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Son Heung-min (£9.4m) and Jack Grealish (£7.5m) will both sit out the final match of Blank Gameweek 29, while Gareth Bale (£9.7m) begins this evening’s clash between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur on the bench.

Kick-off at Villa Park is at 19:30 GMT.

Bale’s demotion from the Spurs starting XI is a blow to the legions of Fantasy Premier League managers who bought the Welshman ahead of Gameweek 29.

The winger was the subject of more transfers in (771,282) than any other player ahead of Friday’s deadline.

The most-sold FPL asset of the round, Son, hasn’t recovered from the muscle injury that forced him off in the north London derby last Sunday.

Son and Bale are among four players in Jose Mourinho’s Gameweek 28 line-up who miss out this afternoon, with the benched Matt Doherty (£5.6m) and the absent Toby Alderweireld (£5.4m) the others to make way.

Spurs confirmed that Alderweireld and Serge Aurier (£5.2m) both miss out through illness today.

In come Carlos Vinicius (£6.9m), Japhet Tanganga (£4.9m), Joe Rodon (£5.0m) and Giovani Lo Celso (£6.9m).

There’s no rest for Harry Kane (£11.5m) after his 120-minute run-out on Thursday: the England striker, captained by over two million FPL bosses tonight, starts.

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has made two changes following his side’s draw with Newcastle United over a week ago.

Matty Cash (£5.0m) and Morgan Sanson (£5.5m) start, with Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.3m) and Jacob Ramsey (£4.5m) dropping out.

Despite the positive noises about Grealish in Smith’s pre-match press conference, the Villa talisman misses his sixth successive league match.


Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, McGinn, Luiz, Sanson, Traore, Watkins, Trezeguet.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez, Rodon, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Ndombele, Vinicius, Kane, Moura.

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  1. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Probably need Villa to equalise to get Bale on now.

    1. Ejaaz11
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Please stay on the bench I need lingards points

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        That's why I want him to come on. Too many jambags getting big points off the bench.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I hope not.

      Moura on the bench and Lingard as vice captain. Having shunned Kane.

      Knowing my luck and judgement yep.

  2. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Reguilon CS locked in

  3. badgerboy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Reg on your face.

  4. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Aston Villa may like to have a shot if they want to score?

  5. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Now that is just pure bad luck for owners, a dead cert CS missed by 4 mins.

  6. KUN+10
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Feck off Reguilon, open the water gates

  7. Debauchy
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Damn , score now Villa

  8. rnrd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Chances of Bale coming on?

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Still 50/50

  9. Forgetmeknot
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Today (playing):
    Cresswell: 0
    Tierney: 1
    Aumbameyang: 2
    Bale: 0
    Reguillon: 1
    Kane: 2

    On bench:
    Lingard: 12
    Antonio: 7

  10. JJO
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Oh f off
    Last week Perreira now Reguilon

    1. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Same here. Not happy!

    2. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Same here. Classic fpl

  11. KUN+10
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Now just need Bale to come in for 1 pointer and I’ll be set

  12. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Let’s go El Ghazi!

  13. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    No sign of Bale warming up

  14. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    If Ollie Watkins is one of Englands best strikers I am George Best.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He is just crap, no two ways about it. Grealish carrying his career

  15. Ibralicious
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Which striker has missed the most sitters this season? Has got to be Watkins!

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Maupay?

    2. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Adams!

  16. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Chances of Bale sitting this one out?

    1. Ejaaz11
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Fairly decent if the score stays as it is.

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

      Will probably come on for moura

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Very high right now. Need a Villa goal.

    4. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I’d be amazed if he didn’t replace Moura or Vinicius at some point.

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

    Lo celso is tripe

  18. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bring Bale On

    1. Pompel
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Let's start a rally!

  19. Pompel
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Don't know what I was thinking when getting Bale in for a hit. BGW tunnel vision I guess

  20. Isca Extremadura
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Get Barkley on FFS
    Villa creating nothing

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      There's a reason Barkley is on the bench

  21. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Best chance for Kane returns is a villa goal. As this is ending 1/0 otherwise

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bale warming up.

    Glove on, swinging well.

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Needs a birdie to save my season

    2. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Cant be far away down to last 10 balls in bucket

    3. Gunners in Haaland
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      We need a birdie

  23. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Barkley gone for a constitutional

  24. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    There was opportunity there to captain someone else but we all went Kane in fear shame really did well this week but kfc could’ve been better

  25. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    30 mins of El Ghazi greed

  26. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Barkley gone for a Barkley.

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      At least it's not a Lineker

  27. Barbarians
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    What happened to Dier? Out of favor?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Clue is in the name.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Absolute liability, one of many disasters on Thursday night.

  28. 1984 TC
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Unlucky Traore owners missing out on an extra 1 point. Tough day at the office. I feel your pain.

  29. Steinburg FC
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    No Regui noooo

  30. royaljoe
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Reguillon captain fail 🙁

    1. Steinburg FC
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      You Must be joking

      1. Steinburg FC
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        He’s actually done it