\u2014 Kieran Gill (@kierangill_DM) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Those two are among four changes from Chelsea\u2019s final pre-season friendly XI against Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n Wesley Fofana is injured and Pedro Neto drops to the bench.<\/p>\n Josh Acheampong, Malo Gusto, Jorell Hato and Romeo Lavia come into the line-up.<\/p>\n Arbeloa goes with the same team he sent out in the Cottagers\u2019 final warm-up match of the summer.<\/p>\n Gonzalo Garcia and Cesar Palacios get their Premier League debuts.<\/p>\n LINE-UPS<\/p>\n Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Gusto, Lavia, James, Hato, Palmer, Joao Pedro, Rogers.<\/p>\n Subs: Penders, Chavarria, Barco, Fernandez, Neto, Gittens, Estevao, Welbeck, Quenda.<\/p>\n Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Cuenca, Bassey, Robinson, King, Berge, Iwobi, Bobb, Garcia, Palacios<\/p>\n Subs: Lecomte, De Gougerolles, Tete, Reed, Charles, Sessegnon, Kevin, Smith Rowe, Muniz.<\/p>\n LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE + MATCH CENTRE<\/p>\n You can follow the evening\u2019s action via the\u00a0Live Gameweek page<\/a>, which you can find in the all-new\u00a0FPL Toolkit section.<\/a><\/p>\n Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out.<\/p>\n And there\u2019s also the all-new\u00a0Match Centre<\/a>\u00a0to explore.<\/p>\n A snapshot of this page is below; it\u2019s basically a condensed version\u00a0of the one you can find in the Members Area.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Caicedo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-325-1024x562.png\")
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