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Double Gameweek 23 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway at the London Stadium, where Chelsea are West Ham United’s visitors.

Kick-off is at 12:30 GMT.

Reece James is the only player on show with a double-digit ownership in FPL but among ‘active’ teams, this match is all about Kepa Arrizabalaga: the in-form goalkeeper is owned by 55.88% of the top 10k, by way of example.

As for the team news, Mason Mount is benched for the first time in the Premier League since Graham Potter took over.

The England international is one of three players who makes way from the side that drew 0-0 with Fulham, with Conor Gallagher and Hakim Ziyech also having to be content with places among the substitutes.

New signing Noni Madueke makes his first start since joining the Blues in the January transfer window, while fellow winter recruit Joao Felix returns from suspension to take his place in the Chelsea attack.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek also makes his first start since before the World Cup, while Mykhailo Mudryk keeps his place on the left flank.

West Ham boss David Moyes names an unchanged side from the 1-1 draw with Newcastle United, with defender Thilo Kehrer shaking off an injury to make the starting XI.

GAMEWEEK 23 LINE-UPS

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Coufal, Lucas Paqueta, Rice, Emerson Palmieri, Bowen, Benrahma, Antonio.

Subs: Johnson, Fornals, Lanzini, Downes, Ings, Soucek, Hegyi, Anang.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, James, Thiago Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella, Loftus-Cheek, Fernandez, Madueke, Joao Felix, Mudryk, Havertz.

Subs: Bettinelli, Chalobah, Mount, Chilwell, Ziyech, Gallagher, Datro Fofana, Azpilicueta, Chukwuemeka.

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  1. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Want to see finally if Felix is any good!

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      He had 2-3 shots on target before getting sent off on his debut.

      Expecting the same today minus the red card

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      it's normally got some crunch to it this encounter.

      on West Ham's manner they've got a reasonable chance.

      Hope it's a lively contest.

  2. FPL Brains
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Name three things you need this GW;

    - West Ham goal
    - Haaland hattrick
    - Newcastle clean sheet

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Mane comb.
      Hoof polish.
      Heritage carrot.

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Lump of sugar and some ket surely?

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          That’s for a lazy Sunday. Saturdays are far more of a luxury.

      2. Drexl Spivey
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Rebecca Loos.

    2. Drexl Spivey
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      The latter two, plus something from Salah for holding the faith.

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Haaland hatty in 1st game
      Haaland hatty in 2nd game
      Schär goal and CS.

    4. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Food
      Water
      Oxygen

    5. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Aspirin
      Hearty breakfast
      Martinelli masterclass

    6. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      - Mitro goal
      - Martinelli redemption
      - Haaland going medieval on both villa and arsenal

    7. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Saka (C) magic
      Snoozefest in City v Villa
      Leeds win!

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Oh you did it again 😀

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          My mate is on TC Nketiah right now, at 1m OR

          Fun times

          I prefer slow growth via safe moves

        2. The Mentaculus
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Didn't bench him at least!

    8. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Certainly the top 2

    9. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      All this Haaland hattrick talk is causing confirmation bias in me. Need to remember most likely scenario is a goal at most

    10. Rhodes your boat
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Martinelli haul
      Bruno to outscore kdb/mahrez
      Chelsea to concede

    11. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      chiefs to win superbowl
      valentine card from helena bonham carter
      over two grand tax refund

      1. FPL Brains
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        I've almost got that coming back on my self assessment. Happy days.

    12. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      1. Haaland hattrick
      2. Kane hattrick
      3. Nketiah hattrick

      1. Shultan
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        This

    13. No Salah
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      KDB 20 points
      Zinchenko goal and assist
      Kane hattrick

  3. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I just bought Kepa this GW. Sorry guys, I will break him.

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Me too.

    2. Shultan
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Must've had a great team to do a goalie transfer

  4. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    This is actually going to be a really interesting week.

    There are a lot of differences in teams actually. The guy top of my mini league has 7 different players to me and they're all good as well.

    Just decisions like Odegaard vs Nketiah vs Saka. Kane or no Kane. Newcastle defense vs Shaw. There is ground to gain this week if you made the right decisions!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      if it turns out to be the better option....

      As you say close calls in attacking positions.

      Which is kind of the opposite of last season and better for me at least.

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Very much about being lucky or not this weekend, all you mention are good, they csn all deliver or not. GL!

  5. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Bern so lucky with Kepa after the WC break. But afraid luck is running out today, 2 pointer incoming

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      *Been

    2. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      You don't deserve to own him with that attitude...

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Well, we couldn’t know that he and Chelsea should do that well defensively when we bought him, so Think it’s lucky. Didn’t Think I’ll hold for this long

  6. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kind of excited for this week.
    Kepa
    Trip Ake Shaw
    Rash Mahrez Saka Odegaard
    Kane Haaland Nket

    Mitoma Bueno Moreno.

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Great team, good doublers and right Arsenal players, GL!

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Ta

  7. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Clicked on top 10k stats on Live FPL and it showing the ownership for DGW23 from last season. Made me chuckle do!

    Dennis 109.26%
    Alexander-Arnold 100.27%
    Cancelo 99.80%
    King 95.80%
    Jota 94.07%
    Bowen 93.32%

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      King

      Don't even remember which team he was in

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Watford. Huge King vs. Dennis debate.

      2. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Spare a thought for the Dennis Triple Captainers that week.

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          rest in peace

          gone but not forgotten

      3. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        He should be getting an England call up soon.

        Quality player

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      That’s quite cool.

