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Bale recalled as Kane-less Spurs take on Brighton in final Gameweek 21 match

Tottenham Hotspur are without the injured Harry Kane (£11.1m) for the final match of Gameweek 21 but there is still plenty of interest from a Fantasy perspective in the Lilywhites’ Sunday evening clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.

Kane is absent with ankle problems, with Gareth Bale (£9.3m) handed a start for just the second time in the league this season.

Bale for Kane is one of four changes that Jose Mourinho has made to his starting XI.

The other alterations see Toby Alderweireld (£5.4m), Davison Sanchez (£5.2m) and Moussa Sissoko (£4.8m) come in for Eric Dier (£5.0m), Serge Aurier (£5.2m) and Matt Doherty (£5.6m).

The Brighton team news is unexpectedly straightforward, with manager Graham Potter making no changes from the side that drew with Fulham.

All of the Seagulls’ players have ownerships of less than 4% in FPL but the game’s most-selected asset does feature in tonight’s clash, with Son Heung-min (£9.8m) in the visitors’ line-up.

Son features in just under 60% of Fantasy squads, both overall and within the top 10,000.

He was also among the top ten most popular purchases of Gameweek 21, attracting 167,978 transfers in.

Son has hit eight goals on the road already in 2020/21, although only one has arrived since Gameweek 6.


Brighton XI: Sanchez, White, Dunk, Webster, Veltman, Gross, Bissouma, Mac Allister, March, Maupay, Trossard.

Spurs XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Rodon, Davies, Sissoko, Ndombele, Hojberg, Bergwijn, Bale, Son.

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  1. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antonio or Ings for Kane?

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

      Antonio. But Ings may have a DGW in 24

      1. JELLYFISH
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Didn’t know that...interesting

    2. cigan
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Antonio

  2. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Take Bale off, been horrible

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

      Doesn't look interested

  3. cigan
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    1. Son to Salah with 1 FT?
    2. Is (C)ancelo a mad move?
    3. Not sure on who to bench. Currently on Gundogan as I think he might be rested

    Martinez
    Dias Cancelo Robbo
    Bruno Son Barnes Saka
    DCL Antonio Bamford
    (Johnstone; Gundogan Holding Coufal)

    1. ‘Tis the Season
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      1 yes
      2 yes salah
      3 saka

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      1. Yes
      2. No as he should start but Salah (c) if you bring him in
      3. Tough to bench Gundo. Depends if Jesus is playing. Seems like Gundo is better when there is a false 9 rather a natural striker starting

    3. Rog.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      1. Yeah
      2. Probably
      3. Thinking the same due to pool game at the weekend

      1. cigan
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Huge benching headache really. Could even make a case for starting Holding as Wolves haven't looked particularly dangerous without Jimenez

  4. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    An ankle-less Kane out there would be an upgrade to Spurs’ team.

  5. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Absolute joke of a performance!

    Had enough of this crap defensive football

    1. Steinburg FC
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      painful watch... we need another man in midfield

      1. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Horrible to watch. We need to show some attacking intent, we’re a shambles

        1. Dannyb
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Exactly how I felt when he was at United, he will never change.

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

    Tottenham 1 shot, Brighton 9 .

    Hoooolddd Jose hooooold

  7. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Is Tuchel known for clean sheets or goals?

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

      Hard to tell. Easy for PSG to do both in Ligue Un.

    2. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Goals. But Dortmund and PSG don't have much competition. In the PL you have to keep CS

      1. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks lads

    3. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Neither really

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Don't take the FPL Cup that seriously, but it is fun to get through. If Son doesn't score another 19 points in the second half I make it.

    By my calculations, 262,144 teams make it through. Would be funny to draw someone on here.

    1. Groot the Leveller
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I need 19 points from son to get through.
      This week has not been the best. Sigh

    2. cheekumz
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I think your calculations are wrong... think 262k this week.... so 131k make i through to next week.

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

        You might be right. Think the number of players starting each GW was as follows:

        GW17 4,194,304
        GW18 2,097,152
        GW19 1,048,576
        GW20 524,288
        GW21 262,144

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

      I’m still in and through now too. Never been in round 6 before. I might see you as my opponent tomorrow!!

  9. BeWater
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Have to commend José for this performance. It's actually quite difficult to make Brighton look like Barcelona.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Did you go gundo like i asked? 🙂

        1. potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Er...dont hate me.

          I was doing kane, until injury.
          So, Son it was.

          Soz.

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 3 months ago

              I did Salah in the end 🙂

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 3 months ago

                  Son still has time, can only get better second half. Good luck!

          2. DAZZ
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Scrap that mentality mate. Your captain will haul next gameweek guaranteed.

        2. Tonyawesome69
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Looking for some early transfer thoughts. Which one to prioritise?

          A. Rodrigo to Antonio
          B. Raphinha to Grealish

          1FT 7.5itb
          Martinez
          Stones Cancelo Digne Cresswell
          Salah Bruno Gundo Soucek
          Bamford DCL
          (Johnstone Raphinha Holding Rodrigo)

        3. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          I hate the phrase “not at the races”.

          That is all.

        4. sandman58
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Need 2 best defenders for 9.1
          Already have TAA Cancelo & Dawson
          Any help welcome guys??

          1. cigan
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Holding Rudiger

            1. sandman58
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Is Rudiger nailed??

        5. Doctor Evil
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Can anyone top this?

          Sold Bamford for Kane as part of a -8 school boy error trying to catch the price rise.

          Then had Cancelo, Stones & Chillwell who didn’t play

          Bench was Phillips 2pts and rest didn’t play

          DCL, Trent, Gundo all blank now Son doing poor.

