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2 September 2018 3734 comments
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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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  1. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    OMMMGGGGG

  2. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Watford the new Leicester?

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

      No.

  3. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Nice one Watford

  4. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Called it 😎

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Both Deeney & Cathcart...

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        how far into the future can you see?

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          😛

    2. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Jafooli for Scoutcast

      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This

  5. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Watford what on earth?!

  6. noahzark22
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Good thing I resisted bringing in Pogba

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      He's played well and decent fixtures. Decision should have been rewarded (I'm still bitter at the miss haha)

  7. Eden Wizard
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holebas’ delivery is noteworthy

  8. Sasquatch Slayer
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Watford coverage essential

  9. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Ranieri magic

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

      Ranieri nowhere close to getting the Watford job. Who would sack a manager that is 4 from 4?

  10. badgerboy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Cart wagon!

  11. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Come on Burnley!

  12. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Gtf in Hornets! Wow. Might need some of you lot in

  13. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    HOLEBAS AGAIN??? WTFF

  14. Monkey Hanger
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Come on you Glory Hornet Boys.

  15. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holebas essential?

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Yep Holebas and breathing. Both essentail.

    2. Whitetiger14
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Lol. Was thinking of shipping him out for alonso

  16. The Enlightener
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Bardsley deserves a ban himself retrospectively, though yc should save him on that.

  17. KGFC
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Wat the ford?!!! Amazing play

  18. Whitetiger14
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

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

    Yay or nay?

    1. KGFC
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Holebas seriously??

      1. Whitetiger14
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I know. Wrong timing with what he is doing now. No other way to get alonso altho I'm now thinking to go alonso free

  19. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Following 2 games via you guys is giving me a headache.

  20. Khark
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holebas and Cedric both on my bench and had Mkhitaryan and AWB on pitch

  21. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holebas two assists and he hasn’t even been booked 😯

    1. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      yet

  22. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    De Gea hasn't made a single save

    1. Typo
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      keeping cleanie tho

    2. *Reformed-Character*
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Yes, he has made a save...

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Not according to the fpl site

        1. *Reformed-Character*
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          oh thats gospel then....

          1. Bubz
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Yes...

            1. *Reformed-Character*
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              i tend to watch football matches, not continuously refresh the fpl site...

              1. Bubz
                • 12 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Lol you're on an fpl forum mate

                1. mir
                  • 16 Years
                  7 years, 7 months ago

                  Call of Duty 1...He's had you good there!

                  1. *Reformed-Character*
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 7 months ago

                    making factual comments about a football game he hasn't even watched... MIR you've had an absolute shocker

                    1. Bubz
                      • 12 Years
                      7 years, 7 months ago

                      Nah you've had a shocker

  23. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Watford, giant killers.

  24. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    WAtford the new Burnley

  25. Keno
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holebas on my bench loool

  26. Typo
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    holebas OMG

  27. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holebas... damn

  28. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    I want Holebas lol wtf

  29. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Salah vs Spurs looking tasty indeed

  30. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Holebas up there with the premium left backs in terms of attacking points.