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Mourinho benches Son and Lucas as injured Holgate misses out for Everton

There are two Premier League matches kicking off simultaneously at 18:00 BST, with Bournemouth hosting Tottenham Hotspur and Everton facing Southampton.

There is bad news for owners of Son Heung-min (£9.7m) and Lucas Moura (£7.1m), with both of those wide-midfielders dropping to the bench at the Vitality.

Steven Bergwijn (£7.2m) and Erik Lamela (£5.7m) come in for those two players.

The suspended Eric Dier (£4.8m) will be unavailable until Gameweek 38+ and is replaced by Jan Vertonghen (£5.2m) at centre-half, meanwhile.

Two more popular Fantasy Premier League purchases, Serge Aurier (£5.1m) and Harry Kane (£11.0m), keep up their post-restart ever-present records.

Kane, Aurier and Son all have double-digit ownerships in the top 10k, with almost one in four of these managers owning the Korean.

For the hosts, Callum Wilson (£7.4m) returns from a two-match ban and replaces Dominic Solanke (£5.1m) in attack.

Dan Gosling (£4.8m) for Lewis Cook (£5.0m) is the only other change for Eddie Howe’s side following their 5-2 defeat by Manchester United.

At Goodison Park, Mason Holgate (£4.4m) misses out for Everton with an injury he picked up on Monday evening.

Yerry Mina (£5.3m) replaces the sidelined centre-half, while Anthony Gordon (£4.5m) for Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.3m) is Carlo Ancelotti’s only other alteration from the starting XI that lost at Spurs in Gameweek 33+.

Alex Iwobi (£5.6m) recovers from a hamstring injury to start, while the fit-again Theo Walcott (£6.2m) is among the substitutes.

Ralph Hasenhuttl has unsurprisingly kept faith with the same 11 players who beat Manchester City on Sunday, with Danny Ings (£7.3m) again leading the line.

This fixture features the second-most-bought FPL forward of Gameweek 34+, Ings, and the second-most-sold striker, Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.3m).

Both of those players are owned by more than one in five of the top 10k.


Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Smith, Kelly, Aké, Rico, Lerma, Gosling, Brooks, King, Stanislas, C Wilson.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Winks, Sissoko, Lo Celso, Lamela, Bergwijn, Kane.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Mina, Keane, Digne, Iwobi, Gomes, Davies, Gordon, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Pieters, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Redmond, Adams, Ings.

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  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hope Lloris lets in a howler today.

    #justiceforson

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      How is that connected?

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        It is obvious that Mourinho is angry at Son for not tracking back.

    2. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same, seems like im the only person on the planet that doesnt own Aurier.

  2. The_Fish
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Kane blank, Spurs concede.

  3. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Let's go Aurier. Just need 15 points from you.

    1. fc_skrald
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes please!

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I wish

  4. fc_skrald
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Could it be worth it to get rid of my Wolves players for Vardy?

    Doherty + Jiménez -> Diop + Vardy

    Martinez
    TAA, Doherty, Aurier
    KDB, Salah, Pulisic, Fernandes
    Jiménez, Auba, Ings

    Button, Lascelles, Guendouzi, Simpson
    2 free transfer, 0.0 million in the bank, wildcard, free hit and bench boost chips

  5. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Yay - 9.7 mill Son differential, gonna propel me up the ranks, after falling from 50k to 80k so far this week.

    1. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I hope he stays on the bench now, but thats not gonna happen, have 9 points waiting 1st on bench spot.

      1. OOJ
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        One pointer incoming

      2. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        no chance i'm afraid

  6. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone know why Son is benched for today's game?

    1. Alexis Nonsense
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Mourinho probably sending a message after Lloris was pissed after Son not working defensively ?

      It's Mourinho, he likes to punish players

    2. Whazza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Spurs fixtures 3 days apart, Bou is a good time to rest a key player before NLD

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Probably just rotation.

      But I'm going to pretend Mourinho has fallen out with his star player who will leave in the window. The club is just going through the normal Jose cycle. Yep, definitely this.

    4. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Tight schedule .... Arsenal has twice as many days rest before this weekend's meeting

  7. Alexis Nonsense
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Maybe I'm reading too much into this BUT

    After Gomes came back to Everton, they've been really poor

    Thought he was one of their key players? He lost it?

