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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. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Missed the first half! Usually DGW misery so far?

    1. KEN YA DIG IT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Kane, son and DCL have all missed sitters

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Wonderful!

      2. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        what sitter did son miss?

    2. Jindaljain
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      3 Wonders of DGW

  2. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Dier in for a -4 on BB was a proper fail

    1. KEN YA DIG IT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Can't wait to get rid of him

    2. Nick.P
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I did exactly the same...played the last 2. Kept a clean sheet. Should of got a Fulham defender or matt targett instead

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Didn't see it coming that he would be benched for both

  3. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    This Everton match begins if and when Iwobi is subbed.

  4. Jindaljain
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    These was the Only Gameweek I would have scored Century

  5. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Kane TC fail

    1. Salan
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Confirmed.

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

    Bale YC

    1. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      What on earth did Bale do to get a YC seeing as he never goes near a player.

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

        Pretty terrible tackle to be fair. Him and Davies were double-teaming a Fulham boy.

  7. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Lemina wastes the best chance.. poor poor finishing

  8. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Oh Lemina

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

    Mario LeLeanback

  10. Steve McCroskey
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I have Son but my rival has Tosin on his BB.

    The lord giveth and the lord taketh away.

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

    Lemina sitter.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Should have scored, 13 or 14 yards out central.

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Don't even know how he skied that by so much, awful

  12. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Kane CB fail

    1. mezza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Still on for a clean sheet

  13. Bushwhacker
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bale RC incoming . . .

    1. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He has a golf appointment soon

  14. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Back to watching the Golf.

  15. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Doherty is an awful defender, should take him off at HT

    1. SEXY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Indeed, I’m convinced Kane and Son only haul when he’s off the pitch and Aurier is there

  16. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Kane, just one attacking return tonight. Is that too much to ask for?

    1. Jindaljain
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No

    2. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Jinxed it

  17. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    DCL 😀

  18. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bring back high scoring single gameweeks

  19. No Professionals
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    bit late to the party, but that was a stonewall penalty on Kane. One of those where a little touch from the opponent causes you to trip yourself up. You even heard it.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wut?

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nah.

      No chance.

      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        you could see the touch that caused his legs to tangle, had no reason to go down.

        1. SEXY SALAH
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          This is true, he was through.

          You’ve highlighted a great point there, they should look at the motivation to fake or dive, a player like Kane was 99.9% sure to score so wouldn’t have gone down if it weren’t genuine.

          Of course a player goes down on the very edge of the box that should be given more scrutiny since there’s more to buy for a penalty.

          1. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            nah!

            1. SEXY SALAH
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Not saying it was a penalty, just I wonder if they do consider motivation to feint or dive, if he did dive it was a strange one for him to do that as he was a stroke of the right foot away from a certain goal

    3. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Surprised he didn't break both his shin bones

  20. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    DCL is going to make go mental fr.

  21. Bushwhacker
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    If Fulham could finish . . .they'd be top eight.

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Been eternally our problem since dempsey/berb.

  22. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Forgetting bonus, how many points will you get from a Spurs CS?

    Just 1pt for me. Hoping for a Fulham goal

    1. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      1

  23. KEN YA DIG IT
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Lemina you should be burying that man

  24. Jindaljain
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    WOULD have Captained VAN bissaka at least 36points are better than 22

  25. KEN YA DIG IT
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Parker is a good coach

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He's done well considering where Fulham were in the early part of the season. They look a different team after getting shredded by Everton back in November.

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

    as a Kane TCapper, at what point shall i start crying?

    1. CoracAld2831
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I TC'd DCL.

    2. KEN YA DIG IT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      When the ref blows the full time whistle

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

        why delay the inevitable?

    3. Life_Ban
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Damn Kane penalty earlier cancelled...

  27. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    A week which you need 6GK/Defenders from CPL and WBA

  28. Drumandbaines123
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No conviction in that DCL shot at all. Not good to see as a captainer.

  29. GROBARI
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Overrated DGW

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Pls explain

  30. thewakka
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Kane expected price rise
    http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk