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Wolves 2-1 Chelsea
- Goals: Daniel Podence (£ 5.4 million), Pedro Neto (£ 5.7 million) | Olivier Giroud (£ 6.7 million)
- Attend: Owen Otasowie (£ 4.5 million), Vitinha (£ 4.8 million) | Ben Chilwell (£ 6.2 million)
- Extra points: Power x3, Net x2, Chilwell x1
GIROUD NO
Olivier giroud (£ 6.7m) is fast becoming the key Fantasy Premier League striker at Chelsea Timo Werner (£ 9.4 million) continues to fight in wide areas.
The former Arsenal striker scored the Blues’ only goal of the game when they fell to a 2-1 loss to Wolves, the second in his last three Premier League starts.
And if you go back to the start of Project Restart, no Chelsea player has found the net more often than Giroud (eight goals), who is working his way back to the top of the pecking order.
The Frenchman has started each of the last three Premier League games for Frank Lampard’s team, lasted 90 minutes once and had his minutes managed around 70 minutes in two of them.
Any late Werner owner who likes the look of Chelsea’s upcoming games West Ham (home), Arsenal (away), Aston Villa (home) might do well to consider signing, especially considering that the German international hasn’t scored a goal since Gameweek 8 and has shut out three times in the last four games.
TIMO TRANSFER?
Werner’s biggest problem in later outings has been how isolated Chelsea has left him on the flanks of the top three, whether Lampard places him on the left or right side.
Against the wolves Christian pulisic(£ 8.2m) since Gameweek 11 pushed Werner to the right, where even his most insightful runs were regularly ignored by his teammates.
Much of Chelsea’s game went down the left side through Pulisic, who provided some cuts and thrusts but, very soon, became predictable and one-dimensional.
But the nail in Werner’s FPL coffin came after Lampard swapped his ends, allowing the former RB Leipzig player a time to the left of the top three, only for Chelsea to send everything right to via Pulisic again.
“Pulisic gives us some breadth and is very good to win their one-on-one. He’s had some hamstring issues, but he’s trained so he’s back. “- Frank Lampard
It’s certainly worth adding that Chelsea greatly misses Hakim Ziyech (£ 8.1 million), Lampard’s team resembles the hard-working team of the first weeks of the season during the Moroccan’s latest injury.
“No (there wasn’t enough) after the goal. We can’t stand it either. Performance (has changed). It’s what gives you results. Maybe the guys think they are playing well and the second you think you are playing well, anything can happen ”. – Frank Lampard
HAVE A COLD
Despite a recent clean sheet streak, Chelsea’s defensive credentials have suffered in their last two games.
Between Gameweeks 6 and 10, the Blues conceded just one goal, letting in three since the start of Gameweek 12.
Giving up the initiative in Molineux given the current situation of the Lobos is also quite alarming.
Before Tuesday night, they still had to find the net in a game that Raul Jimenez (£ 8.2m) hadn’t started this season.
Excluding Fantasy assists, the Mexican was involved in a significant 31% of Wolves’ 109 Premier League goals since promotion before the 13th week of play, so it was a big mistake.
Consequently, when Daniel Podence (£ 5.4 million) cut inside Reece james (£ 5.3 million) and Ben chilwell (£ 6.2 million) and past Edouard mendy (£ 5.2 million) ended Wolves’ longest streak without a Premier League goal since their promotion in 2018 (296 minutes).
The Wolves chose James’s flank as one to target as they went through the gears in the final third of the match, the right-back escaped a penalty thanks to VAR, but left Kurt zouma (£ 5.7 million) exposed to a Pedro Neto (£ 5.7 million) are executed in the final stages.
The Portuguese winger entered Gameweek 13 within the season’s top five valued midfielders (offering 9.6 points per million spent) and, by scoring at Molineux, brought his attacking return count there to four in his last five .
If Chelsea’s defense against West Ham can be relied upon, it is of course now under scrutiny in the Fantasy community, while the upcoming meetings with Aston Villa (at home) and Manchester City (at home) are somewhat sinister as well.
However, Chilwell could have done enough to earn himself a suspension of execution, leading this game with key passes thanks to his involvement in the corners and Chelsea’s persistence in playing the ball down his left flank, producing his first attack return. from Gameweek 8.
Wolverhampton Wanderers XI (3-4-3): Patrick; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Marçal, Neves, Dendoncker (Otasowie 46 ′), Semedo; Podencia (Vitinha 90 ′), F Silva (A Traoré 61 ′), Neto.
Chelsea XI (4-3-3): E Mendy; Chilwell, T. Silva, Zouma, R. James; Havertz (Havertz 71 ′), Kanté, Monte; Pulisic, Giroud (Abraham 71 ′), Werner.
Lessons Learned from FPL Gameweek 13
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