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Eriksen benched as both Son and Moura start for Spurs

There are some slight concerns about Harry Kane‘s (£11.1m) positioning in this afternoon’s match between Spurs and Newcastle.

The centre-forward naturally keeps his place in the side but shares the team-sheet with both Lucas Moura (£7.5m) and Son Heung-min (£9.5m).

Crucially, Christian Eriksen (£8.9m) finds himself on the bench once again, which could require Kane to drop deep to provide creativity for Moura and Son.

Spurs did not look in particularly good shape for the first hour of their Gameweek 1 hosting of Aston Villa, when Eriksen was on the bench.

It was only after he took to the field that Mauricio Pochettino’s men really got into their attacking stride.

It will, therefore, be of great interest to Fantasy managers how Kane, Moura and Son line-up against Newcastle.

Elsewhere in the Spurs side, Kyle Walker-Peters (£5.0m) continues his spell at right-back while Jan Vertonghen (£5.3m) makes it onto the bench but is still waiting for his first Premier League minutes of the season.

Opponents Newcastle line-up as expected, in a 5-3-2 formation, which continues to feature FPL midfielder Miguel Almirón (£6.0m) as a centre-forward.

Meanwhile, Wolves host Burnley in the other 4:30pm kick-off, with the benching of Leander Dendoncker (£4.5m) the biggest news.

After starting both league matches for Wolves so far this season, he has been replaced in the starting line-up by Morgan Gibbs-White (£5.0m).

That marks the only change from the side that drew with Manchester United, Matt Doherty (£6.0m) back at right wing-back after missing out against Torino midweek.

Hoping to crash another party away from home is Ashley Barnes (£6.6m) who came into Gameweek 3 behind only Teemu Pukki (£6.9m) and Raheem Sterling (£12.2m) for shots in the box.

Spurs XI: Lloris; Rose, D Sánchez, Alderweireld, Walker-Peters; Sissoko, Winks; Moura, Son, Lamela; Kane.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Ritchie, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Krafth; Saint-Maximin, S Longstaff, Hayden; Almirón, Joelinton.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Boly, Coady, Bennett; Jonny, Neves, Gibbs-White, Moutinho, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Gudmundsson; Barnes, Wood.

2,138 Comments Post a Comment
  1. sandman58
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best 4.5 defender
    To finance Aguero move

    1. Kun Tozser
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lowton or Söyüncü

    2. bixie11
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Söyüncü?

    3. @FPLDIARYFPL
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      soy

    4. sandman58
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Who has better fixtures then...Leicester or Burnley?

  2. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    People who said it will be like Cardiff all over again were wrong...

    Its much worse now.

  3. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Alma ron?

  4. Goonermeister
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    66 all out good for the week?

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

      Nope. I have more 🙂

    2. Kun Tozser
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Average

  5. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    This game has made new gw changes easy

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

    Only Villa and Pool winning at home so far this GW, just saying ...

  7. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Looking at Barnes fixture after Liverpool, cannot get better. He could be in all our teams soon.

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

      Hey you steal my idea 😉

    2. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’m getting him in before the week is out

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Think I'm waiting a week before Jota->Barnes.

      That Martial injury is a concern this week anyway.

    4. Kun Tozser
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Auba Barnes Pukki

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kane out, Barnes in. Done

    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lair.

  9. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I captained Kane and vice-captained Salah.

    AMA

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

      Same here

  10. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kane owners quiet?

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

      ly contemplating ditching him.

    2. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No. Just look at Bemba.

    3. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'm busy getting rid.

    4. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      ly waiting for Eriksen to come on.

  11. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Oh Moura!

  12. @FPLDIARYFPL
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    oh dea.. moura...

  13. BoomXhakaLaca1
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    It's a pity Kane lost his clean sheet point as a midfielder isn't it?

  14. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Lucas fluffs Kane assist

  15. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I do not want Jota in my team anymore.

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kane hasn’t put a foot wrong so far.

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Mathematical certainty if you don't touch the ball

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

      Just wrong position

  17. LosBlancos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    They need Eriksen

    1. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Easily there best player and likely his last game

  18. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    How many chances does Moura need??

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

    Moura wasting Kane assist. Useless.

  20. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Only way Kane will score will be a penalty.

  21. Lacabacca
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kane assist?

    1. Lacabacca
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Reply fail

  22. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    City, Pool, Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Utd....and not a single clean sheet between them. Jebus.

    Oh, and you can add Everton, Leicester and Wolves to that now. That just ain't right.

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

      Agree. Crazy.

  23. The_Socca_Philosopha
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I never imagined I would even be considering a Barnes-Pukki front line haha

  24. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kane to Joelinton for -4?

  25. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bad feeling Moura going to be replaced at HT..when it should be Lamela

    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Poch loves Pamela, doesn't he?

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        He's Levy's pet project that failed but he won't let go.

  26. Supersonic Marv'
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    If the next page goes 5 posts without mention of Kane I'll donate 20 quid to charity.

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      ...so close 😉

  27. Zen_Master
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ok, this is getting ridiculous now. Literally every team is conceding and there's no way of trusting any defense for clean sheets at the moment lol. Which teams have the most trustworthy defenses right now?

    1. JohnBlack
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Villa & Saints

    2. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Burnley

    3. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Blades. Fixtures bad.

  28. The Man Pastore
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Alright, should I WC this lot?

    Pope Button
    VVD Digne Dunk Guilbert Rico
    Mane Sterling KDB Ceballos Mcginn
    Auba Jota Greenwood

    1FT / 0.0itb

    If so, how would you rate this WC team:

    Pope Button
    VVD Laporte Digne Lund Kelly
    Salah Sterling KDB Mount Mcginn
    Haller Barnes Greenwood

    Cheers!

  29. The Neville Wears Prada
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    how garbage has kane been?

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

      Useless. So overrated. I'm WCing just to get rid of him.

  30. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Budget forwards. Front 3. Make your move now.

    Kane, cough cough.