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3pm team news: Guiu starts, King benched

With no lunchtime kick-off, a quieter-than-usual Saturday of Premier League football begins with two matches at 3pm BST.

It’s **Chelsea v Sunderland** and **Newcastle United v Fulham**.

There’s a start for £4.2m FPL forward **Marc Guiu**, who leads the Chelsea line against the Black Cats.

Guiu is one of three changes from the Blues’ Gameweek 8 line-up, with **Enzo Fernandez** and **Moises Caicedo** coming back into the side.

**Andrey Santos, Romeo Lavia** and the suspended **Malo Gusto** make way.

There’s another start for the £3.9m defender **Josh Acheampong** at centre-half.

Two changes for Sunderland: **Lutsharel Geertruida** and **Reinildo Mandava** in for the injured **Omar Alderete** and the benched **Chris Rigg.**

At St James’ Park, there are two alterations from last weekend: **Lewis Miley** and **Jacob Murphy** in for **Sandro Tonali,** who has struggled with illness this week, and **Anthony Elanga**.

There are a whopping six changes for Fulham.

**Sasa Lukic, Kenny Tete, Issa Diop, Calvin Bassey, Emile Smith Rowe** and **Adama Traore** get recalls.

Budget midfielder **Josh King** is among those making way.

**Tom Cairney, Timothy Castagne** and **Jorge Cuenca** also drop to the bench as **Joachim Andersen** and **Kevin Wilson** miss out through injury.

**Chelsea XI:** Sanchez, James, Acheampong, Chalobah, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Pedro, Garnacho, Guiu.

_Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin, Fofana, Hato, Lavia, Santos, Estevao, Gittens, George_.

**Sunderland XI:** Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Reinildo, Geertruida, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Traore, Isidor.

_Subs: Patterson, Neil, O’Nien, Talbi, Rigg, Brobbery, Mayenda, Jones, Masuaku_.

**Newcastle United XI:** Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Miley, Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon.

_Subs: Ramsdale, Schar, Tonali, Barnes, Krafth, Osula, Elanga, Willock, Ramsey_.

**Fulham XI:** Leno, Tete, Diop, Bassey, Sessegnon, Berge, Lukic, Adama, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Raul.

_Subs: Lecomte, Castagne, Amissah, Cuenca, Reed, Cairney, King, Kevin, Kusi-Asare_.

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