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Double Gameweek 19 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) finally reaches its conclusion tonight, with Fulham v Chelsea getting underway at 20:00 GMT.

The hosts have won all four of their matches since the World Cup, while Graham Potter’s side currently sit 10th in the table, after a run of just one win in eight Premier League games.

As for the all-important team news, Chelsea hand a debut to new signing Joao Felix after he joined on loan from Atletico Madrid. The Portuguese, priced up as a £7.5m forward by FPL towers, lines up alongside Mason Mount and Kai Havertz in attack.

“It’s a combination of a lot of things: his training, the quality he has and the team needs a little bit of lift in terms of the ability he has. He’s a confident boy and he just wants to play. He’s just got to be himself. He hasn’t had that much time with the players, just about expressing himself.” – Graham Potter on why Joao Felix is starting

Elsewhere, Lewis Hall starts in place of Marc Cucurella, who drops to the bench, having struggled against Man City last time out.

Marco Silva, meanwhile, makes just one change from the 1-0 win at Leicester, as Carlos Vinicius starts up front in place of the suspended Aleksandar Mitrovic.

“He [Mitrovic] will get some rest, but [Carlos] Vinicius will get as many moments as we can get him because he is one of our main options to start as a striker. It is a great chance for him but to also give Mitrovic a bit of a break. But he is still training well and these things are good signs for us. Hopefully he will be back playing his best for us in the next few games, but for now the main solution is Vinicius.” – Marco Silva

GAMEWEEK 19 LINE-UPS

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Tosin, Ream, Robinson, Reed, Palhinha, De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian, Vinicius

Subs: Rodak, Kurzawa, Wilson, Cairney, Chalobah, Solomon, James, Harris, Diop

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Chalobah, Silva, Koulibaly, Azpilicueta, Zakaria, Kovacic, Hall, Mount, Felix, Havertz

Subs: Bettinelli, Badiashile, Cucurella, Jorginho, Gallagher, Ziyech, Chukwuemeka, Aubameyang, D Fofana

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  1. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    £11 million down the drain, a Chelsea forward fails again.

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Yep - although showed more whilst on the pitch than the rest of the team

  2. Bishopool
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    So thats how u play in La Liga.

  3. Paganoi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    LOL! You can take the boy out of Atletico but can't take the Atletico out of the boy.

  4. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Darwin has evolved into Felix

  5. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    C'mon Fulham, go for the throat.

  6. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Is that Darwin Nunez or this just fantasy?

    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Is is is is is

    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality

  7. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Wow that's unfortunate. I thought he played quite well tbh.

    1. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Feel bad for the lad on his debut.

  8. Wenger's Warriors
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Ouch Felix!!

  9. FCSB
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Felix TC fail

  10. Lallana_
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Fraud Felix

  11. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Pereira dgw
    0ff on 59 minutes v Leic
    Y/c tonight
    Chel down to ten, can pereira do something?

    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Fingers crossed.

  12. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Joao Joao Felix he came from Atleti to the blue rats

  13. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Anyone still bringing in Felix?

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Only for a hit

      1. Amartey Partey
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 days ago

        Good move

  14. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    About 1.5 million, that red card, innit?

  15. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Oh Felix. That was so stupid.

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Dangerous. Not cool.

  16. Tinfoil Deathstar
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Exact funds to shift Cancelo, Darwin and Andreas to Botman, Kane, and Mahrez for a -8. Worth it? Would give me the following team:

    Kepa
    Trippier - Botman - Shaw*
    KDB* - Rashford* - Martinelli - Almiron - Mahrez*
    Kane* - Haaland*

    Bench: Ward; Mitro, White, Patterson

  17. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    3 game ban. Ouch. Chelsea are screwed.

  18. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Unlucky for the 18,890 people who already brought in Felix for GW20

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Love this game

    2. Norco
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      28k wasn't it?

    3. sulldaddy
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Early transfer week from HELL

  19. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Hopefully we now see lots of save points for Kepa

  20. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    FPL is dead. How can that be a Mount assist? It's disgusting at this point.

    Kulu and Darwin didn't get assists for me. But Mount hits post, hits keeper, hits Fulham defender and gets his.

    Joke of a game

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Because the game is rigged.

    2. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Rules will ALWAYS be made up as they go along, always has been this way

    3. PogChamp
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Assists always seem to be contentious. Especially on here 🙂

    4. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      I didn’t get assist for those either so let me have this one for crying out loud!

