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Son recovers from injury as Doherty and Davies drop to bench for United v Spurs

Son Heung-min (£9.0m) is fit to feature in Tottenham Hotspur’s clash with Manchester United this afternoon, having made a swift recovery from a hamstring injury.

Having initially ruled the Korean out until after the October international break, Jose Mourinho appeared to be slowly backpedalling on that initial prognosis during the week and Son indeed makes the starting XI this afternoon.

Kick-off in the penultimate match of Gameweek 4 is at 16:30 BST.

Son may have been passed fit but Mourinho has otherwise rung the changes from the Gameweek 3 draw against Newcastle United, no doubt in response to the Lilywhites’ brutal schedule that has seen them play cup matches on both Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Full-backs Matt Doherty (£5.9m) and Ben Davies (£4.9m) drop to the bench, while Giovani Lo Celso (£6.9m) isn’t risked after sustaining a knock in the 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa.

Midfielders Lucas Moura (£6.9m) and Harry Winks (£5.5m) are also among the substitutes, having started all three Premier League games before today.

Dele Alli (£7.6m) makes the 18-man squad but again doesn’t feature from the start.

Serge Aurier (£5.2m), Sergio Reguilon (£5.5m), Moussa Sissoko (£4.8m), Tanguy Ndombele (£5.9m) and Erik Lamela (£5.9m) are the players who come into Spurs’ side at Old Trafford.

The Manchester United team news is a lot more straightforward.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made one alteration to his side from Gameweek 3, with Eric Bailly (£5.0m) replacing Victor Lindelof (£4.9m) at centre-half.

Almost 1.4 million FPL managers sold Son ahead of the Gameweek 4 deadline, with no other Fantasy asset suffering as many transfers out as the South Korea international in a single Gameweek so far this season.

Anthony Martial (£8.9m) was also out of favour, with his 303,342 sales making him the second-most sold FPL forward of this weekend.

Bruno Fernandes (£10.5m) is the only Manchester United player who has a double-digit ownership in FPL at the time of writing, with three Spurs players – Doherty, Son and Harry Kane (£10.5m) – featuring in more than 10% of Fantasy squads.


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Aurier, Dier, Sanchez, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Lamela, Son, Kane.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Pogba, Fernandes, Rashford, Greenwood, Martial.


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2,957 Comments Post a Comment
  1. mb1983
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Odds on Son beating his 24 point haul? Kicking myself for transferring out.

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah, so costly - for Zaha as well, absolute chump move

    2. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sold for Barnes who had a goal disallowed!!

      1. mb1983
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Same here. The points swing could be horrendous by the time this 90 mins is done.

  2. garbage1
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Absurd. Lamela is pathetic as is the ref

  3. skodaole2
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Come on Harry(c) you definitely can give more now

  4. Jullepuu
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I just can't catch a break in fpl but I'm doing really well in Fanteam. Such a weird feeling

  5. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son!!! I'm in heaven.

  6. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Jose second season effect, I knew it!

    1. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Was the reason I tripled up on Spurs but sold Son and Kane on WC this gw!

  7. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    May aswell red card Bailly as well

  8. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KDB out for Son I think. Christ

    1. TAT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Thinking the same. KDB yet to find form anyway.

    2. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      One of 4 transfers for me.
      Will do them immediately.
      Don't want to hear anything prem related over the next two weeks.

  9. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Overuse VAR when not needed. Ignore when needed

  10. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Minus Harry Maguire tax Kane and Son haven’t done anything today

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      ?

  11. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Kane and Son, ruining people's ranks since September 12

    1. 1zverGGadeM
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So happy for keeping them 😀

  12. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lamella will get a retrospective ban

  13. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    United fans moaning about refereeing decisions is absolutely beautiful.

    Soak it in!

  14. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Where the F is VAR exactly? what a joke decision no horse in this race but Lamela did exactly the same thing! You cant send off Martial just because he stayed on his feet while Lamela lies down for a nap. This is the thing VAR SHOULD be used for instead of chalking off perfectly valid goals for arm pit offsides..

    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      VAR would have looked at it. Wasn't a clear and obvious red for Lamela, and wasn't clear and obvious wasn't a Martial red, so decision stands

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        They could have asked the ref to look at it at least. No one with a brain would give a red to just Martial after looking at the replay. Either both or none.

  15. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Man Utd won't get anything from this game so time for a Man Utd player to leave a big mark on Lamela.

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Martial should have decked him, hes getting 3 match ban regardless

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

        Exactly.

  16. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son&Werner out for Perreira&Vardy -4.

    Fairly bad.

    1. Salan
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      That's why experienced players gets struggling this season

  17. One More Hit
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Forgetting FPL, Son and Kane have been a joy to watch. Perhaps the one redeeming thing for this season going ahead without fans and all the rest

  18. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lamela elbows Martial in the head, that's totally okay... Martial touches him in the upper chest and gets red carded.

    The game is corrupt and completely unwatchable. These officials and rulemakers need to be criminally investigated

    1. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lamela didn’t elbow him, he pushed him in the chest and slipped onto his neck

    2. Feanor
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lamela elbowed him in the upper chest

      Martial touched him in the face

    3. Blues for Salah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Dude, you put the blind in blinders.

  19. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son will haul, and only player i have from this game is Bavies

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Did haul*

  20. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    U couldn't write this stuff. Had Martial since gw1. Wat an absolute joke.

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Must stay patient in fpl they said

  21. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    It'll get evened up soon I think. Penandes will be desperate to get a Spurs player sent off and I'm sure Aurier will be daft enough to oblige.

  22. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Man Utd to finish outside the top 6 this season. Calling it now.

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Depends who they get in to replace Ole

    2. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Even with Penandes penalty scoring form??

    3. TAT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No way, pens will save them.

  23. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lamela should have also got a red.

  24. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Still worst decision so far has been not picking Kane over Werner since my principle has been wait and see for new PL players. Second worst picking Alli over Son to save money. 😀

  25. diabydoesgallas
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Relieved that I kept son. Idea of transferring him out crossed my mind, but the Midfield options below that price ranges all seemed kinda rubbish so I thought I’d stick with him for his return after the international break. Result!

  26. Drogo
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Think this is the fourth season in a row that Son fakes an injury, forces me to replace him, only to comeback and haul the next game.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Game is an absolute joke man, one big joke

  27. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Mahrez to
    1.son
    2.Penandes
    3. Hames

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not Son, he will troll

      1. 1zverGGadeM
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Think again 😉

    2. 1zverGGadeM
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Son or Hamez

  28. TyroneGAA
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    That’s it I’m wild carding son and Kane straight into the team

  29. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Awful, awful decision from the refs...

  30. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    This has to be rigged . AM I BLIND if i m seeing this incident differently ??