Maresca on if Palmer needs surgery + Pedro's "small problem"

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	142.5%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	108.9%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	101.0%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	92.1%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	96.1%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	77.1%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	89.0%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	75.0%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.2%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	84.7%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	82.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	80.7%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	77.5%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.6%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	76.6%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	64.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.6%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	71.1%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	63.0%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.5%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.2%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	48.6%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	53.1%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.3%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.0%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	39.6%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.8%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	39.8%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	39.1%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	40.1%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.1%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	42.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	105.5%	Very Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	115.5%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	97.7%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	97.3%	Maybe
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.4%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	95.4%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	94.9%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	92.9%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.7%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.8%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	92.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	91.3%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	93.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.0%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.1%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	90.9%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	90.5%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	82.3%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	86.8%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.3%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.4%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.0%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	84.9%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.1%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.0%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	82.5%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.3%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	83.0%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	81.3%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	81.2%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	81.5%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	80.9%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	81.8%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	79.8%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
Up	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

The talk around Cole Palmer‘s (£10.4m) troublesome groin rumbles on as we head towards Gameweek 6.

Palmer was forced off after 20 minutes of Chelsea’s defeat to Manchester United on Saturday, with Enzo Maresca saying that he was “not 100%” even ahead of kick-off.

PALMER: MONDAY’S LATEST

Maresca has been facing the media again this morning ahead of the Blues’ EFL Cup tie with Lincoln City. Cole Palmer (groin), naturally, was top of the agenda.

“Cole probably is the only one that we need to assess a little bit. The rest, they are okay, just recovering from the last week when we played three games in a row.
“He did already a huge effort on last Saturday to try to play the game. Again, he tried Saturday morning, he did the test, he was okay but not 100%. But he wants to be there to help teammates to be there in that kind of game. But unfortunately, then we had 10 players and also it was painful, so we decided to change it. And it’s more day by day, week by week, game by game to see how it is and decide what we do.” – Enzo Maresca

Palmer’s boss was then asked if surgery was an option.

“The medical staff, they didn’t mention to me about surgery until today. Now, I don’t know if in the next days or the next weeks, but I don’t think so, to be honest.” – Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer

The above quotes could be interpreted as ‘surgery was discussed today’, of course. However, the consensus seems to be that Maresca meant that ‘it hasn’t been discussed at all up until this point’.

OTHER CHELSEA TEAM NEWS

Maresca didn’t have any other major concerns ahead of Tuesday’s game.

Moises Caicedo and Joao Pedro were mentioned as players with “small problems” but this sounded more like Maresca laying the groundwork for a complete midweek breather.

“We have some players with small problems from already a long time, like Moi [Caicedo], like Joao [Pedro], that they are trying to manage a little bit themselves. But then the rest, they are okay.” – Enzo Maresca

Benoit Badiashile and Romeo Lavia (both match fitness) have returned to training and their manager is hopeful “they can be available very soon” but this game comes too soon for that duo.

Levi Colwill (knee), Dario Essugo (thigh), Liam Delap (hamstring) and Mykhailo Mudryk (suspended) are also out.

So too are Robert Sanchez and Marc Guiu. The former is suspended for one domestic game after his red card on Saturday, while the latter is cup-tied.

Both will be available in Gameweek 6.

Feanor

2 months, 14 days ago

A) Cucurella to Senesi and TC Haaland
B) Reinildo to Senesi and BB - Dubravka, Gabriel, Senesi, Gakpo

Current team:

Vicario (Dub)
Cucu, Porro, Tarkowski (Gabriel, Reinildo)
Semenyo, Grealish, Kudus, Reijnders (Gakpo)
Haaland (TC), Pedro, Wood

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WVA
2 months, 14 days ago
TC
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AC/DC AFC
2 months, 14 days ago
I wouldn't BB at Man City, Leeds, Newcastle and Palace

Wait for home fixtures

I'm not sold on TC but he could bang, if Haaland rests his back this week.

He won't start against Huddersfield.
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webber6969

Petrovic
Chalobah, VVD, Sensei.
Grealish, Salah, Semenyo, Baby Reijnders, Gakpo.
João Pedro, Haaland

Dubravka, Rodon, Gudmundsson, Barnes.

Two FT, £0.3 banked.

1) Gakpo to Ndiaye?
Or
2) Roll over two FT to next week?

Pedersen
2 months, 14 days ago
A baby might be cute, but I dont think a baby would make a good fpl asset
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1. webber6969
  2 months, 14 days ago
  It's a play on words.
  
  After the opening game of the season I said "Reijnders baby!", to which my friend replied "Baby Reindeer".
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Pep Roulette

Riccardo Calafiori has had more shots on goal (10) than ANY other Arsenal player in the Premier League this season.

Against City, he looked like he was given a free role in the midfield.

Although Lewis Skelly is a threat, is Calafiori a good alternative to Gabriel?

AC/DC AFC
2 months, 14 days ago
Probably

I'm weighing up those two

The question is, will Artera tire of his wayward shooting and drop him?
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AC/DC AFC

What to change here, wildcard active with £0.5m itb:

Raya Dub
Gabriel Tark Chalobah Senesi Esteve
Semenyo Eze Grealish Reijnders Stach
Haaland Isak Pedro

Grealish to I Sarr, or give him another week or two?

space mercenary
2 months, 14 days ago
Eze a mins risk so maybe Grealish AND Sarr or Semenyo.
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webber6969
2 months, 14 days ago
I'd swap Rodon for Esteve.
Higher likelihood of clean sheets and also DEFCON.

Also, with Dubravka as your backup goalie, I wouldn't want to double up on Burnley in defence.

Also, I'd swap Stach for Dewsbury-Hall.
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1. AC/DC AFC
  2 months, 14 days ago
  Cheers
  
  KDH one card away from a one match ban but that's just one game
  
  When Burnley have a decent fixture I don't mind the double up, Leeds have okay fixtures too, I might swap it around.
  
  Appreciate the feedback.
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