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Bale named on the bench as much-captained Kane and Son start against West Ham

The two most-captained players of Gameweek 5 feature in the third Premier League match of the day.

West Ham United are the visitors to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with kick-off in north London at 16:30 BST.

Son Heung-min (£9.3m) and Harry Kane (£10.7m) have both been handed the armband by over one million Fantasy Premier League managers for this clash.

They were also the most-bought players in their respective FPL positions ahead of Gameweek 5, with Son attracting more transfers in – just under two million – than any other asset.

Those two in-form attackers start again this afternoon but loan signing Gareth Bale (£9.5m) is only among the substitutes, having made the Spurs matchday squad for the first time since his move from Real Madrid.

There is a change to the Spurs frontline for the visit of the Hammers, however, with Lucas Moura (£6.9m) dropping to the bench and Steven Bergwijn (£7.1m) starting in his stead.

The only other alteration to the Lilywhites’ starting XI from the side that thrashed Manchester United 6-1 two weeks ago sees Toby Alderweireld (£5.4m) replace the injured Eric Dier (£5.0m) at centre-half.

All of that means that Matt Doherty (£5.9m) and Ben Davies (£4.9m) have to be content with places on the bench again.

Dele Alli (£7.5m) isn’t involved in the 18-man squad.

The West Ham team news is straightforward, as David Moyes names an unchanged side from the one that beat Leicester City 3-0 last time out.

Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) has recovered from injury to take his place at left wing-back.

Not one West Ham asset has a double-digit ownership in FPL, with Michail Antonio (£6.3m) the only member of their starting XI who features in more than 5% of Fantasy squads.


Spurs XI: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Son, Kane.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio.

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2,267 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Great header

  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lovely bust.

  3. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Damn it had Ljioris on goal in fan team

  4. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Clean sheet gone brilliant

    1. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not for son cappers

      1. MagicMessi
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        It's just a point lol

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Two points and they all count. My minileague was won by one point the season before last.

      2. TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He went off so point banked haha

  5. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son cleansheet wiped out

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 6 months ago

        No

      • Ady87
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        ...

      • Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Low quality bait.

      • Muchentuchel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        No, he was already off the pitch when the goal happened.

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Son secured the CS 🙂

    3. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lol what a header that is

    4. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yesss Son CS and 2 bonus

    5. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Brilliant!

    6. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Cresswell is quietly going about his business so far this season... tempting once fixtures turn.

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

        Definitely

    7. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Son bonus points protected

    8. Shark Team
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nice goal for non Reguilon owners but pls Kane score one more

    9. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Antonio not involved 🙁

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Would do well to get involved while off the pitch

        • Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          He’s not on the pitch so it’d be hard.

      2. FPL_trail_runner
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        If i were wildcarding now id like something like this

        Meslier or Martinez
        Leeds def / Lamptey / Saiss / Target / Justin
        Son pulisic Salah Hamez
        Dcl Kane Werner

        Seems i can there for -16, which will be rather dumb.

      3. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Would love a Bale re-debut goal, no assist

      4. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Son CS

      5. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Masuaku very advanced for a 4.5m defender. May interest me when the fixtures change.

      6. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Creswell A again

      7. BenDavies
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        SON CLEAN SHEET BANKED AND CS BLOWN
        YESSSSS

        1. Zimo
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          I have son too but its just 1 point 😛

          1. BenDavies
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            It's the small things in life

      8. Kip
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Another assist for Cresswell

      9. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Get Doherty on

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Yeah. bench blocker.

      10. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Lmao rip Reguilon owners

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          RIP? They got an assist

          1. Flair
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Also lost 8 points

      11. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Clean Sheets dont exist anymore. How did City get one against Arsenal? What does that say about Arsenal?

        1. Chirsbom
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          How many CS has it actually been? I don't want any defenders...

      12. Mambino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Spurs hanging on 🙂

      13. FDMS All Starz
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Ake or Regulion?

        1. Ibralicious
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Definitely not Regulion based on that goal haha, Spurs can't seem to keep a CS this season

      14. UshFPL
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Son CS banked!

      15. Pratik
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        The fact that cresswell might get a bonus point in a dominant Spurs performance is really weird!

      16. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Reguilon was chasing son’s BPS before that whu goal

      17. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        3-2

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

        Kane, get that hattie.