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The most-anticipated Premier League fixture of the weekend sees reigning champions Manchester City take on Tottenham Hotspur, as Nuno Espirito Santo begins his reign as manager. (We’ll be following the match live and discussing key points in a live YouTube watchalong).

For the home team, Harry Kane (£12.5m) misses out completely with Son Heung-min (£10.0m) set to lead the line in his absence.

The South Korean international has impressed during pre-season and has an excellent record against Man City. In fact, he has only scored more goals in all competitions against Southampton.

Japhet Tanganga (£4.5m) starts at right-back, a role he was trialled in during last weekends friendly win against Arsenal, alongside Davinson Sanchez (£4.5m), Eric Dier (£4.5m) and Sergio Reguilón (£5.0m).

Dele Alli (£6.5m) features from the off, too, with new arrivals Bryan Gil (£6.0m) and Cristian Romero (£5.0m) both having to settle for a place on the bench.

As for Manchester City, new signing Jack Grealish (£8.0m), owned by 24.4% of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers, starts for the visitors in north London, with Riyad Mahrez (£9.0m), Ferran Torres (£8.0m) and Raheem Sterling (£11.0m) completing the forward line.

Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m), meanwhile, is on the bench with John Stones (£5.5m) and Kyle Walker (£5.5m), while Phil Foden (£8.0m) misses out with a foot injury as expected.

Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is at 16.30 BST.

LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Alli, Bergwijn, Moura, Son

Subs: Gollini, Romero, Davies, Doherty, Winks, Sissoko, Lo Celso, Gil, Scarlett

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Ake, Mendy, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Grealish, Mahrez, Torres, Sterling

Subs: Steffen, Stones, Laporte, Walker, Zinchenko, Rodri, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Jesus

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  1. Joey Tribbiani
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Funny how Citys only center forward is not even playing up top

    1. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      well now he is

  2. Nanoelektronicar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    100 points and still feels like a defeat.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      jeez, it is not

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      92 and I've lost ground on all my rivals, all my differentials got 1 point

    3. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Stop it. I'm on 80

    4. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      600k ish gameweek rank is a decent start.
      If you got gameweeks like that most weeks you would finish well at the end of the season.

    5. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I couldn't reach the pinnacle myself. 1 point off

    6. grumpyman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      111 here. Absolutely devastated.

    7. The Invincibles
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Average last night was 60. You might see a lot of 100+ scores around here, but remember this site hosts a lot of the better managers. (Also, no one tends to share they’re bad scores).

      1. Nanoelektronicar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I don't want to be amongst worst best managers, I want to be the best of the best managers.

    8. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Mahrez was probably the cause off the despair. I omitted some decent players to afford him.

  3. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Sneaky Pep. KDB on. So sneaky.

  4. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Son close

  5. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bruyne brothers

  6. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tanganga should be MOTM. Outstanding performance.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      He'll find a lot of money in his pocket when he gets home.

    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      5.0m for Tanganga - Irish fans will be worried now. Doherty a bench player - Nuno does not fancy him?

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Don't think you can play two attacking fullbacks when you play a 10. You'd have like 6 attacking players and 4 defensive. Unbalanced. So I think Alli rules out Doherty unless Davies plays over Reguillon.

        1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 16 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Good point.

  7. Ibralicious
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    They're bringing 2 De Bruynes on at the same time or is my TV glitching?

  8. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Son close again!

  9. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    thanks for nothing as usual Mahrez

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Blacklisted him. Along with HBarnes and Digne. Gets Norwich (probs from the bench) then it's time to get rid.

  10. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What to do with Mahrez? Stick for Norwich?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      possibly, considering options for getting rid also though, 9.0 a lot for uncertainty

  11. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    For a minute I thought Pep and Nuno were both saving substitutions in case they could bring on Kane

    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      😀

  12. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Can’t wait to see Pep’s lineup for Norwich 😆

  13. CornerTakenQuicklyOrigi
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Fernandes + Mahrez > KDB + Sancho? It crossed my mind 🙂

    1. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Go see a psychiatrist

    2. Maddamotha
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Why sell Bruno?

    3. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      So you want to sign one guy lacking match fitness and sharpness and dump a form player - Bruno. While also risking Mahrez starting v Norwich and Sancho getting a cameo?
      All for a -4 points which means they both will have to score a combined 5 extra for you to make a profit.

