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Kane and Bale carry strong home goalscoring form into Spurs’ clash with Wolves

Tottenham Hotspur face Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second of four Premier League matches to take place on Sunday.

Kick-off in north London is at 14:05 BST.

Spurs’ interim head coach Ryan Mason has made just one change to the side that lost 3-1 to Leeds United last weekend – and it’s an enforced one, at that.

Japhet Tanganga (£4.9m) comes in at right-back to replace Serge Aurier (£5.2m), who is absent with a groin problem.

That means starts for popular Fantasy assets Gareth Bale (£9.2m), Son Heung-min (£9.7m) and Harry Kane (£11.8m) against Nuno Espirito Santo’s troops and a third successive appearance in the line-up for the back-in-favour Dele Alli (£7.4m).

In this season where home advantage has almost been completely negated, Bale’s form on his own patch stands out.

No FPL midfielder has scored more goals than the Welshman (nine) on home soil, despite the fact that the on-loan Madridista has started only four games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Bale has averaged a remarkable 15.8 FPL points per match in his four starts in north London.

Kane, meanwhile, has 17 attacking returns in 15 run-outs on his own turf.

No FPL assets can better him for assists and goals combined in home fixtures.

As for Wolves, Santo makes four changes to the team that started his side’s win over Brighton.

Adama Traore (£6.0m), Nelson Semedo (£5.2m), Romain Saiss (£4.9m) and Leander Dendoncker (£4.6m) are back in the starting XI, with Rayan Ait-Nouri (£5.0m), Max Kilman (£3.9m) and Ruben Neves (£5.1m) benched and Daniel Podence (£5.3m) missing out altogether.

Podence reportedly has a groin injury.

Willy Boly (£5.4m) and Marcal (£4.7m) are among the substitutes after recovering from illness and injury respectively.

Above: The effective ownership (EO) and standard ownership figures of Spurs and Wolves players among the top 10,000 FPL managers (via LiveFPL.net)

Son and Kane are by some distance the most-owned players on show overall and within the top 10k, with Conor Coady (£4.9m) the most popular Wolves asset.


LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilon, Lo Celso, Hojbjerg, Bale, Alli, Son, Kane

Subs: Hart, Doherty, Sanchez, Winks, Lamela, Sissoko, Bergwijn, Moura, Ndombele

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Patricio, Hoever, Coady, Saiss , Semedo, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Gibbs-White, Vitinha, Traore, Silva

Subs: Ruddy, Ait Nouri, Marcal, Neves, Jose, Boly, Cundle, Kilman, Corbeanu

SUNDAY’S PREVIOUS GAMEWEEK 36 ACTION

Tyrick Mitchell (£3.8m) owners were the big winners from the Sunday lunchtime match at Selhurst Park.

The budget defender will feature in more starting XIs than usual in Blank Gameweek 36 due to the decimated fixture schedule, with some end-of-season rotation elsewhere likely meaning that he will also be appearing as an auto-substitute in plenty of other teams.

The left-back made a fourth consecutive league start against Aston Villa, teeing up Christian Benteke (£5.5m) for Palace’s opener before chesting home Eberechi Eze’s (£5.8m) shot to give the Eagles the victory.

That winning strike also earned Mitchell three bonus points.

There was plenty of joy elsewhere for owners of Palace assets, with Eze’s brace of assists taking him to five attacking returns in as many appearances, Benteke scoring for the third straight game and Wilfried Zaha (£7.2m) finding the net after his Double Gameweek 35 blanks.

Ollie Watkins (£6.5m) returned from suspension for Villa and bagged his 22nd attacking return of 2020/21 with an assist, while the fit-again Jack Grealish (£7.5m) got another half an hour of game-time under his belt as a second-half substitute.

Tyrone Mings (£5.4m) missed out with a shin issue as Villa’s concession of three goals left them with just one clean sheet in ten fixtures.

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654 Comments Post a Comment
  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Son cappers unite!

    1. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      We unite!!

  2. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kane EO close to 100%? Ugh!

