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Raphinha makes the Leeds bench as Struijk, Kane, Son, Dallas and Bamford all start

Triple Gameweek 35 continues with Leeds hosting Spurs and a return to the matchday squad for Raphinha (£5.4m), after missing the last three matches with a thigh problem.

It led to mass sales for the under-priced Brazilian, having gained popularity for the four goals, five assists and general excitement provided during his previous 13 games.

Leeds have a trio of promising fixtures to end the season and the 24-year-old is returning to the Fantasy Premier League scene at an interesting time.

Kalvin Phillips (£4.9m) joins him as a substitute, after head coach Marcelo Bielsa said their availability was “subject to an evaluation carried out on a daily basis”. Winger Helder Costa (£5.0m) is finished for the season and, whilst Liam Cooper’s (£4.3m) three match suspension is over, he doesn’t regain his place from bargain defender Pascal Struijk (£4.0m).

Patrick Bamford (£6.3m), Stuart Dallas (£5.2m) and Illan Meslier (£4.7m) all start.

Interestingly, Leeds have only drawn five matches this season and they were all home meetings against the ‘Super League Six’. Can they complete the pattern?

They face a Spurs side under the interim management of Ryan Mason. It’s his third game in charge and comes off the back of a convincing 4-0 win over Sheffield United. Therefore he picks an unchanged side, enabling Gareth Bale (£9.1m) to start again following his hat trick.

Ben Davies (£4.5m) is their only absence, still suffering from a calf injury. Serge Aurier (£5.2m) follows his 14 points from midweek by keeping his place at right-back ahead of Matt Doherty (£5.6m).

It’s an attacking line-up from Mason, with Dele Alli (£7.4m) joining Bale alongside the heavy shoulders that have carried Spurs throughout the season – Harry Kane (£11.8m) and Son Heung-min (£9.5m).

January meeting’s between the teams saw both men haul during the 3-0 win, with the remarkable pair currently on a combined 60 goals and assists for the season.

Kane, Son and Bamford were the three most-sold FPL players this week and this is an opportunity for faithful owners to quickly out-score the Double Gameweek assets.

LINE-UPS

LEEDS UNITED XI (4-1-4-1): Meslier; Ayling, Llorente, Struijk, Alioski; Koch; Dallas, Klich, Roberts, Harrison; Bamford

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR XI (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilon; Hojbjerg, Lo Celso; Bale, Alli, Son; Kane

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863 Comments Post a Comment
  1. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Sold Son, benched Bamford, kept Kane. Ffs

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      i'll do you one better, i also benched Dallas along with those moves

  2. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Sold Raph, Benched Dallas and Bam

  3. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Bale substitution tactical or injury related?

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

      Tactical. Him & Dele were not involved.

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

        Cheers.

    2. FantasyTony
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      4pm Tee-Off

    3. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      He didn't really look at it today so he was taken off

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

        Cheers

  4. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    3-3

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

    Rotherham goal.

    derby goal 3 3

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Yikes

  6. The White Pele
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Raphinha & Dallas on the bench.

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

      Sold Bamford, benched Dallas. Started Kane.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Bad decisions hey?

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 3 days ago

          You’re confusing outcomes with decision making.

      2. AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Same moves here. LoL
        Dallas 3rd on the bench xD

        1. MrZ
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 3 days ago

          Dallas 2nd behind raph.
          Need no show from lingz, dunk or jota (2 games). Hard

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Correct move. Dallas was always known goal threat also in this match. Better to have him on the bench than not owning him at all.

      1. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Agree, I’d rather bench a player who scores than not have them at all

    3. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      You'll still have them next week.

    4. FPL_Motty
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      I'd have done the same, raph and injury doubt. Dallas is on 9pts but like many others, has to be a dgw player ahead of dallas, so its 9 vs 4 to start with. That's only 5pts, any clean sheet or bonus or assist from other player and its not a loss.

  7. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Carnage in the championship.

    What a huge 30 seconds

  8. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Cardiff G

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Derby still up 🙂

  9. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Thought it was 3-3 in the Leeds game for a moment LOL

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Derby game is end to end with goals

      1. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Yes sounds great

  10. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Absolute scenes in the Championship. Derby equalise and Rotherham concede

  11. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Ridiculous end to the Championship season at the bottom!

  12. xuwei
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Bonus system ridiculous that Dallas is behind Rodrigo.

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      No it's not when considered with overall points system.

      Forwards are penalised every which way on points and need mega baps for goals to even come close to breaking. even.

      1. xuwei
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Ah I see - but still seems ridiculous that Dallas could lose out to him after that performance

  13. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Bale, Dallas, Son....I had to play one bench two. Guess which one I played....aaargh

    1. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Bale?

  14. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Wow were Wednesday staying up for a few seconds there!? Then concede a penalty and Derby are staying up again with a draw.

  15. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Kane pen miss as cherry on the top incoming xD

  16. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Spurs have some bad eggs. Don’t get any sense of team spirit from them.

  17. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Did Son to Rashford for free this week

    Son is on 7 points with Rashford potentially 3 games left to play.

    FHing next week

    Should I be happy or sad at this stage?

    1. REDMOND IN SANDALS
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      neither just wait till gw ends

  18. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Imagine owning Kane this week? Haha

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      imagine trying to pick 3 strikers in this league.

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Imagine not playing Dallas this week? Haha.

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

    Useless Kane ffs. What the hell

  20. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Quaruple punch - Dallas and Raphina on bench, Bamford sold, Son sold. What this game does to you...

  21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Son & Kane need to GTFO Spurs for the sakes of their own careers

    Both would grace any team in the world

    1. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Anyone would love a striker who also can play as DM

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

    Derby safe as it stands. Oh boy

  23. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Only 7 points from Son. No damage done

    1. FPL_Motty
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Yeah that's quite lucky in the end. I'll take my triple gameweek greenwood over those 7pts quite happily.

      1. MrZ
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Plus -4 transfer to field 11?

    2. Party time
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Only 2 points from Kane. No damage done

      • REDMOND IN SANDALS
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        captain bruno will 10x that

    3. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Kane transfer request incoming

    4. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Rotherham down

    5. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Rotterham down. Wednesday can go from 24th to 21st and stay up on goal difference with a winner in the last ten minutes.

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Rotterdam or Rotherham?

    6. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Thank the Lord

    7. jwong23
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Lamela is so bad

    8. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      What a performance, what a result.
      Marching on together.

    9. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Did Bale to zaha and Kane to Vardy in literally last minute on FH - proved right so far