Gameweek 13 resumes with five afternoon kick-offs with the two top Fantasy Premier League captain picks on show.
Harry Kane will face West Brom – under the guidance of interim coach Gary Megson – at Wembley Stadium backed by 1.2 million (22.5%) FPL managers with the armband. The Spurs striker has frustrated with five blanks from his six home matches to this point and some 77,000+ even sold Kane ahead of today’s encounter.
Meanwhile, Romelu Lukaku is again the most popular Gameweek skipper, although he only just edges Kane having claimed 1.3 million (24.8) backers. The Manchester United striker will face a Brighton defence at Old Trafford, with Paul Pogba lining up alongside him, despite last night’s reports suggesting that he could miss out.
Tammy Abraham is one notable Fantasy asset that does sit out today. He is only considered fit enough for the bench following a back injury, with Paul Clement forced to turn to Wilfried Bony to lead his attack against Bournemouth. Abraham has been sold by 229,000 ahead of last night’s deadline, second only to the injured John Stones. Given that he is ineligible to face his parent club Chelsea in Gameweek 14 on Wednesday, Abraham will still likely see action today, particularly if Swansea are in need of a goal late on.
Elsewhere, Roy Hodgson has thrown Fantasy managers some unwanted curveballs. He drops both Julian Speroni and Scott Dann to the Crystal Palace bench for Stoke City’s visit to Selhurst Park following the two goals conceded against Everton in Gameweek 12. Speroni was perhaps somewhat expected given his error for the Toffees second strike, though Dann’s omission is more of a surprise. He was the Eagles skipper against Everton and now passes the armband to Mamadou Sakho today.
