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1 January 2015 3261 comments
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The last match of a quick-fire Gameweek 20 takes place at White Hart Lane this evening as Tottenham entertain London neighbours Chelsea. Mauricio Pochettino’s side will be desperate to avenge their 3-0 reverse at Stamford Bridge early last month and welcome their visitors in fine form, having dropped just two points in the last four matches.

Up against a defence with six clean sheets in eight, though, the home side face a tough task. Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen are the dangermen here – both players have served up four goals and two assists in their last eight, with Eriksen edging it for bonus by ten points to nine.

For Chelsea, John Terry will be looking for a third goal in four appearances in what has been a favourable festive period for the Blues’ skipper. Eden Hazard goes into this one with a goal or assist in each of his last four, though Cesc Fabregas has been the league leaders’ most consistent performer on the road, with returns in seven of his ten away appearances. Up front, Diego Costa’s underlying stats remain strong in spite of some limited recent returns – he’ll be looking to notch on the road for the first time since Gameweek 11.

The team news offers few surprises from the Chelsea camp as Cesar Azpilicueta is recalled at left-back, while Oscar and Willian return in midfield for Mikel and Andre Schurrle – Cesc Fabregas will switch to a deeper role alongside Nemanja Matic, then. Spurs make three changes in opposition – Danny Rose comes in for Ben Davies at left-back, Kyle Walker is recalled for Vlad Chiriches on the right and Nabil Bentaleb recovers from illness to replace Benjamin Stambouli in the middle of the park.

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  1. XhakaCan
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Benteke > Kane good to go?

    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Just done it

  2. chrisjdgrady
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    I'm gonna start Boyd more often Whos with me?

    1. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Boyd on bench = points.

      Boyd on pitch = pants.

  3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    seriously i may do yaya to boyd and play him

  4. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hands up if you played Eriksen over Kane 🙁

    1. Sticky Mockwell
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yes, seems barely believable that spurs could score 5 without Eriksen being involved on form so far this season...

  5. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    62/63 after BPs

    Not bad, now to bring in Harry Kane!

  6. piquiblanco
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    WC idea.
    Panti Foster
    Alderweireld Wisdom Hutton Dummett Chester
    Sterling Sanchez Fabs Haz Boyd
    Costa Kane Jovetic

    Cash in the bank to do Jov > Kun

    Thoughts?

    1. Tiki-Taka
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I like it, looks similar to my WC idea. You reckon Haz/Fab/Costa is the best way to go 3 CHE or should it be 2 of those and a defender? I think CHE will pick up plenty of clean sheets still

      1. piquiblanco
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        That's the biggest dilemma concerning the team setup. I'm going to keep Fabs, Haz and Costa for a while and then offload one of them for a defender. My thinking was that suddenly there aren't many options in midfield and attack, and the back five I got here will do in 3-4-3 setup.

        1. Tiki-Taka
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I think I'm going to go 2 mid/attack and a defender I think. Hard though, which 2 would you pick out of Costa/Fab/Haz? I'm thinking Hazard and Costa

          1. Tiki-Taka
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Apparently I'm doing a lot of 'thinking' hahaha

      2. chilli con kone
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        You can go no Man Utd on a wildcard with thier fixtures till March

        1. chilli con kone
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          *cant

  7. Patty
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Kane with 2 shots... 2 shots.

    1. Richd
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Wow

  8. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    After benching Kane I'm going to lose my cup match by 1 point 😀

  9. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Out of cup coz my dead team opponent had Chadli (c) 😕

  10. shady1280
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    This will surely be my last season at FPL. Cannot take anymore knocking..

  11. Just A Wooden Spoon
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    75 post baps any good?

    1. Dempsey
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      shut up you spoon

      1. Just A Wooden Spoon
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        🙁

    2. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      No.

    3. davies
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      What do you think? 🙄

    4. Fantasy Gold
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      GTFO u mug

  12. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Help

    Benteke or Austin to kane

    1. XhakaCan
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I'm doing Benteke > Kane, turns out Aston Villa have only scored once in over 450 mins

    2. QueefParkRangers
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Beneteke. he's done nothing for weeks. Villa are a joke.

  13. Sting
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Austin bandwagon over?

    1. chilli con kone
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Not till he blanks next week

  14. Think
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    My cup game is tied who will win ?

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      longest team name

      1. Think
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        R u kidding ?

  15. rohan
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Kane broke FPL?

  16. Every Dog Has Its Day
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    56 Points! Without Kane. 😎

    1. Sting
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      53 with Kane 🙁

      Who did you (c) ?

      1. Every Dog Has Its Day
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Yaya 🙂

  17. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Kane scored half my team's points and is on my bench .. gotta just laugh sometimes 😆

  18. Fantasy Gold
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    After shipping 5 goals, I'd say it's pretty likely that Azpi will lose his place in the team.

    Things just go from bad to worse for my team....

  19. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    14 points from 7 players including captain to 48 after that game. Lovely.

    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Kane has killed me today, absolutely killed me

      I had a 15 point lead over a Kane owner, hoping Yaya (c) has just saved me

  20. davies
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Benteke > Costa for free?

    Or Baines out?

  21. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Top 10k average confirmed as 45.6

  22. Jeremiah
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    People posting big scores and I'm here with my 36 🙂 🙂 🙂

    1. RSe
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Ditto!

  23. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    3 nice fixtures for Spurs coming up. And with great confidence. Might get Chadli back in.

    1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Cpal and wbrom may not be so easy with new managers.

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Neither was Chelsea.

    2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Same, in for Yaya. Allows me to do Austin to Jovetic to Kun without touching anything else.

  24. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Best cup run I've ever had

    1. Nobodinho
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      same 😎

  25. Timtastic03
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    No one I'm the top 17 started Kane 😯

    1. Timtastic03
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      In*

    2. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Benched him here too Tim
      41 pre baps shocking 🙁

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        How you do?

  26. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Bringing in Zabs and Apzi kind of failed

  27. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    60 point week without kane is good but damn it Chelsea, I hate you.

  28. Nobodinho
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    50pts post-baps, green or red arrow?

  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    kane bencher. what is life?