    1. Whazza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Everton didn't look interested vs Spurs, I'm staying away from them unless they look interested today they might be on the beach

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Posted this during the last Everton game:

      "Davies is too much of a general midfielder, IMO. He isn't attacking enough to justify putting him closer to the striker(s) and getting someone else to do the defensive work. And he isn't defensive enough to leave him to protect the back four.

      If you are going to put him in the team it has to be part of a midfield 3 or, if in a 2, you need another similar player with both of them highly tactically aware so that when one goes forward the other stays back.

      I don't think Gomes and Davies are *that* tactically aware to form a good partnership."

  8. FPL_Devil
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Manchester combined XI?

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A formation where both Bruno and KDB fit...

    2. Orion
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Why?

    3. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      city first 11 with maguire laporte cbs

    4. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ederson
      AWB - Laporte - Fernandinho - Shaw
      KDB - Pogba
      Mahrez - Bruno - Rashford
      Aguero

      4231, no Maguire or DDG this season, ditto for Sterling. Martial not consistent enough.

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        You forgot Mendy there

        Interesting

  9. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    lol, rewatching highlights from Bournemouths last game. Imagine believing Kane will blank this game 😆

    1. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Moved C to Bruno last minute. Instant regret and when I went back to change it the game was updating.

    2. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Imagine

  10. Whazza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Son benching crashed the servers

  11. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Is Lascelles out for long?

    1. SackWenger
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I hope not - defence really suffering. Cahill, Lascelles and Holgate giving problems that was compounded by a Nketiah red.

  12. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Son kills FFS Towers

  13. Cheeto__Bandito
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    2017/18-2018/19
    Kane without Son: 11 matches, 11 G 1 A (including 4 braces), 1.09 GA/match

    2019/20
    Kane without Son: 5 matches 4 G (1 Brace)

  14. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Son 😆

    1. Whazza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Son vs tired legs could be gold

  15. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    #$%$&#
    Going to need some Aurier to get a brace. Would settle for hat trick, too. 😉

    Son to get--what--30 minutes maybe? Could use a hat trick there, too.

    Go big or go home, right?

  16. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I blame Mourinho for the FFS servers failing.

    1. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I blame the Mcanns.

  17. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Amy Son owners got Nketiah 1st sub?

    1. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Any*

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He'll come on

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        ... when they go a goal down.

  18. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Feel sorry for the Son owners, staying loyal didn't pay off, that said, he can haul off the bench when he comes on.

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I hope he stays on the bench as I’ll get eagen 15 pointer lol

    2. popey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Similar was said of Sterling owners at kick off last night...

  19. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Harry to score his 200th Spurs goal tonight.

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      And his 201st and 202nd

      pls Harry

      1. HashAttack
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Not expecting to score 4 either 🙂

    2. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      plus the 201st and 202nd

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He's not scoring

  20. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Was hoping for a Sonshine but Mou has delivered a Sonset 🙁
    Hope BOU trounce Spurs!

    1. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A for effort

  21. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Come on Gordon!

  22. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Any stats on Kane with vs. without Son playing?

  23. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Everton v Saints going to be the more entertaining watch?

  24. popey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Interesting nights football ahead, 35 points to make up ML but have aurier, martial, rash to his greenwood and maguire

    That said, am also a Villa fan......

  25. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Gordon on Free kicks

  26. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Nice early goal for Kane will do nicely

  27. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Fifa taking over the full control over VAR. What can I say, finally...

    "Following the successful launch period where FIFA worked in conjunction with The IFAB, we would like to inform you that all VAR-related activities will now transfer to FIFA."

    Pierluigi Collina and Arsene Wenger, both hugely influential voices inside FIFA, have shared their frustrations over VAR's inconsistent use in some competitions around the world.

    Collina, as chair of the FIFA referees' committee, has called for universal consistency and Wenger, who oversees football development, has been critical of the lack of pitchside monitor use by Premier League referees.

    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Replacing incompetence with corruption, this will end well.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      About time.

      As I have said before, I believe the PL want VAR to go wrong, but they need the fans to hate it so they have a good excuse (i.e. the fans hate it) to get rid of it. Part of that plan was not to use the monitors.

  28. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Get ready for DCL double figure score!!!

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Looks like he can't even control a football right now I'd be very surprised

    2. Digital-Real
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Hoping my Armstrong punt pays off, anyone else own him?

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Aurier at it early.