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4 January 2018 5309 comments
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The final round of festive fixtures comes to its conclusion at Wembley Stadium as Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham play the second match of their double Gameweek 22.

Much to our collective relief, Harry Kane returns to the hosts’ starting line-up after producing just a single point from his 22 minutes off the bench at Swansea on Tuesday night.

It’s fair to say that the Fantasy Premier League hopes of many managers rely on the Spurs striker this evening.

Not only is he the top captain pick for the Gameweek (24.2%), a hefty 121,000+ Triple Captain chips have been wielded on Kane in light of back-to-back hat-tricks in his previous two starts.

The allure of a double Gameweek has also boosted in interest in Spurs midfield trio Son Heung-min, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli. All three join Kane on the teamsheet and are also among the top 13 armband picks for Gameweek 22.

The top transfer target for Gameweek 22, with 498,000+ new owners, Son has scored in five of Tottenham’s last six at Wembley, totalling 57 points over those matches.

Eriksen and Alli, meanwhile, bagged an assist and goal respectively in Tuesday’s win at Swansea to continue their improved form.

The Dane has supplied points in six of his last seven outings, while Alli has two goals and four assists in his previous three.

At the back, Ben Davies earns successive starts for the first time since Gameweek 16 as Danny Rose misses out with a knee complaint again.

The big news for the Hammers is that Marko Arnautovic is sidelined with a minor hamstring problem.

Drafted in by over 368,000 for his pair of fixtures, he ends double Gameweek 22 on five points, having earned the assist for Andy Carroll’s late winner against West Brom.

Carroll’s two goals in the Baggies’ clash isn’t enough to keep his role in the XI, though – he drops to the bench as Chicharito leads the line instead.

The Mexican and Manuel Lanzini – who has supplied four assists in his previous five – carry the main threat to a defence that’s looking for their tenth clean sheet of the season.

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  1. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Cracking tackle by Vertonghen a minute ago.

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      (It's got to that point, with nothing else going on)

  2. BON
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    B i G c H a N c E m I s S e D

  3. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Book Vert, FFS

  4. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Kane not looking unwell. Been involved, could score anytime

  5. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    I always knew lloris (ç) would be much better than Kane (ç)

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I considered vert but it was too negative

  6. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Quite nice of Spurs to wait for WHM to get back in position every time they get the ball.

    It's faffing about the Jose way...

    1. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Just did it again.

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Alli has no idea what to do when he has the ball on the counter.

        1. Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Agreed....He's been the worst one....

    2. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I noticed that, Alli justs jogs up the field with the ball looking clueless

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Yep, he really should not be on the ball in that part of the field -- needs to be crashing the box to score garbage goals.

  7. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Bizarre ‘foul’

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      'dive'

  8. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    This score would be a horrible FH result. No goals, WHU defender injured. Ugh. Come on somebody - do something.

    1. Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Wouldn't mine a WH CS...

      1. Point-one short
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        *mind

        1. TomSaints
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          2 west ham defence for me, 0-0 second best score after a spurs hammering.

          Dreading a 1-1 random scorers

          1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            0-0 best for me too as I have Adrian and ogbonna but I also have son, Alli and Kane (c). I would take a scoreless game Defo.

  9. Rash
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Can see son getting hooked off before 60 if he don't improve

  10. DF
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Who said Paul Parker looks like a frightened ant?

  11. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    0-0 all over it...

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Just top left for me

  12. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Score ffs

  13. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    ML rival has Aurier, and I don't care how he does as long as I also get points.

    1. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      ML leader also has Obiang and deserves his points for that stunning strike

  14. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    If Spurs want to keep crossing the ball into the box they should take off Sissoko and bringing on Llorente

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Wtf sissoko

  16. Somalion
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Lovely deft pass from Sissoko

  17. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    This is what happens when you play Sissoko and Dier

    1. Pieterke30
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      exactly

  18. La Roja
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Shitsoko

    1. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Gonna be subbed for Lamela. Both will get carded

  19. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Lolokko

  20. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Agent Sissoko 😆

  21. The Left Duke #3
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Congrats to people who have Spurs DF assets cos this has a 0-0 written all over it

  22. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Sissoko doing his best Sanches impression then, passing to advertising screens.

  23. Postman Ty
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Does Sissoko actually get paid or is he on charity work?

  24. KJT123
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Sissoklol

    1. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Shite and predictable joke.

  25. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    How is Sissoko still getting games for Spurs?

  26. Monkey Hanger
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Swear Son gets ball greedier by the match.

    1. Rash
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Wouldn't mind if he actually did something useful with it

  27. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    This is pretty boring. Spurs too samey and not moving the ball quickly enough at all

  28. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Pass of the year by sissoko

  29. Jairzinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Can we lol at Kane triple captainers yet?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      And chuckle at captainers

  30. theodosios
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    At least I know I will get rid of Masuaku after this game

    1. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Why?