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Chelsea v Spurs team news: Alonso, Royal, Reguilon + Moura benched

Sunday’s Premier League action continues at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur in the final match before the winter break.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

Thomas Tuchel makes two changes for Chelsea, as Malang Sarr and Mateo Kovacic come in for Marcos Alonso and N’Golo Kante, both of whom drop to the bench.

As a result, it looks like a 4-2-2-2 formation for the Blues, the system they rolled out in both recent EFL Cup wins over Spurs.

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte hands Steven Bergwijn a start after his midweek brace, as he replaces Lucas Moura.

Eric Dier, Matt Doherty and Ryan Sessegnon also feature in the XI, with Emerson Royal, Sergio Reguilon and Oliver Skipp all substitutes.

None of Giovani Lo Celso, Tanguy Ndombele or Dele Alli make the matchday squad.


GAMEWEEK 23 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Silva, Rudiger, Sarr, Jorginho, Kovacic, Ziyech, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, Lukaku

Subs: Bettinelli, Alonso, Kante, Chalobah, Niguez, Havertz, Barkley, Pulisic, Werner

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Doherty, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Sessegnon, Tanganga, Hojbjerg, Winks, Bergwijn, Kane

Subs: Gollini, Reguilon, Rodon, Gil, Royal, Moura, Skipp, White, Scarlett

951 Comments Post a Comment
  1. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    how is the BS working out mates?

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

    On wc

    A. Kdb and Antonio
    B. Mahrez/foden and Kane

    ?

    1. kempc23
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Probably KDB and someone, for the next two fixtures.

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A. Maybe.

    3. sulldaddy
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A....

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

    Doherty is shocking

  4. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    80,000+ transfers out of Dennis when he faces a West Ham side who have kept one clean sheet (NOR) in their last seven game weeks. Crazy

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

      Have you seen Watford? They couldn’t even have a shot at home against Norwich

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        I get that, but if something happens he tends to be involved

        1. NorCal Villan
          • 2 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          *IF*

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      People watchd him play against Norwich...

    3. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      You reckon he'll even play? Ranieri's comments were fairly damning.

      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Ranieri won't be in charge

      2. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        I think they will struggle against BUR and he'll come back and probably score against my beloved West Ham who are clinging on to CL hopes by a thread

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      West Ham kept a clean sheet easily against United. They ain’t bad at the back.

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Did we? Last I checked we lost!
        I get what you mean, we're not awful no, but to only get a clean sheet against Norwich in our last seven is not convincing two in our last 14), furthermore we have European football returning soon, squads about to get stretched again.

    5. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Watford did look terrible though
      However any transfers unless on a WC with over 2 weeks to the deadline are stupid, particularly for a playing player

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        And a player that isn't exactly a huge fire that needs putting out, surely people have more pressing priorities, like bringing in Salah?

      2. NorCal Villan
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Watford ARE terrible

  5. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Evening ladies. And what are we whinging about this fine evening?

    1. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Imminent Reguillon sub blocking bench points + Arry blank

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

      Still Dennis

    3. Grande Tubarão
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Our stingy owners going yet another window not spending any money

    4. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Kane's goal ruled out

    5. bigwig
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Always time to have a whinge about sexism or misogyny

    6. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      PL referees

    7. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      My trio lowton, keane and reguilon on the bench. Hit the jackpot

    8. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      How Guaita wasn't sent off for his assault on Jota.

      1. im1974
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        It was a vicious attack. Jota did well to anticipate it and dive into it....

    9. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      This crap GW.

    10. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Pope had his best performance of the season so far. Of course it's against Arsenal.

    11. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Why does Raph have absolute rubbish all around him?

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Liverpool haven't signed him to bench him yet

    12. Monklane
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Everything.

    13. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Seems obvious now but leaving the Douglas Luiz haul on the bench was always going to go wrong

      1. NorCal Villan
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        He hauled?

        1. The Ilfordian
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          3 points. Apart from Coufal whose on my bench he’s my third highest scorer

  6. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Hey FFS Community. I know GW25 is some ways away, but... I have all five chips left in place and this is my team;

    DDG, Steele
    Trent, Robbo, Cancelo, Johnson, Keane
    Jota, KDB, Bilva, Bowen, Gray
    Antonio, Dennis, Gelhardt

    Thoughts/opinions/feedback please? (1FT, 5.5 ITB). OR 70K (before today's fixtures - according to LiveFPL around 64K now), hoping for a top 10K finish?

