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Another league start for Bale as Everton make do without injured Rodriguez again

Double Gameweek 26 edges towards its conclusion, with two early-evening kick-offs at Craven Cottage and the Hawthorns preceding the clash between Liverpool and Chelsea.

Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion v Everton both get underway at 18:00 GMT.

There is plenty of interest in both of these fixtures from a Fantasy perspective, with three of the most-captained assets of Double Gameweek 26 in action.

The three players in question, Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.8m), Son Heung-min (£9.5m) and Harry Kane (£11.1m), are also among the top four candidates for the Triple Captain chip, with the latter backed by a Gameweek-high 239,588 managers.

That trio starts this evening, as does Gareth Bale (£9.3m), who is already the highest-scoring player of the Gameweek.

The Welshman plundered 19 points in the thrashing of Burnley and has seen his FPL ownership treble since.

Jose Mourinho has made three changes to his side, handing Dele Alli (£7.4m) his first Premier League start since the opening day of 2020/21 at the expense of Lucas Moura (£6.6m).

It’s all change at full-back, too, as Matt Doherty (£5.6m) and Ben Davies (£4.6m) come in for Serge Aurier (£5.2m) and Sergio Reguilon (£5.5m).

Scott Parker has also made three alterations to his starting XI, with Antonee Robinson (£4.4m), Mario Lemina (£4.5m) and Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.3m) replacing Kenny Tete (£4.3m), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (£4.5m) and Bobby Decordova-Reid (£5.3m).

In the other match, Carlo Ancelotti has made two changes to the team that begun Monday’s victory against Southampton.

Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) and Bernard (£5.7m) start with Allan (£5.2m) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (£6.8m) dropping to the bench.

James Rodriguez (£7.7m), Seamus Coleman (£4.8m) and Tom Davies (£5.2m) are again missing through injury.

The fit-again Robert Snodgrass (£5.6m) is back among the substitutes for the hosts, with Sam Allardyce unsurprisingly naming an unchanged XI from the side that saw off Brighton on Saturday.


Fulham XI: Areola, Aina, Andersen, Adarabioyo, Robinson, Reed, Lemina, Cavaleiro, Loftus-Cheek, Lookman, Maja

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Doherty, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Davies, Ndombele, Hojbjerg, Bale, Alli, Son, Kane.

West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone, Furlong, O’Shea, Bartley, Townsend, Yokuslu, Maitland-Niles, Pereira, Gallagher, Phillips, Diagne.

Everton: Pickford, Digne, Holgate, Keane, Godfrey, Doucoure, Gomes, Bernard, Iwobi, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

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  1. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Richarlison deflected over.

  2. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Just for the record this is the largest double GW in FPL history and no one is on a century.

    Such a terrible GW

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      No fans probably the reason and also players are tired probably

      1. Salan
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        I agree players are tired, with managers rotate their players in a large scale

    2. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      some of us are only just scraping half a century

    3. jammie26
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      There are thousands of people over a century?

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Highest points 156 on a BB.

    5. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      I just reached 100 on a BB

  3. LewisKitesurf
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    How was kane not booked then disgusting, embarrassed i captained him

  4. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Ffs this gw Kane misses 2 sitters in the 6 yard box and blatant pen denied how’s your luck

  5. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Think he touched Harry , keep falling fella it's coming

  6. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    0-1
    0-0

    All written on the wall

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Which wall ?

  7. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Son looks like he'll cry any minute 😳

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Hopefully he lashes out at someone and picks up a red card.

  8. seanie3
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Serious Kane, worst diver in the league.. or is it Salah

    1. Jindaljain
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      I know he is not your captain

      1. seanie3
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        He is my captain, but sick of divers in our game

    2. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      grealish or bruno

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Salah

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Kane is “streetsmart” and Lamela and Dan James put both to shame

  9. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    It's either a penno or a dive....not no action at all!

    1. LewisKitesurf
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      exactly

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      VAR can’t issue YC’s.

      Might need changing.

      1. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Really, didn't know that.
        In which case incidents like this should be immediate ref tv review.
        I'm sure I've seen them issue cards after watching review.

    3. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      It can be a dive with no action. And it can be a foul but not a penno. And it can be no foul and no dive. And even a foul and simulation. I disagree with you

      1. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        It can be I agree. I was talking specifically about that piece of play.

  10. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Are there people around here that keep composure or its a modern trait to jump to quick conclusions and dramatizations? 😀

  11. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Start?
    A) Forster
    B) Martinez

    1. Saka
    2. Rashford

    TIA!!

    1. thewakka
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Forster and Rashford! Crash amd burn it

    2. jomikijiq
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      A1

  12. Bushwhacker
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Complete this inappropriate sentence - “Spurs forwards go down quicker than ...”

    1. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Man Uniteds

    2. seanie3
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Katie Price

  13. seanie3
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    book Kane for diving (i have him as captain) but need to cut out this diving crap.

  14. Spab
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    I'm not to bad at this game, but I'm absolutely awful at picking triple captains. Lukaku 2,2. Aguero 5,0, Mane injured last year. DCL this year.

  15. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Lookman yc

  16. Baby Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Kane (TC), Son, Pereira and DCL in play.

    Massive scope for points yet all blanking so far barring Son and Pereira clean sheets lol

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      fingers crossed it stays that way

      1. Baby Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Even non owners love it when Kane scores

  17. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Look man yellow

  18. LewisKitesurf
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    shef utd

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Spurs back to being crap then

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Moura on for Alli . . . easy fix

    2. seanie3
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Kane a passenger with Bale on the pitch I feel..

  20. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    I did suggest yesterday Adariaboyo would make it into the almost exclusively 0.something % dream team. 🙂

  21. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    We really gonna come out of a BUR ful DGW for Spurs with only 1 Kane goal? Ffs

    1. thewakka
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Welcome to Spurs in 2021! Oh, and Bale says hi

  22. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Kane misses, now Son misses

    I got a headache during this match

    From a Reguilon, Son and Kane (C) owner.

  23. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    How are Everton doing? (DCL and Digne owner)

    1. KEN YA DIG IT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Do something Aina

      1. DycheDycheBaby
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Ok. Thanks!

  24. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Is it only me or is Bale actually playing deeper with Son, Kane and Alli playing up front. Seems like an odd position for him tbh.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      It's more-so Kane & Dele in a two up top (Dele tad more advanced), with Son & Bale a tad deeper and wider.

      1. KGFC
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Interesting tactic when you try to fit four strikers in the starting 11.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Bale furthest forward on average positions.

      Then Kane and Son all close with Alli behind.

      1. KGFC
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Hadn't checked the stats. Was going by eye test. Thanks for sharing that!

  25. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    dcl sitter

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Keeping in tone with the GW

  26. Jindaljain
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    KANE in CB mode

  27. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    DCL massive chance missed

  28. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    I think wolves can buy back Doherty for half their price.

  29. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    UL research suggests skill necessary for Fantasy Football success.

    A new study has identified “the underlying tactics used by the top-ranked competitors” among the seven million players of Fantasy Premier League.

    - University of Limerick.

    I am so proud to have been part of it

  30. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    DCL does a Kane