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Leeds v Spurs team news: Xavi starts, Richarlison benched

4 October 2025 512 comments
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Gameweek 7 continues with a match between a side unbeaten at home against a club yet to taste defeat on the road.

Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur kicks off at 12.30pm BST.

TEAM NEWS

The team news is straightforward for the hosts, who are unchanged yet again.

Karl Darlow gets his fourth straight start between the posts, with Lucas Perri not ready to return – although the £4.0m goalkeeper’s positional rival is likely to be available after the October international break.

It’s not that simple for the Lilywhites as Thomas Frank continues to tinker with his squad.

Cristian Romero comes back into the starting XI after missing the midweek clash with Bodo/Glimt as a precaution.

Destiny Udogie, João Palhinha, Mohammed Kudus and Xavi Simons were all rotated to the bench for that game and return to the starting XI today.

But Richarlison is a high-profile casualty of Frank’s minute management and drops out of the team.

Mathys Tel replaces him up top.

Djed Spence, Kevin Danso, Brennan Johnson, Lucas Bergvall and Pape Matar Sarr also make way from the side that was sent out in the Champions League.

Pedro Porro, benched in Gameweek 6, starts at right-back.

LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Darlow, Bogle, Struijk, Rodon, Gudmundsson, Longstaff, Ampadu, Stach, Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor.

Subs: Meslier, Justin, Bijol, Bornauw, Gruev, Tanaka, Harrison, Nmecha, Piroe.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie, Palhinha, Bentancur, Kudus, Xavi, Odobert, Tel.

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Richarlison, Gray, Bergvall, Johnson, Spence, Sarr, Davies.

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

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  1. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    20 minutes for Porro to get 3 more DEFCON

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    1. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      And lose that ‘assist’

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Defo came off Leeds player but new rules this year

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        1. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          10 months, 16 days ago

          His head stuck on old fpl

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      2. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        That’s not how you spell keep.

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      3. F4L
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        its an assist this season

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    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Come on

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    3. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Need Romero def on
      2 more needed!

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  2. Dynamic Duos
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Xavi can f*%£ing rot, pr**k

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Lol

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      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 13 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        🙂

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  3. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Anyone else hate their wildcard already

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  4. henrysquire
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Well, the Xavi experiment hasn't paid off. 8.5 for a replacement, any suggestions? Just swap to Kudus?

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Kudus from the start flying

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        High’s & Low’s

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    2. el polako
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Yeah absolute garbage, central role and on set pieces and can’t do shite.
      What a troll.

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    3. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Two weeks to think on it. Kudus, Sarr, Enzo, Gordon. I’m sure you have Semenyo.

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    4. Sting
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Kudus good fixtures ending soon. You have to get ahead of the game - Minteh, Sarr, Gordon

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Take points before moving onto next target.

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  5. el polako
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Yay!
    Xavi Simmons - 2 points.
    That’s twice better than last two game weeks.

    Providing no injuries over IB he’s gone and on fpl muppet list.

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    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Can't have players who has the last letters of the alphabet as a starting letter... Wirtz, Xavi or Yokeres.

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  6. F4L
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    refs just give romero yellow cards like its part of their job description. piss take. all he did was stand there ffs, okafor the aggressor

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  7. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Bps
    Kudus (TOT) (37)
    Tel (TOT) (28)
    Okafor (LEE) (25)
    Aaronson (LEE) (20)
    Longstaff (LEE) (20)
    Van de Ven (TOT) (14)
    Pedro Porro (TOT) (13)
    Stach (LEE) (12)

    Def. Contributions
    Bogle (LEE) (10)
    Bentancur (TOT) (8)
    Romero (TOT) (8)
    Stach (LEE) (8)
    Ampadu (LEE) (7)
    Gudmundsson (LEE) (7)
    Pedro Porro (TOT) (7)
    J.Palhinha (TOT) (6)

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    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Stach quite decent for defcon too

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      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Staching them up

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      2. FPL Sanky
        • 2 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        But he is out now

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    2. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      FFS Rodon

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  8. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Semenyo and Kudus double up from GW1 doing very well!

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    1. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      That’s not a double up

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      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Double up in terms of returns lol

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    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Same

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Teams similar, doing well early season

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        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 16 days ago

          227k rank atm

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  9. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Porro to Romero went well on w/c last week!

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Silly sausage

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  10. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Semenyo & Kudus 2 good start

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    1. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      It is quite the double up

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      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        My kind of double up

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        1. The Big Fella
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 16 days ago

          Mine too - I am doubling up the ranks now

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  11. HD7
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Team is going up. Kudus is flying. But doing Watkins to Richarlison last week wasnt a good shout

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    1. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      I did Watkins to Isak, I fu&£ing hate Watkins.

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      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Watkins is on the same number of points as Mateta

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    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Watkins & Palmer > Haaland week 2 was season defining

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  12. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Reijnders
    1G 1A 1YC = 0 bonus points

    Kudus
    1G 1A 1YC = 3 bonus points

    Game is dead

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    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      You forgot to list the other players that played in those games...

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      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Well, the fix is either:

        1) BPS based on best 3 players in the gameweek, in all matches

        2) Just give bonus to actual MoTM

        It is unfair to reward players more because others in the same match have been poor, for basically the same level of returns and performance, what the original post is eluding to.

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    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Clueless

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    3. Sun God Nika
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Kudus last game week 2 assist 1 yellow no BPS

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      1. Sun God Nika
        • 6 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        This site has become so cancerous

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    4. TKC07
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      FYI, https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2025/07/21/what-are-fpl-bonus-points

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    5. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Eleven years...

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  13. Von Lipwig
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Grealish to Gordon? Or save?

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    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      To Gordon

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    2. The Mighty Hippo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Gordon

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  14. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Come on Kudus...grab another goal

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    1. Von Lipwig
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      this

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  15. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Will Romero/porro make defcon

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  16. JBG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Great cross from Porro on that CK, deserves-3 points

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    1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      That corner should count for DC

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  17. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    It's genuinely hilarious how wrong Andy Martin gets every single prediction he makes.

    https://x.com/fpl_tactician/status/1974128309404643758

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    1. Sting
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      most FPL content creators have no idea about real football. eg blindly following fixtures or home/away mantra

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  18. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Cmon Kudus, just one more YC, theres still time, you can do it

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Salty

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      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        10 months, 16 days ago

        Im annoyed that Cunha is benched 🙁

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    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Sour

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  19. The Reptile
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Did Kudus to Doku on FH..

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      I have both in my regular team

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  20. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Kudus MOTM

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  21. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Vicario 3 savesss

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Yesss

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  22. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Leeds undefeated at home in over a year. Neither Bournemouth or Newcastle could win there. Good win for Spurs really if they hold on.

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  23. JBG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Great save by Vicario

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  24. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Vicario save point!

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Woop

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  25. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Porro 8 defcon. Come on tackle someone

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      9*

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  26. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Porro on 9 DEFCON

    1 more please!

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    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Need Romero defcon, seeing as I took porro out last week !

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  27. JBG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Leeds looking for a pen

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  28. Thanos
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Kudus 12 pointer.. wohooo

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  29. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Did Porro get another DC there?

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Saw the clearance header. Is it??

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    2. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 16 days ago

      Yep. Looked it. Should be 10

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  30. el polako
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 16 days ago

    Very quick BJ for the owners.

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