  7. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Hey, does anyone know where we can submit feedback for the website please? Would absolutely LOVE a dark/night mode. The screen murders me late of an evening/early hours of the morning and I don't always have my blue-light glasses to hand!

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

      Theyre oo busy putting crappy flash ads to worry about you mate. Even the podcast have got those blooming US Indeed ads
      Sorting out the Twitter feed took 2 weeks too

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Blue light glasses it is. I gotta ask though, can at least say I tried. Never listened to a podcast to be honest. I chip in my support with my annual membership (which I actually rarely use) to support the cause.

    2. Goooo Rickie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Great suggestion

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Thank you

    3. NorCal Villan
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Would be nice to have private messaging or something of that ilk.

      Would also be nice to have the option to display our location with our username/gravatar. Always good to know where people are located

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        I think the PM feature would potentially take away from the threads which is why I'm not opposed to them even though I'd love to be able to chat to people but I guess you can always use the website link in your profile to list your socials etc (Twitter/YT/Insta whatever) to communicate

        The location would be cool. I just feel that the dark mode would be so easy to implement.

        1. NorCal Villan
          • 2 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          Don’t want to cut into conversation at all but would be nice to have a way to exchange phone #/email/etc without advertising it to the world.

          And, believe it or not, not everyone does “socials.” I do none of them and every day I am reminded of what a good decision that was.

          1. NorCal Villan
            • 2 Years
            2 years, 2 months ago

            There are a lot of other FFS folks here in northern California and should we ever want to cross paths I am struggling to come up with a way to communicate info that doesn’t require social media usage

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

    Possibly the worst GW ever?
    My team is just 2,2,2,2,2
    Deluxe strike force of Ronaldo and Lukaku the biggest failures

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      You had the two biggest posers in your team?

  9. AARON-1
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Ineffective, no pace, lumbering, half-hearted, waste of money, massive disappointment after much hype.
    To whom do I refer?

    1. Drumandbaines123
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Blankaku

    2. Lord of Ings
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Kane?

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

      Lukaku I’d assume, or Ronaldo

      1. AARON-1
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Lukaku is the correct answer. Kane isn't lumbering - he's quite mobile. Lukaku really struggling this season.

    4. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Lukaku in this one. Add a layer of whinging and it suddenly becomes Ronaldo.

  10. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Alonso on.... Nooo

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

      Bugger 🙁

  11. SINGH
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Oh yessss ALONSOOOOOO

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Nice one, TT!

  13. Bushwhacker
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Chelsea into full Euro time waste mode.

  14. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Alonso points blocker 😆

    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Yesss

  15. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Come on Alonso and Reguillon, block some bench points please.

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

    Lolanso

  17. Lord of Ings
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Alonso 1 pter lool

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Yes, but he's blocking bench points for several posters whose cup games were in the balance with Laporte points potentially coming off their opponents bench.

  18. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Bench blocker Alonso. Legend.

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Only downside is that Chelsea are at greater risk of conceding now.

    2. Ephurion
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Firmly last on my bench

    3. Baron Penguin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      I’m chuffed! Extra point for me, up to 24 now!

      1. Baron Penguin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Until his YC of course.

  19. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    No Reggie today

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Sweet, get Lamptey's point from the bench.

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Nice I get Dawson Mega haul

  20. Steve McCroskey
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    No Reg, Dalot first sub let's goooooooooo

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Jam toast for tea 😎

    2. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Dalot last sub, but ESR and Keane before him in my 3-4-3.

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    No Reguilon today.

  22. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    RIngo Starr is coming on.

  23. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Still time for an Alonso goal right?

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      An own goal, yeah.

    2. ktk_interista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Or yc

  24. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Reguilón stays benched - phew!

  25. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Just need Reguillon on now

    And a non random spurs goal

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

    Alonso! Needed that 1 pointer!

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Cost me 6

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        And me 9.

  27. Lord of Ings
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    No Regullion.

    1. Stranger Mings
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Fuming

  28. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Has Alonso got a yellow card yet?

  29. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Did Rudiger (7) to Dias (2) instead of Alonso (probable 1) to Laporte (10)

    And Alonso blocked my Edouard 9 points...

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Pump down the jam

  30. Podge
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Nooooo Alonso