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Another league start for Bale as Everton make do without injured Rodriguez again

Double Gameweek 26 edges towards its conclusion, with two early-evening kick-offs at Craven Cottage and the Hawthorns preceding the clash between Liverpool and Chelsea.

Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion v Everton both get underway at 18:00 GMT.

There is plenty of interest in both of these fixtures from a Fantasy perspective, with three of the most-captained assets of Double Gameweek 26 in action.

The three players in question, Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.8m), Son Heung-min (£9.5m) and Harry Kane (£11.1m), are also among the top four candidates for the Triple Captain chip, with the latter backed by a Gameweek-high 239,588 managers.

That trio starts this evening, as does Gareth Bale (£9.3m), who is already the highest-scoring player of the Gameweek.

The Welshman plundered 19 points in the thrashing of Burnley and has seen his FPL ownership treble since.

Jose Mourinho has made three changes to his side, handing Dele Alli (£7.4m) his first Premier League start since the opening day of 2020/21 at the expense of Lucas Moura (£6.6m).

It’s all change at full-back, too, as Matt Doherty (£5.6m) and Ben Davies (£4.6m) come in for Serge Aurier (£5.2m) and Sergio Reguilon (£5.5m).

Scott Parker has also made three alterations to his starting XI, with Antonee Robinson (£4.4m), Mario Lemina (£4.5m) and Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.3m) replacing Kenny Tete (£4.3m), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (£4.5m) and Bobby Decordova-Reid (£5.3m).

In the other match, Carlo Ancelotti has made two changes to the team that begun Monday’s victory against Southampton.

Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) and Bernard (£5.7m) start with Allan (£5.2m) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (£6.8m) dropping to the bench.

James Rodriguez (£7.7m), Seamus Coleman (£4.8m) and Tom Davies (£5.2m) are again missing through injury.

The fit-again Robert Snodgrass (£5.6m) is back among the substitutes for the hosts, with Sam Allardyce unsurprisingly naming an unchanged XI from the side that saw off Brighton on Saturday.


Fulham XI: Areola, Aina, Andersen, Adarabioyo, Robinson, Reed, Lemina, Cavaleiro, Loftus-Cheek, Lookman, Maja

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Doherty, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Davies, Ndombele, Hojbjerg, Bale, Alli, Son, Kane.

West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone, Furlong, O’Shea, Bartley, Townsend, Yokuslu, Maitland-Niles, Pereira, Gallagher, Phillips, Diagne.

Everton: Pickford, Digne, Holgate, Keane, Godfrey, Doucoure, Gomes, Bernard, Iwobi, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

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  1. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Kane. Utterly brutalise Fulham.

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Show no mercy, Harold of Kaneshire.

      1. Forgetmeknot
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Lacerate, laminate and marmalise them. In a nice and respectful way of course

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Oh yes of course.

    2. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Hope you are right

    3. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Bend em Harry !

      1. Tango74
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        I have Aina

        Most people have Kane so CS be good

        1. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Eina ! Afrikaans word for ouch

          1. RA88IT
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 15 days ago

            Fellow South African?

            1. Rupert The Horse
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 15 days ago

              Yep.

            2. Debauchy
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 15 days ago

              yep

              1. RA88IT
                • 10 Years
                3 years, 15 days ago

                Nice, looking for other South Africans to join into leagues with, if there's a chance we could chat on another platform let me know.

      2. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Plunder their inner depths.

        1. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          bowels ?

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 15 days ago

            Deeper

            1. Debauchy
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 15 days ago

              Eina

    4. Free Hat
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Hoping for a game where you expect nothing, but by suprise you get everything!

  2. Babit1967
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    73 with (K)ane , Son and DCL, surely can hit a 100 for the first time this season

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      V similar. Same 3.

      76. Did you manage it without a chip too?

      I'm not sure I'll get the ton tho.

      Had 134 on my BB gw19.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Haha. Exactly the same.

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      How did you not ton up in 19?
      Good luck though.

  3. Tango74
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    I have Kane and Aina

    Hmm

  4. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Be cool, Kane. Please, please blank.

    1. faux_C
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      +1000

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      I want him to rip flesh from the bone.

  5. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    2 pointers all round incoming.

  6. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Please Harry, do the business.

