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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. OverTinker
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Its has been all Chelsea so far 🙁

  2. Ask Yourself
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Kovacic assist btw

  3. GAMBIT
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Don't mind me. I'm just chilling here with triple Spurs and Alli (C) 🙁

  4. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Silver lining for this week so far is I didnt do the Aurier tranny.

    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Transfer*

    2. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Hes in my team for attacking returns

      1. Fudgy
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        I'm old fashioned. I like my defenders keeping cleanies.

      2. WVA
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        *red cards

  5. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mou out

    1. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Will in?

  6. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Will Ian score?

  7. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Oh baaaabyyy

  8. Syd.
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Nice duck by Alli

  9. beric
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Great strike

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    KWP price?

    1. FISSH
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Just look? Ffs

  11. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Spurs will win, dont worry. Even Aurier will make up for that 😀

  12. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    The best london club of all time dominating the game!!!

    Juhuuuuu come on Chelsea!!! We want more we want more !!!!

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      😆

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 17 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        What's so funny? We have won most London derbies before Arsenal and West Ham.

  13. Party time
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Aurier on my bench. Wonderful Willian

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

    Oh dear.. Is Jose parking thr bus

    1. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Arriva

    2. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Yes, Chelsea has 15 dangerous attacks to while Spurs has only 3..

  15. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Jose parking the bus while he's 1-0 down at home.

  16. Zenith UK
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    KDB > Son last week definitely the worst transfer of my season so far I reckon

    1. Ser Davos
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Get both and just don't think about removing them. Just sit on them.

      Captaincy's another issue, mind.

      1. Zenith UK
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        KDB / Alli would be my go to combo with Mane. It's what I had and I stupidly went to a Alli/Son double up

  17. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mount to punish sellers?

    1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      I'm so far away he can't even reach me with a cross.

    2. suddenorgan
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      everyone bought Grealish

  18. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Small club mentality on display from Mourinho?

  19. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Son owners really crying after 15 mins?

    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      If you don't cry at captain fails you aren't taking this seriously enough

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

    Time for Spurs to switch to a back three.

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      They are a back 3

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

        Not really.

        Gazzaniga
        Sanchez Dier Alderweireld
        Aurier Alli Sissoko Vertonghen
        Moura Kane Son

        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          Back 5 I'd say with Kane just infront

  21. Ser Davos
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    As soon as I saw that surprising Chelsea team sheet with Tomori back in, it suggested Lampard was up to something

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mount lucky he’s English

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      What’s lucky about being English

  23. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Trippier killing it in spain while Aurier stinking the rb spot

    Bad decision by spurs

    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      In a far superior league too. Terrible business by Levy as per.

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        La Liga? Lol. Two team league where the top two are failing.

    2. Zenith UK
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      He did have an awful season the year they dumped him though

    3. WVA
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Trippier was god awful for a long time before he left
      Aurier also awful TBF

  24. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Thats very dirty from mount. How is that not a card?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Same reason Sterling doesn’t dive.

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Whats the "streetwise" equivalent of a dirty stamp?

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          used condom?

  25. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Keep Mount for Southampton game or switch to Grealish?

    1. Shultan
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Keep

  26. Mo Salah No Mane
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Proud and patient Willian owner here 🙂

    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Fair play mate that's quality to keep him so long 😀

    2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      You deserve it

    3. Zenith UK
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Should be Chelsea's first name on the TS with pens and FKs to his name.

    4. Londongeezaa
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Can’t believe I took my Willy out. Big mistake.

    5. Mo Salah No Mane
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers guys lol @londongeeza
      As soon as he gets attacking returns he is likely to get bonus points as well 🙂

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

    Kane playing CDM.

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      35 harder incoming

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        *yarder lol

  28. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Spurs need to make a change in midfield

    1. Whats the Huth
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Yep. Son out

  29. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Rashford needs to go!

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Vardy Jimenez Abraham, just leave it there

  30. Ser Davos
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Willian's never been a fantasy prospect has he? Neither has Pedro iirc