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Mount and Emerson recover from injury to start against Liverpool

The final two matches of Gameweek 6 take place this afternoon as Chelsea entertain Liverpool and Arsenal take on Aston Villa.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge and at the Emirates is at 16:30 BST.

The headline news comes from west London, with Chelsea – and Fantasy managers – handed a boost upon the release of the teamsheets.

Mason Mount has recovered from injury to make his sixth straight start in the top flight, while N’Golo Kante and Emerson Palmieri are also back in Frank Lampard’s starting XI after stepping up their recoveries over the last week.

Lampard has ditched the 3-4-2-1 and reverted to a 4-3-3, with Tammy Abraham flanked by Mount and Willian up top.

Liverpool have made only one change from the side that lost to Napoli in midweek, with Georginio Wijnaldum in for James Milner in central midfield.

That means there are starts for Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.

Unai Emery has made multiple changes from the side that beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday but, compared to Arsenal’s Gameweek 5 line-up, there is only one alteration: Bukayo Saka in for Mesut Ozil.

Sead Kolasinac has been passed fit despite coming off with a minor knock in Germany.

Aston Villa also make just one change to the side that drew 0-0 against West Ham on Monday night: Trezeguet returns from suspension and replaces the benched Jota.


Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Luiz, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Ceballos, Pepe, Aubameyang, Saka.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Taylor, Nakamba, McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi, Trezeguet, Wesley.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Tomori, Emerson, Kanté, Jorginho, Kovačić, Willian, Abraham, Mount.

Liverpool XI: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Mane, Salah, Firmino.


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  1. DAZZ
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    TAA is essential

    1. Peter Ouch
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Got him for robbo this week!!

  2. Peter Ouch
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Fantastic!!!!

  3. jia you
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Tammy going for the old Jason Lee Pineapple head look!

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Bernardo Silva is that you?

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Racist

  4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah goal now to round off the week plzzzzzz

    1. Tigers Time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Make that Mane

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kovacic limping now

  6. fgdu
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    what a goal

  7. Chirsbom
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Possibly top 5 of janky assist points...

  8. Amey
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Mooooo ©
    Taa
    I take that 😀

    1. teneighty
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yay, high five!

      1. Amey
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        \o/

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Well done 🙂

      1. Amey
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Need 2 more goals from Mo

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Casual!

      1. Amey
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

  9. *sigh*
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    TAA Mo doubler is nice.

  10. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Alonsonib theory can get a CS?

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yup

    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That is if you believe LFC will not get anymore goals 🙂

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    1/4 done 🙂

  12. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    that was one hell of a strike

  13. WVA
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Who got fouled for the fk?

    1. MTPockets
        5 years, 1 month ago

        mane

      • Rainer
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sadio

      • diesel001
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mane.

        But Salah passed it to TAA who belted it into the top corner.

      • Cookie Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mane but salah took FK

      • Klein
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mane. Salah took the fk rolling it to TAA.

      • Stockport Hatter
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Doesn't matter Salah back heeled it to TAA

    2. aborg
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nice TAA 🙂 Just disappointed it was not a Mane assist just because Salah touched the ball for TAA before the free kick !

    3. Tomerick
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Masterful assist from Salah.

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sigh.

      2. Meinhoff
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Without looking, what a magician

    4. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Few out there with Trent, Ota & Lundstram...

      Filthy casuals!

      1. CloudSky
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        😮

      2. WVA
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        TAA Ota Digne
        Lundstram first on bench where he should be

    5. LIARS POKER
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      On WC

      A) Sterling + Aurier
      B) Son + TAA

      Which pair would you go for?

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        A

      2. C'mon the Fylde
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Son and TAA

    6. Brosstan
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lampard before the match asked if hes risking Emerson and Mount coming back from injury:

      "we have a deep squad so there is no reason for me to take risks. If they were not 100 % fit they would not play"

      15 minutes later Emerson subbed off. Nice injury management Frank.

      1. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Daft particularly when the back up is alonso

    7. have you seen cyan
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      salah clearly has himself in his own fantasy team and not mane

      1. Brosstan
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Firmino has Salah and Mane

    8. Nightcrawler
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      How come Chelsea fans not booing salah?

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Most of them support City now

        1. Amey
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          😀

        2. KDB4PREZ
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Hahahah

    9. Bielsa's Bucket
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Imagine needing Emerson not to play for Lundstram points

      1. Rainer
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        FFS 🙁

      2. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Well he's not playing now...

      3. Amey
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ooofff

    10. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Still plenty of time for more TAA returns

    11. WVA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Only way Salah can outscore Mane is by stealing his assists

      1. diesel001
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        TAA would probably not have scored it without someone laying it off for him. Ball was too close to the goal so hard to get it over the wall and down again.

    12. jtreble
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What happened to Emerson?

    13. Am sorry to say again it�…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      "TAA is a rotation risk"
      "TAA is too expensive"
      "Robbo > TAA"

    14. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I love you trent

    15. Regin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      why salah assist?? shouldnt mane get the assist?

      1. Rainer
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mane assist if Salah didn’t touch it

      2. have you seen cyan
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        pathetic joke as usual, salah going round stealing assists

      3. diesel001
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Salah passed it to TAA. TAA then shot.

      4. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Huh!
        Salah rolled it to him.

      5. Chirsbom
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nope, Salah set it up, next last touch on the ball.

    16. Peter Ouch
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Fabinho, what a player he is

      1. MrZ
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        & somehow chelsea choose Bakayoko

    17. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Omg salah(c) A as well wow

    18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Tomoroi yellow