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Chelsea have teamed up with Fantasy Football Scout to help bring you hints, tips and advice during the 2026/27 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season. Scout will be using their expertise to provide advice and gameweek tips which should prove useful in ensuring you win your mini-leagues.
Buy
It’s difficult to look beyond Joao Pedro (£7.5m), who currently sits in over 60 per of FPL teams after a stunning pre-season. The Brazilian scored seven goals in five matches, including a brace in the Blues’ most recent victory over Real Sociedad. No Chelsea player registered more Expected Goal Involvement (xGI) than our new number nine, with a tally of 14.91. Encouragingly for Gameweek 1, Joao Pedro netted against Fulham last season.
Watch
With Manchester United and Liverpool midfielders proving popular due to favourable early fixtures, Cole Palmer (£9.5m) is very much one to watch in the opening Gameweeks of the season. The Englishman should benefit from a summer break and has racked up plenty of pre-season minutes. With penalties in his locker, Palmer could rocket in ownership with a strong performance on Monday night.
Video
On our second special pre-season tour episode, Cole Palmer joins us in Hong Kong to look back on his football journey, from his first steps in the game to life at Chelsea today. He also answers fans' dilemmas and settles the debate once and for all: who actually came up with the cold celebration?
Differential
With Xabi Alonso setting Chelsea up in a back-three formation for the final three pre-season friendlies, Fantasy managers will naturally be drawn to the attacking defenders. Marco Palestra (£5.5m), signed from Atalanta in the summer, has taken up some very advanced positions in pre-season and can play on either side. The Italian currently sits in just 2.7 per cent of Fantasy teams, making him a huge differential with routes to points at both ends of the pitch.