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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. CheesyZoot
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    LOOOL

  2. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Woo wee, baby! Hahahahaha!

  3. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Someone here called a 3-3 just after halftime.

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

    OMG Lanzini!

  5. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Spurs and Chelsea hahaha

  6. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    What a goal that is

  7. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    The ONE time in seasons that a player in my squad doesn't play I get 1 point of the bench FML

  8. Mambino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Bale sub worked out well then

  9. You've got red on you.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Ah, there you are Spurs.

  10. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Gareth Bale's miss was crucial

  11. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    This season is to much

  12. Party time
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Tactical masterclass from Mourinho

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

      Utter bottlejobs

      Major props to the hammers

    • Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I expect Jose will take this in typical good humour and grace

    • mgilbert86
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      dont spend any money on defenders, they don't exist this season

    • Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Cup team

    • Ragabolly
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      What a crazy season!!

    • Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Son off all baps?

      1. The Senate
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        2 baps

      2. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Why would he be

      3. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        No getting 2

      4. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        why not check ?

    • Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Great game management from Mourinho

      1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        This

    • OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      So Basically Bale has costed them 2 points.

      1. Plant Based FPLer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        And Hojberg... all he had to do was clear that ball out but he tried to take it for a dribble.

        Still a 1 in 1,000 strike for Lanzini. And a bad own goal by Sanchez.

    • gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Oh my word!!!

    • Joburger
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Unreal finish to the game. The madness continues.

    • have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      absolute joke from spurs

    • AIRMILES
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Not going to be many better goals than that this season.

    • Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      3-0 the most dangerous lead!

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Hahaha

    • Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      16’—Spurs 3-0 West Ham
      82’—Spurs 3-1 West Ham
      85’—Spurs 3-2 West Ham
      90+3'—Spurs 3-3 West Ham

      Lol

    • FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Damn,same with Newcastle...lost 4 points at home

    • korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      nice goal.

    • Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      What a goal! Mou in tears!