    I am infuriated not to have doubled up on Son too on a wildcard. What a gift to miss.

  7. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Let's go Fulham!

  8. Vlekz
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Are spurs assets really appealing? They got a front 4 of kane son bale alli now(and probably will be most matches). None are cheap and spurs don't look like a 3/4 goal every week team.
      Or is my reasoning flawed in some way?

    • Free Hat
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Give them nothing!
      But take from them everything!

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Have a feeling Harry will fire blanks tonight.

      TC Kane speaking btw

      Just a gut feeling

      Always thought the Burnley fixture was the main one in this gw.

    • Says
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      (TK) lets go!

    • COLLIN QUANER
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      On my first day at my new job at Sea World Turin my manager took me to the dolphin tank and to my surprise I saw Penaldo swimming there! My manager said that’s Penaldo the greatest diving dolphin to ever exist. Shame on you Penaldo.

    • Sterling Malory
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Kane involvement is going to hurt rank

      1. denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Son too.

        1. Sterling Malory
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          I've got Son, Bruno C fail though...

      2. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Hopefully your rank is crippled.

        1. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          never to rise again !

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 15 days ago

            Nothing personal, but for this one game week, I’m going to be fully self focused, selfish as hell, for pure self indulgence.

            1. Sterling Malory
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 15 days ago

              How you getting on so far? TC Kane?

    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Tempted to WC to this

      Martinez, Forster
      White, Dallas, Cresswell, Rudiger, Alina
      Salah, Gundogan, Fernandes, Son, Raphina
      Bamford, Kane, Antonio

      Basically just changes all of my keepers and defence except Rudiger, midfield stays the same, Antonio replaces Diagne.

    • Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Maja ha, Maja he
      Send Spurs to their knees

    • nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Here's hoping for another Son (TC) haul today!!!!!
      No Kane would be even better..

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        West Brom and Fulham on the attack you gotta laugh

    • Bounce
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Come on my 손흥민

    • Says
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Balls is cleared out of the opposition box to : "I think shooting is a great decision right now"

      *player leans back as they shoot, ball goes goes miles over the bar*

      1. Says
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        ah crap, it misformatted my comment

        1. Egg noodle
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          It's ok. We forgive you.

    • Double Entry
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      This camera angle at Fulham is awful!

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        +111111

      2. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Craven Cottage always looks like a childs pitch

      3. Says
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        too near the pitch

      4. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        I actually like it a lot. Feel closer to the action and the game always looks more end to end

    • arkom
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Dias / Cancelo / Reguilon
      Son / Bruno / Rapinha / Gundogan
      DCL / Kane / Watkins

      Subs: 1. Dallas 2. Digne 3.Barnes

      1 FT (0,8£ ITB)

      A) Save
      B) Barnes --> Lingard
      C) Bruno --> Salah
      D) Bruno & Gundo --> KDB & Lingard (-4)

    • Free Hat
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Its just 5min I know.

      But seeing the transformation Ful went through this season I hope they stay up.

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Agree fingers crossed

    • The VAR Team
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Why is the camera so low down on Craven Cottage?

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        New stand being built

        1. The VAR Team
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Beefing up the Cottage for the Championship. Nice!

      2. TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Always is because of where the cameras are. I think once they’ve got the new stand it’ll be better

      3. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Think it's because they're rebuilding the stand the cameras sit.

    • TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      No sofa is big enough with no Kane.

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Spurs looking pretty bad imo

      2. Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        I am with you. You will not suffer alone.

      3. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        I’ve got him but his EO is 158% 🙁

        1. badgerboy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          That's a very subtle top 10k brag! 😉

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 15 days ago

            😉

    • Says
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Rubin is quickly becoming my favourite Loftus-Cheek

    • Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Fulham play some good stuff

    • Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      The cameraman's infant son has taken control?

    • Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Do keepers get the save if it’s then flagged off ?

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Nope

      2. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        No, dead ball.

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Nervy game as a Kane TC owner

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Probably a tad nervier if you don't have Kane (or C, or TC).

      2. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        honestly would take an assist for a 33 pointer

    • thewakka
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Bale isgoing to be sent of at 60 min with 0-0 to punish all kneejerks

    • Netters2018
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Does anyone look back and think "what the hell was i thinking" bringing eric dier in on my wc bench boost was one of those moments.