1. Niho992
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Hihi

    12. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Why is it that gameweeks that start so promising tail off so badly?

      Also gameweeks that start terribly end up not too bad.

    13. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lascelles first sub - chance of Tammy staying benched? Slim right?

    14. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      there we go, look away for 5mins and villa concede 2. As expected, a Villa horror show inbound

    15. FPL_Devil
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Bellerin to Azpilicueta looking good for me. Should I also go Grealish to mount?

    16. mitro
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Target to Samatta would be a dream

    17. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Told ya Pulisic is going to save us

    18. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No Liverpool attackers, no Aguero

      About to get the punishment of a lifetime

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

        Got Agüero last minute. No mane tho

    19. tm245
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Is McGinn still playing?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        yes

        1. tm245
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Have seen him once each match, thought he was their big creator.

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Big injury = time needed plus it's Villa

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

            He had 3 passes completed in first half... awful

            1. tm245
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Don't ever hear his name or see him on the ball, strange for a creative mid playing 70+ minutes each match.

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

        yes

    20. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Anyone who was on 90 something points today, impossible to exceed 100. 7 players and I gaine d7 points lol, Villa will concede another 2 no doubt to put me back on like 96 or something. What a horrendous day for fantasy

      1. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        It was always going to happen when relying on such teams.

      2. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Unless you had a Newcastle defender

      3. Iwantmorepointsthanks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I have gained two points from 5 players today as it stands

      4. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I was on 85 and will exceed 100 unless Pool have a shocker

      5. Pipermaru
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        92 to 109 at the moment, cant complain 🙂

      6. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I have gone from 89 to 100. Barely scraping by 😉

    21. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Looked like a giant Grealish dive that. We were lucky he wasn’t booked. Ref staring straight at it as usual

    22. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Anyone else think Giroud is blowing a bit and needs a breather 🙁

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

        He scored a rarer goal. Will live off that for next 5 games.

      2. DMP
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Me. Need Abraham to score.

        1. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I’d take an assist

    23. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Where are my Pulisic haters @??? Loserz

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Broken watch strikes again.

        1. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          That makes no sense, TM!

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Needs to do it consistently.

            1. Yank Revolution
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Hasn't gotten consistent playing time from Lamps - and had an injury. Look at his numbers per minute, they're above avg. More than passes eye tests as well.

      2. SweepaKeepa
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Looking forward to starting next season with him.

      3. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        The irony

      4. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Why did he tail off? Injury? Fitness? Looks pure fpl gold when fit

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Ahhh if only others saw what we do Hank

          2. SweepaKeepa
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Unlucky, injury, and lots of competition for position. Will be golden next season.

        • The Polymath
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I hate Pulisic, one goal in 20 games ain't gonna change that. Who's the loser now? 😀

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            You just made that stat up. Have another look, son.

      5. The Yorkshire Pirlo
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Started the day on 79... Egan, Lundstram, Mount and Abraham have played and I’m on 78 lol

        1. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Egan Lund Tammy Hendo here

      6. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Any Chelsea players worth including after these all?

        1. Gobigorgohome
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          azpi may be

      7. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Could still draw with a Grealish goal, you never know.

        1. DA Minnion (Former great)
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Do you know.

        2. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Fingers crossed.

        3. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I like this

      8. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Do we have a whole hour between matches? Who scheduled these?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Less than an hour.

        2. The Polymath
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Why, I'm loving it.

          1. PL Ball
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            +1.

            Absolutely on board.

      9. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Tripple Vilaa failed

        1. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Should've tried it, though. So it is what it is now.

        2. MGMT
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Mmm not really, unless you had samatta. Villa assets were cheap solid 5-7 points this GW. I dont know what people were expecting...

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

        Tammy where you at.

      11. evilfish
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Man, after a great start, this GW keeps battering me game after game after game. I surrender, leave me alone, goddamn it!

        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Cliche but you're not alone

          1. Vazza
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Ditto

      12. HollywoodXI
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        An observation. Alonso isn’t getting the ball primarily because Rudiger is playing LCB and is all right foot so constantly plays the ball back inside (despite Alonso having space and time constantly on the left flank).

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Every time Alonso gets the ball he gives it to Rudiger

      13. Vazza
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Come on Mount.. Are you going to do something ?

        1. DMP
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Assist Tammy in a bit.

        2. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Unfortunately, no. 🙁

      14. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Grealish looks like an extra from the original planet of the apes :S

        1. Party time
            3 years, 9 months ago

            He looks like a sisssy

          • HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Bale would be in it too

        2. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Tuesday night.. 75 points
          Since......
          Leno 1 (And injured)
          Nketiah 1
          Barnes 3
          Henderson 2
          Lundstram 1
          Egan -3
          Jota 2
          Lascelles 5
          12 points ! Fml

        3. L'Aeroplanino
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Grealish fail

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Indeed, never saw the appeal

        4. subhojit123
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Guys need a bit of help here.playing free hit GW31+. Which one to go for -
          1.
          POPE
          taa saiss DOHERTY
          salah fernandes RICHARLISON BERGWIN son
          VARDY jiminez

          2.
          PATRICIO
          taa saiss SOYUNCHU
          salah fernandes KDB son
          RASHFORD INGS jiminez

          1. FPL Theorist
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            2. But consider DCL (nor) over Ings.

            1. subhojit123
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Thanks buddy