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Kai Havertz starts and Werner benched in Tuchel’s first Chelsea line-up

Timo Werner (£9.2m) has been benched in Thomas Tuchel’s first game in charge of Chelsea, with Oliver Giroud (£6.7m) starting up-front.

Kai Havertz (£8.2m) starts behind Giroud, with Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.7m) and Hakim Ziyech (£8.1m) on the wings.

Jorginho (£4.7m) is also recalled to the side in central midfield, alongside Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m).

Ben Chilwell (£6.1m) lines-up at full-back with Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.6m) recalled opposite. Thiago Silva (£5.6m) and Antonio Rudiger (£4.5m) start at centre-back.

Edouard Mendy (£5.1m) continues to keep Kepa (£4.7m) out of the team.

Wolves’ boss Nuno Espirito Santo has reverted back to his tried and tested back three for tonight’s game, with midfielders Adama Traore (£6.0m) and Pedro Neto (£5.9m) lining up as a front two.

Playing in behind them is a returning Daniel Podence (£5.3m). Wolves’ midfield two consists of Ruben Neves (£5.2m) and Leander Dendoncker (£4.7m).

Nelson Semedo (£5.3m) and Rayan Ait-Nouri (£5.0m) start at wing-back, with Willy Boly (£5.4m), Conor Coady (£4.8m), and Max Kilman (£4.0m) at centre-half.

Rui Patricio (£5.4m) lines up in goal.

Burnley will be hoping to build on their win at Anfield with Chris Wood (£6.2m) and Jay Rodriguez (£5.8m) starting up front.

Robbie Brady (£5.0m) and Dwight McNeil (£5.7m) start on the wings for Burnley, with Ashley Westwood (£5.3m) and Josh Brownhill (£4.9m) in the middle.

James Tarkowski (£5.3m) and Ben Mee (£4.9m) continue their impressive partnership at centre-back, with Matt Lowton (£4.4m) and Erik Pieters (£4.3m) at full-back.

Nick Pope (£5.4m) starts in goal, and has delivered five double-digit point hauls already this season.

Ollie Watkins (£6.1m) will be hoping for more of the same after breaking his goal drought against Newcastle.

Lining up behind Watkins in Villa’s customary 4-2-3-1 is Ross Barkley (£5.9m), Jack Grealish (£7.7m) and Bertrand Traore (£5.9m).

John McGinn (£5.5m) and Douglas Luiz (£4.9m) are Villa’s midfield two, with new signing Morgan Sanson not included.

Dean Smith keeps the same backline that featured in Villa’s win over Newcastle with Tyrone Mings (£5.4m) and Ezri Konsa (£4.7m) at centre-back, and Matt Targett (£4.7m) and Matty Cash (£5.0m) at full-back.

Emiliano Martinez (£5.1m) remains in goal.

Chelsea XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Chilwell; Kovacic, Jorginho, Ziyech, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi; Giroud

Wolves XI: Patricio; Boly, Coady, Kilman; Semedo, Dendoncker, Neves, Ait Nouri; Podence; Traore, Neto

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett; Luiz, McGinn; Grealish, Barkley, Traore; Watkins

Burnley XI: Pope; Lowton, Mee, Tarkowski, Pieters; Brownhill, Westwood, McNeil, Brady; Rodriguez, Wood

1,106 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Wood G
    McNeil A

  2. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish saving my gw so far

    Just one more goal and I’ll be over the moon

    Huge differential around my rank

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      How is one goal saving your week?

      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        It would be pretty dire for me since other differentials like Soucek and gundo scored for my rivals

  3. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Burnley 3.2

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

    What's wrong with Martinez today???

    Damn it, Wood now 🙁

  5. Party time
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Burnley goal again!!!!

    • mezza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Scenes

    • DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Currently on 20 points with 4 players left to play. anyone else doing worse? haha

    • AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wood comes back big!

    • Ode
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Watkings baps gone

      1. Ode
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Watkins

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

        Boooi

    • Party time
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Chris Woooooood

      • Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Wow you gotta give them credit so hard to beat

      • TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Urgh. Kilman third on bench, Zouma no show and Holding first on bench

      • Kodap
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Is that Martinez on 0 points?

        1. Ode
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Not yet

        2. Ha.
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          No

        3. djman102
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Not yet. One more Burnley goal though...

        4. STEP rOVERS
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          How long have you played this game for?

      • Isco Disco
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Come on Neto! Please score a goal and save my GW

      • Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Why was Martinez in the scout picks?

      • McSauce
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Andy in heaven

      • Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        ‘Burnley games are boring’

        ‘Go down burnley’

        Rubbish

        Viva la burnley !

      • Ha.
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Nooooo rival has Wood

      • REDMOND IN SANDALS
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Chris fing Wood

      • Party time
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Don’t stop Burnley. Feast on them

        • ivantys
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Imagine Burnley scoring 3 in one game.

        • DycheDycheBaby
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          and bye bye Villa bps

        • UshFPL
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          A lovely goodbye gift from Chris Wood to my team!

        • BenDavies
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          WOOD OWNERS IN HEAVEN YESSSSS GET IN

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Dear

        • Chucky
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Wood in BAPS heaven

        • Ode
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Fudgy in heaven

        • Shark Team
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Martinez doing everything to be dropped

        • HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Played Konsa over Robertson as Burnley are toothless

          Oops

        • badgerboy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Wood coming hard.

        • Steve The Spud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          McNeil owners in heaven