    5. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      I think they counted Mount's effort as shot?

      "Players who have their shots saved, blocked by a defender or denied by the woodwork can earn an assist if the ball then falls to a team-mate to score or results in an own goal. The shot does not have to be on target to result in an assist.

      Touches or deflections from an opponent before the rebound do not cancel out the assist unless there is more than one that significantly changes the trajectory or power of the first failed shot on goal. "

      1. Omnifolds
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 days ago

        Thanks Sun - I'd say it was definitely a shot, but it was the touch from the keeper afterwards that took it into Koulibaly's path, so I'm a bit lost on how they interpret that

    6. Omnifolds
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Genuinely not being salty, but would like to hear someone's interpretation of why that's been given. I feel like I don't really understand the rules for FPL assists at present...

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 5 days ago

        I think it's been removed now.

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 5 days ago

          Sorry, my mistake.

          Carry on griping....

  21. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Seems Potter left all his magic and luck at Brighton

    Funny thing is, the smart thing is to give him time. That's how a manager like him works

    Is this new Chelsea capable of giving a manager time?

    1. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Maybe it was more Brighton making Potter look good and not the other way around.

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 days ago

        That’s some take

        1. Bartowski
          • 15 Years
          3 years, 5 days ago

          Why?

          1. Pat Bonner
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 5 days ago

            He was there for 3 years and totally changed the style of football Brighton played. Did a brilliant job. Confused how you can think Brighton made him look good.

            1. Bartowski
              • 15 Years
              3 years, 5 days ago

              You understand how much influence Tony Bloom has had over the structure of the club right? And that the players given to Potter weren't identified by him but rather the system Bloom put in place and the people he hired to identify them? And yes Potter changed the style of play, that's why Bloom hired him.

              I never said that Potter wasn't a good manager but to think that he was somehow solely responsible for Brighton's efforts is quite ignorant. They're two places above Chelsea in the table so they hardly fell apart when he left.

              1. Pat Bonner
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 5 days ago

                Did you watch them under chris hughton. Can’t think of a bigger change in style of a team than when potter took over. Your man tony bloom been there a good few years? No other manager he hired has come close to what potter did. Maybe the new guy is riding everything potter has set in place so will see how he stamps his out style on things over time

                1. Bartowski
                  • 15 Years
                  3 years, 5 days ago

                  What are you talking about? Houghton brought them up from the Championship, of course they had a different style of play. It's a completely different league and they wouldn't necessarily been able to attract the same players until they were promoted.

                  And what do you mean my man? Do you not know that Bloom bought them in 2009 and masterminded their route into the Premier League from League One? Are you also expecting them to have played the same style of football under Poyet in that league?

                  And no the new man is not riding 'everything' Potter put in place because, as I've explained, Potter wasn't the one man saviour at Brighton you're attempting to paint him as.

    2. MJF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Agree he needs time.

      I find it highly unlikely he'll get it because he might not have enough of a reputation in the eyes of the owners, players and fans. Its not like he's won everything and therefore has a head start.

      It doesn't help that Brighton are probably playing better now than under Potter!

    3. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Time

      Investment made - injuries not helping - needing time for new Directors/Management structure above
      plus a change in tactics not playing around at the back when teams press - go long

  22. Total Slotball
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Ciao Félix

  23. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    I know it's too soon to talk about Darwin after Felix RC but his trolling goes to another dimension now with this minor injury when I have other transfers to make. I would love to take 90min + 2p + 2xg out of him again.

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      "I'm ready for my disappointment, but please at least give me my usual disappointment"

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Poetry in motion. Or drama.

  24. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Do something Pereira!

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Let's go!

  25. Bishopool
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Its sad but come on.. so late and so high tackle.

    1. MJF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 days ago

      Sad?

      More like solid gold.

      1. Bishopool
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 days ago

        sad because it was his first game. But it is what it is. Fully deserved red.

  26. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Shame they can't enforce a 2 week wage ban

  27. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    9.7m for 16games. Bargain

  28. Riverside Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Chelsea best team with only 10 men.

  29. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Is this my best line up and bench order? Thanks!
    Arrizabalaga
    Botman - Trippier - Shaw -
    KDB - Odegaard - Almiron - Rashford
    Martinelli - Kane - Haaland
    Bench: Ward - Mitrovic - Walker - White

  30. MrZ
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 days ago

    Trevor looking for a red