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22 December 2019 1997 comments
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The final match of Gameweek 18 takes place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Chelsea the visitors to north London.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

The team news is straightforward from a Spurs perspective: Jose Mourinho has named an unchanged side for the third game running.

The Chelsea starting XI requires a bit more explanation, however.

Frank Lampard has benched Christian Pulisic (£7.3m) for the first time in the Premier League since Gameweek 9, with Jorginho (£5.0m) and the injured Emerson Palmieri (£5.5m) also making way from the side that lost to Bournemouth.

Marcus Alonso (£6.0m) gets his first start since Gameweek 10, with Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) and Fikayo Tomori (£4.8m) also recalled.

All of that would seem to suggest that Lampard has switched to a 3-4-3, with Tomori joining Kurt Zouma (£4.7m) and Antonio Rudiger (£6.0m) at centre-half.

Mason Mount (£6.5m) and Willian (£7.0m) appear to be flanking Tammy Abraham (£7.9m) in attack.

Mount, Pulisic and Abraham were three of the four most-sold FPL assets of Gameweek 18.

Lampard’s side have lost four of their last five Premier League games and haven’t kept a clean sheet on the road in 2019/20.

Spurs, by contrast, have won four of their five league games under Jose Mourinho since the ‘Special One’ first took charge a month ago.

Dele Alli (£8.8m), Son Heung-min (£10.1m) and Harry Kane (£10.9m) are averaging 8.0, 7.8 and 5.4 points per game respectively under their new manager.

Kane is the fourth-most-popular captaincy pick of Gameweek 18, while only three FPL assets were bought by more managers than Son in the run-up to this weekend.


Spurs XI: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Dier, Sissoko, Dele, Son, Lucas, Kane.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Rudiger, Alonso, Kante, Kovacic, Willian, Mount, Abraham.



  1. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Got to be red.
    Bugger

  2. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son set

  3. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son red card confirmed by var

  4. Pras (FPL)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Scenes

  5. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    red card for Son...merry christmas indeed

  6. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Season over 😀

  7. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son red

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    What you guys think was it a red ?

  9. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son RC.

  10. Tsparkes10
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Hehehe, easy hit this week then. Son, Jota out... Abraham and someone else in

  11. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Yep game week over I'm done

  12. Clintymints
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    What a sh!t show

  13. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    son red given !!!

  14. Pukki Party
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Wtf

  15. theodosios
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Is this really happening?

  16. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son always with the crocodile tears

  17. DAZZ
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Asif Man ffs!!!

  18. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son is such a dirty little c***. Breaks the leg of Gomes and now this. Got serious anger issues the guy. And I’m an owner!

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 26 days ago

      Broken leg was not his fault in the slightest.

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 26 days ago

        I don't think this guy has ever posted anything sensible or worth reading so just ignore him.

        1. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 26 days ago

          I have. Just glad people are finally seeing how scummy Son is.
          Why are you so upset?

  19. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    YESSSSSSSA

  20. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    O M G a RED SON!

  21. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Get in! (Off)

  22. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Magnus knows !!!

  23. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Season is over

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son off and crying

    Always the victim

  25. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Wow 🙁

  26. MagicMessi
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Sonny oh thank God you not my Captain feck off

  27. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Lol - so much for saving a FT

  28. Feloh
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    lol

  29. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Son is generally a calm guy but occasionally loses it like Bournemouth last year

  30. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 26 days ago

    Football is dead.