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Irrelevant player this week, at least won't have negative impact

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah unless [C] or not owning

        1. The Point About It Is
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          I'm behind the sofa. ML rival has him.

  3. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Any hope of a Coady hattrick?

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      if conceding 4, scoring a own goal and getting a yellow is a hattrick then yes

  4. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Mitchell OMG. Can't believe it.

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      When its your season it’s your season.

      Congrats

  5. squ1rrel
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Left the armband on Bale, hopefully doesn't go awry

  6. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks Mitchell !

  7. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Need Son to Haul. Huge differential in ML

    1. aborg
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Same here.

  8. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kane to continue his Torment of those who kept him through his injury

    And we would love to see it!

  9. Bunk Moreland
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Mitchell you legend!

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      3rd on my bench, so will have his points mocking me as I get Bissouma's 1 pointer for Foden.

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kane EO in Top 10k is 97%. So his returns don't matter that much from an OR perspective. For that reason, I would prefer a blank as it would hurt people who have (c) him in my MLs hard.

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Quite a few like myself dont have him

      Huge reverse differential i the race to get top 10k

    2. Rassi
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah, I have Kane but my main ML rival has captained him. Hate to wish for a blank for him but I guess I have to.

  11. Supertrooper
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    5d move to have Mahrez in starting xi and Mitchell 1st sub, who said this isn't a skill based game

  12. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    How big is the kane cap %? Guess I have to hope for a blank as a non capper

    1. grumpyman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Nah, under 100% EO thankfully.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Do you own Son, then surely a Kane and Son goal assist combo is beneficial?

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Own both but capped Salah

  13. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kane shots hits the post.

  14. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I need Son to save me

    1. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      He will

  15. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kane in Selfish mode today

    Going for the Golden Boot. Expect a lot of shots

  16. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Absolute love a cheap defender. Holding, Phillips and Mitchell have all gotten me returns in the last 4 days

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Would put Struijk and Rudiger in that list too.

    2. Rassi
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Many really nice cheap defs this season. Dallas, Justin etc.

  17. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    So close, this is going to get very messy

    1. CBonci
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Have you indeed kaptained yourself today? I need a haul please.

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Yup

  18. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Need a haul, Harold.

    Compensation goal for Coady wouldn’t go amiss either

  19. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Digne benching needed for Mitchell points to come off bench.

    1. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Same here - my FH bench is Adams (9), Alioski (10) and Mitchell (13)

      Got my bench order backwards again! ... but at least the first two are coming on for MCI players

  20. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Kane haul needed

  21. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Foden and Mahrez surely starting next week?
    God knows what Baldy is thinking.

  22. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Foxes win, 3.8million player gets 13 points, whatever next? My cup runneth over.

  23. justaguy9
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Going ward over Mitchell for dgw 35 has to be the worst decision i ever made. Of course Mitchell is capable of getting taa like figures

  24. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Apologies to anyone that captained Kane

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I capped Salah, so your Kane cap is safe

    2. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Oh c'mon!!

  25. Il Capitano
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Played Lingard over ESR last week, played Targett over Mitchell this week. D'oh!

  26. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Great jam Mitchell subbers great jam lol ! Had little this season but love the taste !

  27. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Wolves playing a high line, perfect for a ball in behind for Son or Bale

  28. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Have Kane and Son, but what would really help my rank is a Coady clean sheet and max BPS.

  29. Neo-Viper
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    REPOST

    Zaha JWP
    to
    Harrison Willock

    For a hit!!

    Yes or no? Would play 3-5-2

    Castagne. Nacho. Coufal would be benched if I initiate this.

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Don't take hits at this stage of the season

      1. OLD Rafiki
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Season is already over

    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Just jwp > Willock perhaps?

    3. bialk
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      No. Do only one and play Natcho.

  30. bialk
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I had a nightmare yesterday with Mahrez and Foden in starting 11. But now Mitchel and Struijk came for them. Amazing luck!

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Nice 😆 , just Mitchel for Foden here

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I don't mind that, how much thought did you put into Mitchell and Sturijk, Any decent FPL manager would always put it some Pepsurance on the bench.