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Tottenham Hotspur take on Manchester City in the final match of Gameweek 10, with kick-off at Wembley at 20:00 GMT.

There are few major shocks in the respective line-ups, save for perhaps Christian Eriksen‘s (£9.2m) non-inclusion in the Spurs starting XI given that the Dane played 90 minutes of his side’s 2-2 draw with PSV last Wednesday.

Eriksen is joined on the home bench by the fit-again Dele Alli (£8.9m), who hasn’t featured since Gameweek 6.

Mauricio Pochettino has made only one alteration to his side from the team that beat West Ham United, with Mousa Dembele (£4.9m) replacing Harry Winks (£5.5m) in central midfield.

Kieran Trippier (£6.3m), Lucas Moura (£7.2m) and Harry Kane (£12.4m), the only three Spurs players to be owned by more than 10% of Fantasy Premier League managers, all start tonight.

Pep Guardiola has made two changes to his starting XI from the side that hammered Burnley last weekend, with Raheem Sterling (£11.1m) replacing Leroy Sane (£9.2m) on the left flank and Kyle Walker (£6.6m) ousting Vincent Kompany (£5.2m) in defence. John Stones (£5.3m) moves across to centre-half to acommodate Walker’s return at right-back.

Given the length of his lay-off, it is not a huge surprise to see Kevin De Bruyne (£9.8m) only named as a substitute by Guardiola this evening, particularly given the condition of the Wembley pitch following yesterday’s NFL game.

Sergio Aguero (£11.3m), the second-most-popular captaincy choice of Gameweek 10, starts for the tenth league match in a row.

City have recorded five clean sheets on the bounce in the Premier League and their defence has only been breached on one occasion – by Willy Boly’s controversial goal in Gameweek 3 – on the road this season.

Of the four players who scored in this fixture last season, only Sterling starts tonight.

Kane has only one home league goal to his name in 2018/19, despite Spurs facing Cardiff City and Fulham in two of the three Premier League fixtures to be contested at Wembley so far this season.

Spurs XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Lamela, Lucas, Kane.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Mendy, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo, Mahrez, Sterling, Aguero.

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  1. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero misses a chance

  2. Luke Chadwicks Left Peg
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Got a hunch on Mendy giving away a pen if he plays 90 mins.

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Your user name hahahaa

  3. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Don’t take Aguero off Pep. Please.

  4. How Mina You
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling not in the BPS? Makes sense I guess.

  5. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Bring on KDB!

  6. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Mendy, let´s get those 3 baps 🙂

  7. Samurai Blue
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Get Mendy off Pep. Let's bank those CS points.

  8. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Mendy on for a haul!

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      FPL has lost all credibility.... Mendy on for baps is mad

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Bring back man-in-the-stands baps!

        1. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Couldn't agree more Giggs, I said it from the outset years ago, replacing man-in-the-stand with all this 'nonsense' takes away from FPL. You could have a player score a hat-trick, yet because he's had 55 shots off target, wouldn't be good enough for baps and some defender creams it.

      2. jtreble
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Agree, Mendy’s having a shocker.

  9. Schliegs
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Rare miss from the king

  10. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Great effort from Kun. On the volley

  11. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero woken up. Mendy still sleeping.

  12. EMILE FOR ONE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    How is Mendy on 2 baps here??

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Corruption

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Passes & CS BPS.

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        He cost Lapo baps by being crap.

    3. Sif
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      More passes than an idiot on university challenge

  13. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Any Kun cappers here?

    Kind of want him to blank. What's his EO?

    1. Rash
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      O/

    2. Jarnathan
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yep he's my VC from Robertson

      1. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Really?wow what a strategy here

        1. Jarnathan
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Robertson was a good option given I've only got 2 Liverpool defenders

          1. Ambrosiana Inter
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Mmm i still can get it, to captain defenders...big balls I guess...

            1. Jarnathan
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              A safe pick in the absence of any obvious Captain choices

  14. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Mendy with 2 BAPS. Another Bonus Points System masterclass.

  15. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Mendy on 2 BAPS currently lololol

  16. Duffy Dunk
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Mendy, as bad as he may have been, is up for 2 bonus.

  17. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Kun is going to DESTROY Southampton

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Amen.

    2. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Naaa Jesus will play sorry

  18. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    So easy to spot the posters who have never played football in their lives

    1. Woy_is_back
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, no hespect for dem.

  19. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Kun firing in loads of shots now, must know he will be off soon.

  20. Lambert Is A Goal Machine
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    As a Sterling owner and Mendy non-owner watching this game, pains me to see Mendy somehow on for 2 BAPS..

  21. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Mendy owner. But him being on for 2BPS is fraudulent.

    1. The Train Driver
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      More mistakes than every player combined on the pitch, so flawed system...

    2. Klein
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Someone inside fpl mods must be thinking the same :p

  22. Duffy Dunk
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Pep, time to take Kun off.

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      -1

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      -2

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Match not won.

    4. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ffs ! Long run out tonight 71 mjns !!

  23. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Can't believe I'm saying this but Sissoko has actully been good today...

  24. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Dilva/Mendy to Kun would be awesome...

  25. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    The referee has been as bad as most of the players and the pitch. All round this is dreadful standard of football.

  26. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    COME ON KDB

  27. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    De Bruyne for Aguero

  28. Neevesy
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Trying to solve the mystery of watching the game and seeing Mendy play and then looking at BAPS and seeing Mendy is on 2.

    1. McSauce
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      THIS

  29. McSauce
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    The Fact Mendy is on for 2 Baps right now surely shows a fault in the system, he is by a mile the worst player on the pitch and offer nothing positive Defensively or offensively???

    1. Woy_is_back
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Salty non owner 😀

  30. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Take it it's best to give up on the hope that Kane will score. Why can't someone start diving in the box like Zaha.