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Pulisic benched as Lampard switches to a 3-4-3 against unchanged Spurs

The final match of Gameweek 18 takes place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Chelsea the visitors to north London.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

The team news is straightforward from a Spurs perspective: Jose Mourinho has named an unchanged side for the third game running.

The Chelsea starting XI requires a bit more explanation, however.

Frank Lampard has benched Christian Pulisic (£7.3m) for the first time in the Premier League since Gameweek 9, with Jorginho (£5.0m) and the injured Emerson Palmieri (£5.5m) also making way from the side that lost to Bournemouth.

Marcus Alonso (£6.0m) gets his first start since Gameweek 10, with Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) and Fikayo Tomori (£4.8m) also recalled.

All of that would seem to suggest that Lampard has switched to a 3-4-3, with Tomori joining Kurt Zouma (£4.7m) and Antonio Rudiger (£6.0m) at centre-half.

Mason Mount (£6.5m) and Willian (£7.0m) appear to be flanking Tammy Abraham (£7.9m) in attack.

Mount, Pulisic and Abraham were three of the four most-sold FPL assets of Gameweek 18.

Lampard’s side have lost four of their last five Premier League games and haven’t kept a clean sheet on the road in 2019/20.

Spurs, by contrast, have won four of their five league games under Jose Mourinho since the ‘Special One’ first took charge a month ago.

Dele Alli (£8.8m), Son Heung-min (£10.1m) and Harry Kane (£10.9m) are averaging 8.0, 7.8 and 5.4 points per game respectively under their new manager.

Kane is the fourth-most-popular captaincy pick of Gameweek 18, while only three FPL assets were bought by more managers than Son in the run-up to this weekend.


Spurs XI: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Dier, Sissoko, Dele, Son, Lucas, Kane.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Rudiger, Alonso, Kante, Kovacic, Willian, Mount, Abraham.



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  1. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks Son. 31 points. Worst GW EVER

  2. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son is an idiot but that was very harsh to be a red wasn’t it?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Deserved it tbh.

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Alder YC

    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I dont think so

    5. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Was red yes.

    6. Abraham & Cheese
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Really harsh because there was no damage done and Rudiger exaggerated it, but on the other hand you can't not give it a red with the studs up. My 2cents

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Watch you don't get a skelf sitting on that fence.

    7. NATSTER
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Same as Beckham. No surprise here.

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    VAR check on fans

    Could be a red card. Stewards ready to empty the stands

  4. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I knew Dele (c) would haul compared to Son 😆

    1. teneighty
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Should we consider it a captain win even?

  5. Regin
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Imagine those who sold kdb to son 2 weeks ago

  6. OptimusBlack
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Little Son > Great Mo Salah

  7. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    It's all gone Pete Tong

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Have you ever tried to explain that phrase to a non native english speaker? Nightmare

  8. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Welp, that makes getting Salah back easy enough (Son out)

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Defo, just makes it easier to flood my midfield plan

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      This

  9. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son to

    A. Alli
    B. Moura
    C.Pogba
    D. Salah

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      D

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Thinking of A myself

  10. @ocprodigy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    How are any of you complaining about that red card? He purposefully kicked his studs into Sanchez’s mid rift. Violent conduct all day long, you don’t do it.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It was a YC offence. Not a RC.

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Nope, has to be red.

    2. Sad Pablo Arsecobar
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      *rudiger

  11. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Salah, Mane and TAA, too much?

    1. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      nope ill be moving to this

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      TAA much

  12. Pranked
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Well I'm out the cup, opponent has Cantwell 2nd sub and son had just ruined me 🙂 I think it might be time to quit for the year!

  13. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    First time in my 11 seasons my C was sent off, dear God... What a horrible game week. Never in my life I woukd thought that Son (C), Rash and Aurier would bring me today just 3 points... I think it was a little bit harsh red card, but it doesn't matter now anyway. Rico and Son suspended in the worst possible time.

    1. Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Actually 0 points from those 3 players, wow !!!

    2. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I feel you.. Had Sterling (C) but you can add Abraham and Pulisic to that list

    3. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Also got Rico and Son this week but still 57 points, nevermind.

  14. balint84
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Fpl death

  15. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    YC everywhere

  16. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Was so looking forward to Son home against Brighton next.

    Add a Rico ban, I’m tempted to take a -8 hit

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KDB -> Son -4 was popular in GW17

    🙂

  18. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Magnus should stick to Chess

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I agree, FPL is not for him

  19. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Mourinho screwed this up after 15 mins for not changing to 3 at the back and matching Chelsea. Poor management.

  20. Lord of Ings
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Get salah or kdb on FT? Already got sterling

  21. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    This is the worst gameweek for me ever.. Unbelieveable..

    Son + Pulisic to Salah + Cantwell - 4 (will be rotated with the two defenders) ?

  22. corderz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Disaster week!

    Is there anyway to see what I would have scored pre wildcard?

  23. Ian Davis
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Did De Bruyne just go off with cramp yesterday, looking for my Son replacement?

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

  24. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    3 points from 5 players today! 😆

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      1 from 3 here

    2. Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Try 0 from Son (C) Rash and Aurier

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Also have Son(C) so yeah 3 from 5 and my captain!

  25. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Starting to fall out of love with FPL. Probably my last week ever after years dedicating myself to this once beautiful game.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Grow up.

  26. HashAttack
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    ... and Mount scores the same as Rash+Son+Alli+Tammy .... out of the cup by a huge margin 🙁

  27. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    This is the worst refereed game Ive seen. Mount escapes an orange-ish card in addition to several cynical fouls and kicking the ball away, still doesnt even have a yellow. Ref tries to not give a pen when Gazzaniga assaults Alonso, only saved because VAR has no choice. Then Son sent out for literal nothing incident. Its a yellow sure, but a red for that is just pure illogical when you have stuff like Westwood's assault on Fraser which is orders of magnitude more dangerous leading to nothing at all.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Kicking out at a players midriff is not a nothing incident. And VAR sent him off.

  28. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Magnus jinxed himself.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He was live no 1 to be fair

  29. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Why Jorgino in? We were better without him

  30. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    No decision to make now then on holding Son for Brighton. Hello Salah.