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Bale makes first league start of season alongside well-owned Kane and Son

After scoring a late winner against Brighton last Sunday, Gareth Bale (£9.5m) is set to make his first league start for Tottenham Hotspur since returning to north London.

The man on loan from Real Madrid will star in a fearsome front three alongside Harry Kane (£11.0m) and Son Heung-min (£9.6m) – the season’s two highest FPL scorers – with Matt Doherty (£5.8m) and Sergio Reguilon (£5.6m) retaining their spots at full-back.

Bale replaces Erik Lamela (£5.8m) in head coach Jose Mourinho’s only change from the 2-1 win over the Seagulls, which gave Spurs their first home win of the season.

It’s a different story for them on the road though, winning all three away matches at a combined score of 12-3. The many managers who have captained either Kane or Son this weekend will be expecting to repeat this 4-1 average against a winless side currently sat in 18th place.

Kane scored his 200th Spurs goal in Thursday night’s Europa League win over Ludogorets and has a superb record against today’s opponents West Bromwich Albion, netting seven times in seven matches.

This slow start to the season has put Slaven Bilic under pressure and his reaction is to make three changes from their 2-0 defeat at previously winless Fulham.

Matheus Pereira (£5.9m) and Grady Diangana (£5.5m) starred in the Baggies’ promotion push but both make way in an apparent switch to 5-4-1.

Branislav Ivanovic (£4.5m) is the third man to miss out, as he and Pereira have returned positive coronavirus tests ahead of the international break.

In their places come Callum Robinson (£5.5m), Kyle Bartley (£4.5m) and Dara O’Shea (£4.3m), with the latter two playing their first minutes since completing all of West Brom’s first four games.

Robinson scored twice in Gameweek 3’s thrilling 3-3 draw with Chelsea and Bilic is counting on both he and Karlan Grant (£5.9m) to provide the goals that could save his job.

West Brom are undefeated in their last three home clashes with Spurs.


WEST BROMWICH ALBION XI (5-4-1): Johnstone; Furlong, Bartley, Ajayi, O’Shea, Townsend; Krovinovic, Livermore, Gallagher, Robinson; Grant.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR XI (4-3-3): Lloris; Doherty, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilon; Hojbjerg, Ndombele, Sissoko; Bale, Son, Kane

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1,497 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Ohh yeahhh more more

  2. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane YESSSSS

  3. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Oh ffs!!!!!!!!!

    Again Son(c) over Kane. Bloody crap

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Same

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

    Yep would be Kane wouldn’t it, nice one

  5. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    😎

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

    Goal Kane, Doherty assist

  7. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    And onside

  8. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    VAR rule it offside

  9. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    14pt goal, beauty.

  10. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I DOUBTED YOU LET'S GO HARRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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

    Cometh the hour!

  12. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Goal

  13. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    YOU'RE A WIZARD HARRYYYYY

  14. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    It’s only one goal man

  15. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Phew

  16. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bale was seriously tracking them back. Seriously

  17. jwong23
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Harry!!

  18. gryffsonofarthur
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bottomed
    Better Triple Transfer?

    A) Bamford Ziyech Soucek

    B) Brewster KDB Soucek

  19. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    ONE MORE

  20. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Oh please get one too Son, for the love of god

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

      He won’t don’t worry

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

    Son you absolute joke

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

    Doherty did a thing too

  23. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Spurs fans: "Stop The Count" 🙂

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

    This has 0-0 written all over it

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      You watching delayed bro?

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

        Half time soon for me

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

      What a star, every post is a winner 😆

      1. Das Boot
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        lol

  25. Kaneyonero
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    KANE!

  26. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Top of the league!?

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

    Massive goal for spurs if they hold on here, needed someone to stand up, of course it’s Kane

  28. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Scenes

  29. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane juhuuuuuuuuu!!!!

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

      No

  30. PogChamp
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.