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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. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Last chance for Spurs

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

    Ben Mee could have held the ball in both hands, wiped it clean, replaced it with another ball and Jon Moss would still not notice. Never seen a referee so out of his depth.

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

      Stop being a bitter man u fan, you're winning ffs

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

        Cheers Geoff.

    2. Bielsa's Bucket
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

    3. InSaneMan-e
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Harsh call for Rashford but I've definitely seen many referees out of their depth

  3. tafrère
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero (C) + Salah = 14 pts
    Ward + Hart = 17 pts

    mhmhmhmhm

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

      All in my XI lmao.

  4. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    You're getting sacked in the morning

  5. Yellin' in my Ear
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Wow Trippier is a BAPS monster, so far ahead of the rest of the spurs team.

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

    Shot Rose, still rising

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

      It was a budding effort

    2. Fantastisk
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Terrific stuff.

  7. Fantastisk
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    How was the plane banner for Mourinho?

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

      He wanted some wood shaved

  8. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Jesus Christ Watford

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

    Elton John loving it

  10. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Cant believe my eyes but there is a 6 next to Big Dave. 😮

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

      About time

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Thought he had 3 saves at least.

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      What’s with the saves I only watched the second half and I counted 3

  11. Holmes
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Watford! 😎

  12. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Congrats Watford. 4 in 4. Hats off.

  13. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Eltons lost his syrup celebrating

  14. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    61pts

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      52 but with my awb autosub, 52

  15. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Patience paid off keeping de gea. Two free transfers for next week too

    1. Gooner Kebab
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      nice one

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

    Almost perfect. Burnley goal would have been golden

  17. Ginkapo FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    How wonderful life is when you're top of the league.

  18. fr3d
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Jon Moss 3 bonus?

  19. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Catastrophic g/w,

    Watford wow! Alcohol incoming.

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

      Triple up on Spurs?

      1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        2

    2. Gooner Kebab
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Salah (c)?

      1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Kane

  20. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Watford gorner win the leagueee

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

      1000/1 still available

  21. Adro3
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    48 points this weekend then. Red arrows after a good start.

    1. Texas Pete
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      You're 5 above me then.

  22. Fantastisk
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Yessss Watford

  23. Nüno Vippan
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    any chance Holebas get 3 bonus points?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      2

  24. trikster102
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Glad Spurs lost because I went with Miki over Trippier, ironically because I thought Trippier was a rotation risk.

  25. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Just heard that Pogba missed a penalty

    How funny is this

    Was he show boating?

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

      Good save by heart

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

    Watford gonna do what Burnley did last season, get Europe then get relegated

  27. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    RIP rank

  28. Farke in hell
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    What's the overall average?

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

      Check this site. Gives up to date averages. Saves asking on here all the time.

      https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/

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

    The Pogba miss was a 9 or 10 point swing and a subsequent red arrow

  30. Adro3
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    4 players flagged (Cairney Tomkins Zaha Wally), Mkhi not guaranteed a start and no Alonso in my team. WC time?