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The opening Gameweek 12 match – and the first of 100 Premier League fixtures in the next 48 days! – is Burnley v Chelsea.

Kick-off at Turf Moor is at 12.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Chelsea make four changes today, with Reece James, Jamie Gittens, Tosin Adarabioyo and Andrey Santos brought in.

Moises Caicedo drops to the bench but Enzo Fernandez and Pedro Neto are fit to start.

Burnley are unchanged.

LINE-UPS

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Hartman, Cullen, Luis, Tchaouna, Ugochukwu, Anthony, Flemming

Subs: Weiss, Ekdal, Laurent, Pires, Mejbri, Edwards, Foster, Bruun Larsen, Broja

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Fernandez, Neto, Joao Pedro, Gittens, Delap

Subs: Jorgensen, Gusto, Badiashile, Hato, Acheampong, Caicedo, Estevao, Garnacho, Guiu


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  1. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Unlucky James owners
    But that's what you get with him
    High risk & high potential reward

  2. Emiliano Sala
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Injamsed?

  3. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    How Pedro/Delap play in front of Estevao is beyond me

  4. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    James never again! To Muñoz or Guehi and that’s the end of that chapter.

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      He and Joao Pedro…

      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Pedro owner also, selling soon but other priorities ahead of that and not taking hits.

    2. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Yup. See you later, never to return (cut to him netting a brace next game).

    3. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Haha. Another injury. Even with his minutes managed. He should retire. This is not normal.

  5. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Looks like a planned sub for James, just walked to the bench and didn't look like there was any issues

  6. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Is that a ref's assistant
    Or is it the Bionic Man with all them wires

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Looks like cheap kit to me

  7. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    OMG Pedro so bad

  8. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Pedro row x

  9. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Pedro with a Defcon clearance into the stand

    1. Please Help I Don't Kn…
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Better than prime Maldini that.

  10. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Hooooold Sanchez!

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Deez

  11. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Looks like Santos got his ankle scratched.

    Poor boy

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      What a baby. Cullen didnt even touch him.

  12. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Burnley a goal down and Parker puts ten men behind the ball. Horrendous manager.

  13. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    Sanchez CS looks pretty nailed at least

  14. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 5 days ago

    P45 for Enzo.

    Poor transfer.

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Kroupi comes in for Semenyo

    2. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Dammit

    3. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Sarr hat trick confirmed as I held off the transfer...

    4. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      He's got a £65m release clause
      I think he's leaving early in January

    5. WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      FFS BB ruined, worst chip in game

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      O’Reilly first sub

    7. Conners
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      At least I'll get Gudnundsson's zero or 1 point off the bench.

    8. Moon Dog
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Senesi (WHU) it is then. Was worried about benching him anyway...

    9. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      poor from delap that

    10. EWH2020
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Kroupi Jr 1st sub feels good

      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        I'm playing Kroupi Jr over Haaland lol.

        1. _Greg
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          ... Although Alderete bench brings him back in probably.

      2. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        same

    11. henrysquire
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Pedro is... (Insert Expletive Here).

      1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Pedro is the next one out after Reece.

      2. Ball Ake
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Missing

      3. Jordan.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        crap,was at brighton too

        1. Ball Ake
          • 1 Year
          1 month, 5 days ago

          Yep, I watched most of his home games at Brighton, it's weird, he looked like an absolute world beater for 2 or 3 games then just sort of goes missing, like he can't be arsed

    12. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      For anyone who might be wondering during this Free hit season.

      A change of rule:
      “Please note that when playing either a Wildcard or your Free Hit chip, any saved free transfers are maintained for the following Gameweek. If you had 2 saved free transfers, you will still have 2 saved free transfers the Gameweek after playing the chip.”

      ~Skonto Rigga

    13. WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      Omg Enzo so poor

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Has been for weeks when he was a bandwagon pick

        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          No, he's played very well recently. The returns just haven't been there

          1. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            1 month, 5 days ago

            Don’t get pts for playing well unfortunately

    14. WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      If you’re have the worst season of your life is there anything you can do to change that?

      1. fusen
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        wild card to a team that is scoring points

        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          Tried that, they all stopped scoring points immediately

      2. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        No, this game is 100% luck.

        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          Agree tbf

    15. fusen
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 5 days ago

      James is made of swiss cheese, he's only 25 and is managed like he's about 39. Seems to break down at the slightest breeze.

      1. tbos83
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        By a long stretch my worst buy of the season.

      2. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Fat buttocks & no flair type of player

    16. Basileus
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Semenyo out

        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          Did Chelsea already buy him and then sub him out?

          1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            1 month, 5 days ago

            He was spotted at Old Trafford earlier today.

        2. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          Andersen my first sub then

      • _Greg
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Content Creators fail to manifest Semenyo fitness!

      • FantasyTony
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Isak's pre season is over.

      • JBG
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Woltemade coming on for Semenyo

      • F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        king starts for fulham

        1. denial
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          Need him this week

          1. Sun God Nika
            • 5 Years
            1 month, 5 days ago

            Same

      • BeaversWithAttitude
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Didn't know Martha Stewart is a Chelsea fan.

      • denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Caicedo going to come on?

      • Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 5 days ago

        Diego Gomez brighton, is he worth bench place more than a Stach dewsbury hall etc ?

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          need to see when mitoma comes back if he still starts somewhere

          1. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            1 month, 5 days ago

            Good point

        2. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 5 days ago

          Only playing until mitoma is back

          1. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            1 month, 5 days ago

            Cheers