      1. CornerTakenQuicklyOrigi
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I think my comment was taken a liiiiiittle too seriously. (5 extra over 37 games is possible)

    4. james 101
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Don’t

  14. One More Hit
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Changed jobs, cash league at the old place has top score of 101, whereas the new one has 18/154 people with 100+ points. Might have bitten off more than I can chew here

    1. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Do you work at Aston Villa?

    2. RogDog_jimmy
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      thats a lot of folks playing!

    3. One More Hit
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Quite a few people who work with data/stats at this place so perhaps I shouldn't be so surprised. The cash league at the old one has 56 people so still a good spread

    4. james 101
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I never left my old company’s cash league. No reason to. Couple of very good players make the season more fun.

      1. One More Hit
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I won in 19/20 and promptly left the league, which I know is bad form 🙂

        @James 101, yeah good point mate, especially if you're still in touch with a few of them for the FPL 'bantz'

    5. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Just resign in may and never pay if there's a bet

      1. One More Hit
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Imagine explaining that at your next interview 🙂

  15. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Why did I even start with Mahrez, he's been annoying for me since he moved to City.

  16. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Clever tactics so they don't know which one to mark

  17. Pino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is Son a better player than Mane?

    1. CornerTakenQuicklyOrigi
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Check the Capello Index

    2. RogDog_jimmy
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’d say yes no doubt at the moment.

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yes, as a Liverpool fan I’d say Son has more control.

    4. Tinkermania
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Possibly. Mane plays with fellow quick players around. Son mainly plays with a slow partner for whom the team plays around. The slow player gets in his way a lot. It's a matter of opinion, anyway.

    5. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Is that even a question? Imagine Mane with these Spurs players.

  18. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Liked what I've seen from Spurs' defence. Not even their full defence.

    Won't be jumping on immediately, but they're cheap as chips.

    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      U changed your picture. I don't recognise u

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Change is hard, but you'll get used to it!

        1. Zimo
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Did u get in a fight with hazard?

  19. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Raphina to Pogba tonight? Absolutely ridiculous price changes are happening already!

    1. Rassi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No. This bandwagon is not worth it.

    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      bruNO WC's?

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I checked Pogba's previous returns and decided to pass.

  20. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tanganga CS confirmed

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Whyyyyy Nuno...

  22. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Citeh 8 Norwich 1
    KDB essential, W/C active.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Which 3? KDB and ... and ...

  23. gonzalocampos
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    103 points with Mahrez, saved 1M to change it to Son on GW3. I think I am going to change it now, too much money for uncertainty.

  24. Weeb Kakashi
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tempted by Grealish for GW2.

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lol surely not? He’s been woeful

    2. The Invincibles
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Gundogan is better, cheaper and more likely to play.

  25. Jdpz
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Son has 3 bonus points?

    1. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lloris should be on 3 now

      1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Your other comment got deleted as well hahaha

  26. as33
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best replacement for Mahrez 🙂

    1. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Son. Damn, I wish I could get him.

  27. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Mahrez rested for Norwich!

    1. grumpyman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      With KDB back someone is likely to miss out.

  28. Stupendous
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    So how the hell do we get in Salah Son Bruno and KDB?

    1. King Carlos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      4.0

    2. Weeb Kakashi
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      First 3 plus TAA

    3. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Leave out Kane and Lukaku

    4. grumpyman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      And Kane if he moves. It’s going to be madness.

    5. james 101
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Chose one of son and kdb at the most in my opinion.

      Otherwise your team will suffer needlessly.

  29. Maddamotha
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Grealish almost on same amount of baps as Son…

  30. Stupendous
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Torres owners, what are you doing?

    1. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not me, but you can't drop players for Norwich, surely?