          Saving grace is Salah Captain and Martinez

          Dropped from 18k to 30k not bad considering

          1. BeWater
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            I was feeling bad for you until the last sentence!

            1. Free Hat
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              lol

            2. Doctor Evil
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Lol

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

          I know this is just a game and all but it’s affecting me quite a lot this week. Guess I should just log off and forget about it until Tues

          - did Brewster and KWP to DCL and stones for -4. Massive upgrade I thought
          - captained DCL. Blanked
          - defence of Cancelo Stones and Chilwell all no showed. Got 1 pointers from Kilman and Coufal
          - benched Bamford for Soucek. Thought Leicester would be decent at the back and he wouldn’t haul. Plus an assist or a goal would wipe out Justin’s clean sheet

          At least a 100k drop from 144k. I feel there was logic in those moves but still feeling more gutted than I guess j should

          1. Egg noodle
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Anyone who says that luck evens out across the season is delusional. It may even out across 10 seasons though.
            Commiserations mate, at least the next GW is not very far.

          2. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            You will bounce back next GW. Brewster ain't scoring points and KWP still injured so you haven't lost out much. Loads of those ain't getting benched 2 GWs in a row.

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

            That’s tough man but it’s just one week.

            250k is still a great rank at this stage of the season and top 10k is still achievable.

            Take Monday off and get back at it on Tuesday!

          4. fusen
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            They were all logical.

            This game is heavily luck based though and sometimes you can do everything rationally but it just doesn't come off.

            Make sure you appreciate that any good weeks you have are equally luck based and then it's easier to take the bad weeks.

            I bunched soucek last week and Bamford this week. Doh

          5. Iwantmorepointsthanks
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            good calls, bad outcome.
            log off and do something nice this evening or tomorrow to clear the head.

          6. Je suis le chat
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Hard luck. You can see the damage high ownership player like Bamford can do. Unlucky compared to others getting good subs on. I'm going more template myself for my sanity - just binned Pope for Martinez.

          7. Tomas_brolin
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Thanks all

        7. Egg noodle
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Rage Robbo to Alonso?

          1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            So tempted

          2. Tonyawesome69
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Cue chilwell to start the next game

        8. wulfrunian
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Wales.Golf.Madrid.Tottenham In that order.

          1. gonzalocampos
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            LOL

        9. JayJay96
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          I’m 3 points of the top in my money league. Two transfers available

          My team
          Leno
          Stones - Dias - Konsa
          Salah - Sterling - Fernandes - Tielmens - Saka
          Antonio - Cavani

          Vs his

          Martinez
          Justin - Cancelo - Dias
          Salah - Fernandes - Gundogan - Maddison - Barnes
          Watkins - Antonio

          Who should I go for to beat him?

        10. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Captain Salah, Bruno or Sterling or should I go wild with Cancelo (C)?

          1. FPL Daniel
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Cancelo

          2. BeWater
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            I'm a bit put off Salah now after 90 today. I think if Mane is definitely fit v Brighton I won't put the armband on Mo. I'm thinking about Cancelo. Bruno just looks a bit lacklustre at the moment.

            1. cigan
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              I'm probably doing Cancelo

        11. DonBenzema
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Finally british people can see how shite Bale really is

          1. Warby84
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            I always thought he was massively overrated

            1. DonBenzema
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Hasn't been consistently good the last 5-6 years and didn't step up when Ronaldo left. His fluke performance in the final against Liverpool overshadowed all that.

          2. THFC4LIFE
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            He’s finished now, but he was world class

            1. DonBenzema
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Top 3 player in the world for a couple seasons surrounding his transfer to Madrid in my opinion

        12. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Ben Davies 100% at fault for the first

          1. The Suspended One
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            They should get a fast LB, maybe from Spain or something

          2. BeWater
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Ben Davies has been bad for a while. That first half was totally abysmal from him.

        13. Gharvey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Seems Zidane was right after all. . .

        14. Pointless
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Sell Soucek or Gundogan for Salah? Which on please! 1FT.

          1. Kloppcorn
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Gundogan think he’ll move deeper now

            1. THFC4LIFE
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Why would he move deeper?

              1. fusen
                • 12 Years
                3 years, 3 months ago

                Because he literally just moved deeper during the last game when Jesus was played

                1. THFC4LIFE
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  3 years, 3 months ago

                  Didn’t look deep to me and I watched the game

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

            Is this a joke?

          3. AzzaroMax99
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Soucek

        15. Kloppcorn
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Pick one from each if you could please:
          1: Rashford
          2: Son
          A: Zaha
          B: Barnes/Maddison

          1. Lovren an elevator
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Son & Barnes (but maddison is good too)

            1. Kloppcorn
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Thanks mate

          2. dunas_dog
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Son Barnes

        16. Feed tha Sheep
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Adams > Antonio even though he might have DGW in 24?

          1. Tonyawesome69
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Yup Adams hasn't been at the races for a while

            1. Feed tha Sheep
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              I agree but he actually could have scored two last night even though he only came off the bench

        17. Casual Player
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Spurs need a spark here, taking Son off would help IMO

        18. Lovren an elevator
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Anyone know what the Castagne injury is and whether Pereira will get a run in the team as a result of it?

          1. Tonyawesome69
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            hammy

        19. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          How many times have Spurs had the same defence consecutively this season?

        20. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Alonso nailed on for a haul vs Spurs next GW

          1. Lovren an elevator
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            He does love playing spurs...

        21. Kryptonite666
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Is Rudiger worth a shout ?

          Looking for Dier replacement