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Some people had a triple up of Dennis, King and Joao Pedro 😀

  8. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    99.03% of the top 10k own Trippier. How did the .97 non-owners get there?

    1. :
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      They sold him after his unpalatable 2 pointer last week.

    2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I’m thinking of selling my Newcastle players next gameweek

  9. Doug McCasual
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    My bench this week is Bueno

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      That's no Bueno

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        It’s Kinder Bueno

  10. Shultan
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    My fears for this week
    Martinelli outscores ode
    Mahrez blanks
    White benched v brentford (bib theory i saw on here yesterday)

    Kdb, saka & mitoma hauls (non owner)

  11. The Wheeler Dealer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Feel like I've made a dreadful mistake benching Mitoma for Martinelli here...

  12. jb1985
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Who scores more this GW, 16 points off top spot in ML

    Me) DDG, White, Botman, Mahrez, KDB, Nketiah

    Rival) Ederson, Saliba, Shaw, Saka, Almiron, Mitro

    1. Shultan
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Prefer the top group

  13. Tic Tacs
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    100% rolling my FT this GW, no idea what I'm gonna do with them in DGW25 though!

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

    Wow. Congrats Kepa owners.

  15. kempc23
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Would you bench boost this?

    Sanchez (FUL) Mitoma (FUL) Tripper (Liv) Bueno (BOU)

    And maybe change Bueno?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      No

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      no for me

    3. footballfreak
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Would just play mitoma and trippier..surely theres others to bench

    4. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      https://twitter.com/BenCrellin/status/1624145532808531991?t=Y358yJLbeS7LpWstYXiEGA&s=19

      Take a glance at BB29, with Arsenal attackers facing Leeds in their SGW

  16. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kepa with first kickoff of the gw for a 3rd week in a row, he killed my hopes for a big green last 2…

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

      Like starting on -10 every week if you don't own

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

        Actually think he could get 15 today

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Mitoma's points annoyed me as a non-owner, so I bought him for a hit

          Why not do something similar, maybe for free in GW24?

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

            Then what would I have to complain about?

  17. Krafty Werks
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Does anyone know why, when viewing 2 of my cash leagues a certain player (who is actually in 1st position in both) is completely missing in the league tables? It does not show a 1st position whatsoever and just starts at 2nd in rank? All other leagues which he is not entered into show normally including the 1st position. Does this mean maybe he has been hacked or something?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Left the league/deleted account maybe? Waiting till next update to refresh rankings.

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Probably deleted by self, a hacker or official FPL (broke a rule)

      1. Krafty Werks
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Mmm? Very strange, not sure why he would delete his account being in 1st and all? Surely if he did it will still show 1st but updated player ranks, no 1st position shows at all? I will message him!!

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Didn't know you had access to him

          Yeah, best way to know is to ask him 😀

          1. Krafty Werks
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Just replied to my message and said he received an email from FPL towers yesterday to say that he has had his account deleted due to an offensive team name which he's used for years, obviously someone has reported it. He's proper gutted was 7k OR.

            1. The Mentaculus
              • 4 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Woah! I thought they just deleted your team name in that instance, not your whole team

              1. Krafty Werks
                • 11 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Nope, complete account deletion in this case. Seems to think he wont get it reinstated either!! It's always usually me and him that battle it out at the top of our cash leagues most seasons, gutted for him.

  18. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Bus team GK:

    A) Kepa (SOU)
    B) Raya (CPA)

  19. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    7th best team in London vs the 5th best team in London this season

  20. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Wow is Haaland just under 200% EO then? We can cheer on points regardless?!

  21. JT11fc
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Cmn Mudryk!

  22. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    James free kick saved

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Back on direct FKs with Mount out the team eh. Nice.

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Oh yeah. No Mount for those

  23. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Top 10k EO:
    Haaland 199.1
    Rashford 101.0
    Trippier 99.0
    Kane 87.8
    Ødegaard 62.5
    Shaw 56.4
    Saka 52.5
    Arrizabalaga 52.2
    De Bruyne 43.9
    White 42.1
    Nketiah 41.9
    Martinelli 41.4
    Mahrez 40.0
    Fernandes 38.0
    Mitoma 26.2
    Saliba 21.8
    Pope 18.1
    Mitrović 16.2
    Botman 13.8
    Almirón 13.2
    Aké 12.7
    Gabriel 12.5
    Ederson 10.7
    Akanji 10.6
    Lewis 6.9
    Schär 6.7
    Toney 5.8
    Andreas 5.0

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      cheers mate

      A Nketiah or Saka captain could be gold

  24. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Ffs another clean sheet by Kepa when is it gonna stop!!

    1. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Hmm. Only 5mins played on my stream. No spoilers please!

      1. tokara
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Log off

    2. tokara
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Don't jinx

  25. Ruinenlust
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Felix playing a free role?

    1. Pino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      looks like a nr10

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      behind Havertz

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    James assist denied

    Felix goal disallowed

  27. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rashford captain next week? Seems like a good chance to gain rank. Home against Leicester defence.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      It's definitely under consideration for me. Plenty of time till then though.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        don't leave it till 11.p2

        Goal Chelsea

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Kane at home to West Ham also

    3. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Could well join you. The Thurs night - Sun afternoon turnaround from Barcelona (A) is the only off-putting factor, but then all the captaincy contenders have midweek games

  28. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Felix Offside

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      looked composed tho but he might have known

  29. Steinburg FC
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Got James, under 2%, would be a good time for my first James points ever...

    1. tokara
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      1 pt

      1. Steinburg FC
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        1 more then usual

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Haha. Good luck. I've been eyeing him up for next GW.

  30. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Pacqueta done for today.