The 22nd round of the Premier League kicked off with a particularly exciting game as Manor Solomon (who sit on the bench) and Fulham arrived at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea full of signings from the January transfer window.
After an unprecedented transfer window in which the Blues spent £288 million on acquisitions in January alone, Graham Potter and his players hope to translate the depth added to the London team into points on the pitch. Chelsea, with a single win in the last five rounds, are in a disappointing tenth place, and hope to get going It's new when today's lineup included Reece James, who returned from injury, Hakim Zayesh came up despite the move to PSG that fell through, and all eyes will be directed towards Enso Fernandez and Michail Modric - the two who together cost about 200 million and are coming up in the lineup. Fernandez, let's remember, just signed on Tuesday night and barely had time to train with the team since he was acquired from Benfica.
On the other hand, Fulham want to get out of the small crisis with the two consecutive losses in the league and the draw in the cup against Sunderland during the week, in which Solomon recorded for the first time a full 90 minutes in the team's white uniform, and return to the good form they were in.
The newcomer is in seventh place, and in the last meeting with Chelsea about three weeks ago, they beat the Blues 1:2 in a game that is mainly remembered for the red of Joao Felix who is still serving his sentence and is not part of Potter's squad.
Solomon remains on the bench and will hope to fit in during the game, hoping that Aleksandar Mitrovic will lead his teammates to another surprising victory.
Newcomers Sasha Lukic and Cedric Soares are missing from the squad.
The man and the 121 million euros.
Fernandes (photo: official website, from Twitter)
the progress of the game
English league 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Arsenal
19
16
2
1
16-45
50
2
Manchester city
20
14
3
3
20-53
45
3
Newcastle
20
10
9
1
11-33
39
4
Manchester United
20
12
3
5
25-32
39
5
Tottenham
21
11
3
7
31-40
36
6
Brighton
19
9
4
6
27-37
31
7
Fulham
21
9
4
8
30-32
31
8
Brentford
20
7
9
4
28-32
30
9
Liverpool
19
8
5
6
25-34
29
10
Chelsea
20
8
5
7
21-22
29
11
Aston Villa
20
8
4
8
27-23
28
12
Crystal Palace
20
6
6
8
27-18
24
13
Nottingham Forest
20
5
6
9
35-16
21
14
Leicester City
20
5
3
12
35-28
18
15
Leeds
19
4
6
9
33-26
18
16
West Ham United
20
5
3
12
25-17
18
17
Wolves
20
4
5
11
12-30
17
18
Bournemouth
20
4
5
11
42-19
17
19
Everton
20
3
6
11
28-15
15
20
Southampton
20
4
3
13
35-17
15
Saturday's games in the Premier League:
Everton - Arsenal (14:30, Sport1)
Aston Villa - Leicester (17:00)
Brentford - Southampton (17:00)
Brighton - Bournemouth (17:00)
Manchester United - Crystal Palace (17:00, Sport2)
Wolves - Liverpool (17:00, Sport1)
Newcastle - West Ham (19:30, Sport1)
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