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Bale named on the bench as much-captained Kane and Son start against West Ham

The two most-captained players of Gameweek 5 feature in the third Premier League match of the day.

West Ham United are the visitors to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with kick-off in north London at 16:30 BST.

Son Heung-min (£9.3m) and Harry Kane (£10.7m) have both been handed the armband by over one million Fantasy Premier League managers for this clash.

They were also the most-bought players in their respective FPL positions ahead of Gameweek 5, with Son attracting more transfers in – just under two million – than any other asset.

Those two in-form attackers start again this afternoon but loan signing Gareth Bale (£9.5m) is only among the substitutes, having made the Spurs matchday squad for the first time since his move from Real Madrid.

There is a change to the Spurs frontline for the visit of the Hammers, however, with Lucas Moura (£6.9m) dropping to the bench and Steven Bergwijn (£7.1m) starting in his stead.

The only other alteration to the Lilywhites’ starting XI from the side that thrashed Manchester United 6-1 two weeks ago sees Toby Alderweireld (£5.4m) replace the injured Eric Dier (£5.0m) at centre-half.

All of that means that Matt Doherty (£5.9m) and Ben Davies (£4.9m) have to be content with places on the bench again.

Dele Alli (£7.5m) isn’t involved in the 18-man squad.

The West Ham team news is straightforward, as David Moyes names an unchanged side from the one that beat Leicester City 3-0 last time out.

Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) has recovered from injury to take his place at left wing-back.

Not one West Ham asset has a double-digit ownership in FPL, with Michail Antonio (£6.3m) the only member of their starting XI who features in more than 5% of Fantasy squads.


Spurs XI: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Son, Kane.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio.

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2,267 Comments Post a Comment
  1. PogChamp
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    3-2

  2. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Looks offside to me. 🙂

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

      Yea! Davinson was closer the goal than ... oh wait.

  3. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    My goodness me

  4. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    3-2 GAME ONNNN

  5. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hahah no way

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

      Now I'm not considering either. Back to the Dallas plan 😀

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

    Game on

  7. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Yesss one more!

  8. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    West ham comeback!

  9. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bale out son in again quickly now lol

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

    Hello!

    Davies or Doherty inc

  11. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Oh my, will this end a draw?

  12. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Only if Antonio was playing

  13. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I've asked before but can't find my previous comment ...

    Jimmy & Trent > Kane & Chilwell (Own Son already)

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      See what Jimenez does first. You may want to keep him.

  14. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son gets 90 next match 🙂

  15. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    FABRIZIO RAMANO HERE WE GO

  16. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Great finish!

  17. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Which was the worst two footed tackle this weekend?

    A) Dunk
    B) Richarlison
    C) Pickford

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Pickford

    2. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lmao all 3 were shocking

    3. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Dunk

  18. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Spurs just not the same team without Son 🙂

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

    Woah!

  20. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    This reminds me of Mourinho's first game as Spurs manager Vs WHU(A) last year...

  21. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Mourinho going to be livid.

  22. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    No Soucek involvement? 🙁

  23. Hattrick Harry
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Beautiful header by Sanchez, great assist Coufal

  24. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    3-2. Spurs nipping!

  25. PogChamp
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son jam. Lovely.

  26. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Everybody but Soucek scoring headers for West Ham

    Even their opponents

  27. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Looking at 10 or 11 points for my Spurs LB and drops to 4. Incredible.

  28. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Oh wow what a season this is

  29. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Dafuq?