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Spurs roll out a 3-5-2 as Mourinho ditches the wing-back system

After a barnstorming match between Cardiff City and Arsenal on Sunday lunchtime, the two 16:00 BST kick-offs at Vicarage Road and Turf Moor bring Gameweek 4 to an end.

Tottenham Hotspur have made three changes to the side that beat Manchester United last Monday, with Ben Davies (£5.8m), Davinson Sanchez (£5.9m) and Michel Vorm (£4.9m) – in for the injured Hugo Lloris (£5.5m) – the men to come in. Danny Rose (£5.9m) and Eric Dier (£4.9m) drop to the bench.

Sanchez’s inclusion means that Mauricio Pochettino’s side are set to employ a 3-5-2 formation this afternoon, with Lucas Moura (£7.2m) possibly set to join Harry Kane (£12.5m) in attack – as the Brazilian did in the 3-1 win over Fulham. Moura was the second-most-bought player of Gameweek 4, being drafted in by more than half a million Fantasy Premier League managers.

Watford, meanwhile, are unchanged for the fourth successive league match.

The injured Phil Jones (£5.2m) is one of three players to drop out of Jose Mourinho’s starting XI, with Fred (£5.8m) and Ander Herrera (£5.0m) forced to watch on from the bench.

Alexis Sanchez (£10.2m), Marouane Fellaini (£5.0m) and Victor Lindelof (£4.9m) earn a reprieve to the United first team, which looks on paper to be a 4-3-3 following the wing-back experiment of Gameweek 3.

United are yet to keep a clean sheet this season (having recorded a league-high 19 in 2017/18) and David De Gea (£5.9m) – the most-sold goalkeeper of this round – has the worst save percentage of all the Premier League shot-stoppers this campaign.

Having naming an unchanged team for his side’s first three league matches, Sean Dyche has rotated his full-backs, with Charlie Taylor (£4.5m) and Phil Bardsley (£4.4m) replacing Stephen Ward (£4.9m) and Matthew Lowton (£4.9m).

An injury to Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) means that 18-year-old Dwight McNeil gets a start on the left flank.

Burnley XI: Hart; Taylor, Tarkowski, Mee, Bardsley; Cork, Hendrick, Westwood, Lennon, McNeil; Wood.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw; Fellaini, Matic, Pogba; Lingard, Lukaku, Sanchez.

Watford XI: Foster; Janmaat, Cathcart, Kabasele, Holebas; Hughes, Capoue, Doucoure, Pereyra; Deeney, Gray.

Spurs XI: Vorm; Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Davies; Dembele, Eriksen, Dele; Lucas, Kane.

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3,734 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Get wrecked jammy Penpogba owners

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba fail

    1. jam
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Really needed those Pog points!

  3. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Wouldnt mind a DDG peno save 2

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Would prefer if he let one in

  4. Desperately Seeking Dusan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Deeney. Eggersdorf and Sutherland called it.

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Sutherland?! Sutherns....

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Jay sold Deeney

    3. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Donald Sutherland?

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Kiefer

    4. MTPockets
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Neither have Deeney

    5. Harper (No more Penandes)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      fook off

    6. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Cajones!

    7. Bielsa's Bucket
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      ioeaoifahjofa Hart you absolute lad!

    8. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Why did Lukaku not take that on for a hat-trick?

      1. Sasquatch Slayer
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Because it would’ve broken the template

      2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        That is a good question.

      3. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        good question, hope they ask afterwards...

    9. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Good few anti-causal minutes

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Just need Utd to concede to hammer those nails into the coffin

        1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          This

    10. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Go on and win it Watford

      1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        This

    11. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Handbags

    12. Ask Yourself
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Need a Trippier goal badly

    13. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Holebas essential

    14. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Had Hart GW 1-3, swapped to Ederson this week. That’s FPL!

    15. The Enlightener
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Rashy RC

    16. fedolefan
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      As expected Spurs lose their CS. Useless Davies.

    17. Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Why does this crap always happen. Buy Pogba specifically for penalties, gets one first game, misses.
      As if Mkhi being benched wasn't bad enough today.

      1. Fantastisk
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Sounds like something a casual would do tbh

        1. Postman Ty
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          Ya cause 6 goals, 13 assists, and 11 clean sheets in 2100 minutes is terrible for 8m...
          Designated taker for a top 4 team that get penalties like candy at the shop.

    18. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Kane has been too slow on the ball!!

      1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        He’s been slow since the Colombia game...

    19. Bielsa's Bucket
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Handbags

    20. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Rashford off. Game on

    21. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      DDG on penos now?

      1. Sasquatch Slayer
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Fellaini

    22. manchesterisblue
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      richarlirashford

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        😀

    23. Our Tiny Windows
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Ha. The one week I bench Hart.

    24. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Holebas flying smooth as a budget version of Robbo/Alonso/Mendy hmmm

    25. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Rashford red

      1. Fantastisk
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Lmao

    26. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      What did Rashford do?

      1. The Enlightener
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Face-pushed Bardsley

      2. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Richarlisoned Bardsley.

      3. Fantastisk
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        After in a rash manner

        1. Fantastisk
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          Acted

      4. Sasquatch Slayer
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Reacted to being kicked at

    27. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Daniels --> Holebas
      Salah --> Hazard
      Quaner --> Mitro
      Bilva --> Moura/Maddison

      That's certainly not worth a WC is it?

      1. Whitetiger14
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Nope

      2. Lets jump straight into it.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Daniels & Quaner --> Holebas & Mitro -4

    28. Whitetiger14
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Walcott & holebas - > 4.5 (billing) & alonso for a hit today? Will be priced out after alonso rises tonight.

      Yay or nay?

    29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Rashford red

    30. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      trashford off..... Cmon Burnley wipe that CS asap...