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Abraham leads Chelsea line as Jorginho drops to bench for West Brom trip

Tammy Abraham (£7.3m) has been tasked with leading the Chelsea line for their Gameweek 3 trip to West Bromwich Albion.

After impressing midweek, the former Swansea City loanee makes his first Premier League start of the season in what looks to be a 4-2-3-1 formation named by Frank Lampard.

That suggests a slightly wider role for Timo Werner (£9.5m), who is capable of operating as a left-winger, while Kai Havertz (£8.4m) gets his first chance to play number 10 in a league match since arriving from Bayer Leverkusen.

Meanwhile, Abraham coming into the team has forced Jorginho (£5.1m) to the bench, which should make for interesting viewing if Chelsea win any penalties this afternoon, as the Italian has taken two since the start of the season.

In defence, Reece James (£5.1m) continues to silence the naysayers worried about rotation, as he starts ahead of Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.9m) for the third match in a row.

His Fantasy credentials are boosted by a Premier League debut for Thiago Silva (£5.5m), although Willy Caballero (£4.9m) makes one last start in goal as Edouard Mendy‘s (£5.0m) came too soon for involvement in Gameweek 3.

Matheus Pereira (£6.0m) remains the only asset of slight Fantasy worth in the West Bromwich Albion side.

The mid-priced midfielder is the most popular among Baggies starters but is only owned by 2.5% ahead of a testing meeting with Chelsea.

West Bromwich Albion XI (5-4-1): Johnstone; C Townsend, O’Shea, Bartley, Ajayi, Furlong; Diangana, Sawyers, Livermore, M Pereira; C Robinson.

Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Caballero; Alonso, T Silva, Christensen, R James; Kanté, Kovačić; Werner, Havertz, Mount; Abraham.

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  1. SuperG
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Team help please:

    Doherty and Soucek

    Or

    Lamptey and Foden

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      As someone who owns Doherty and Soucek, not them

    2. DT’s HighFlyingBirds
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lamptey and Foden

  2. Captain Vantastic™
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Havertz is terrible. Needs to bulk up

  3. Dreams
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Time for Chelsea to buy Declan Rice.

  4. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    3 goals and none through VAR penalty... Great game!!

  5. stat sifter 888888
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Flair was lecturing me that Thiago was still a "world-class, experienced CB" a while ago lol. Any way to tag him so that he can eat humble pie?

    1. LE CHARO
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Have you slept all summer? Of course he's still a world-class CB, anyone can make mistakes. VVD already provided a reminder of that not long ago

  6. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Kepa sitting on the bench smug af 🙂

  7. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Here to just check in on James owners

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

      On two bonus currently 😎

  8. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Diangana would walk into a PL starting XI except pool, city and West Ham

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Good one

  9. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Azpi warning

  10. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I don't think Chelsea will lose this btw. Crazy as it sounds.

    1. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No way they score 3 goals

  11. DT’s HighFlyingBirds
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    How much have Chelski spent?

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

      Think £200M plus Mendy? Don’t know how much he is? Hazard money?

  12. Dr. Rog
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Dont worry guys - if Chelsea can score 6 on a mild Wednesday night in Barnsley then they can beat this lot

    1. Superflymonk
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Famous last words

  13. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    It’s a game of two halves 🙂

    1. Leonard hatred
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      they're sick as a parrot, the boys dun good, etc etc

  14. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    they really spammed my TL with a Havertz hattrick vs Barnsley

  15. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Silva needs to score to redeem himself

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

    Wow that scoresheet, too many influx of new players at the same time?

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      All that money spent and all they got was a spent CB

  17. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I’m just not convinced by Werner just yet, 9.5M can be better spent on Jiminez IMO

  18. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wow are West Brom really that good or Chelsea that bad. Just got in from work.

    1. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Chelsea have been sloppy no doubt but West Brom do deserve credit. They've been pressuring really well, not sure they can keep it up for 90

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Certainly glad I didn’t captain Werner. How’s he playing?

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Chelsea awful, WBA clinical

    3. Lets jump straight into it.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      WBA = well coached and sticking to the plan

    4. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Thanks guys.

  19. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Rudigar and Azpilicueta laughing in the stands. Lampard has disrespected them both

    1. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Rudiger is terrible tbf

      1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He's better than Zouma, Tomori, Christensen and even Alonso on the LB, yet Frank is trying to sell him..

  20. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Werner and Adams to Jiminez and DCL before price drops for free?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No brainier

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

  21. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Don't worry Chelsea fans, just change the jersey colour at HT & comeback is on

  22. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Who is worse Ole or Lampard ?

    1. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Both poor.

      Poch to replace one of them before end of season.

  23. Check out my Umtiti's
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Really worried for Frank. He might get novichopped

  24. Esalman
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Werner to Richarlison free

  25. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lol always captain the forward playing against the whipping boys hehehe got sucker-punched

  26. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Don't mind if Werner blanks, if it stays like this.

  27. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Think Lamp needs to play Giri... Not sure if he is injured or not but I think Giri will provide more of a focal point to their attack than Tammy or Werner

    1. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      It's Giru*

  28. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    So so good

  29. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bottom of the Championship had 9 shots on target against Chelsea in midweek

    And Chelsea scored most of their goals from mistakes

  30. Party time
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I don’t think Edouard can fix this shambolic defence