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

    That was it, right there, that was it.

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yup

  2. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Areola saves.

  3. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    That was it.

  4. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kane is utterly useless

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus christ, how many chances do you need Kane.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      4

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

      When he is my TC he will miss

    3. Silecro
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He saving it for palace

    4. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Tbf it was only his second today

  6. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    F off Kane, literally missed 3 sitters, absolutely typical

  7. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bizarre how the goal-fests have dried up since November

  8. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    FFS Kane seriously

  9. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    what a chance for kane, really easy that

    poor finishing

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Surprised he didn’t round the keeper

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Made it so obvious what he was gonna do

  10. richarlison2348
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I'm laughing and crying at the same time

  11. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Suppose it’s too much to ask for wba to score. Sorry but that Digne ownership in my MLs.... 😀

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Too much

  12. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kane is pathetic excuse for a football player

    1. Bojam
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Grow up... what a stoopid thing to say. (And yeah, he's my TC).

  13. Kermit Special
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kane just missing sitters all over the Gaff. U really can't make this up hahaha

  14. skodaole2
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Five goals in five games including yesterday's and tonight's games. Premier league at its finest, they could just play one half and finish this torture earlier

  15. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Everton = we just happy to be shite.

  16. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Soooo, still laighing at my Digne(c)?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nope. Well played.

    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why not TC?

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Saving for Cancelo

    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Will if West Brom score

    4. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Link your team next season I can copy it. I need all the fpl help I can get! 😀

  17. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ok now liverpool and chelsea you can draw - 1 - 1. ffs

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

    Still time for Son and DCL goal. Come on

  19. Jindaljain
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Last 5 minutes

  20. lewis1290
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    lmao my raphinha TC out scored kane :))))

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You were unlucky, Raph could of had SO much more that GW.

  21. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nipples 😮

  22. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Never had a slice of FPL luck in my life, how has Kane not scored tonight, turned into the worst striker in the league the second I put TC on him

    1. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yawn. Back to moaning about your "bad luck" yet again. Maybe you're just crap at this game.

      1. Kermit Special
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        😀

    2. Kermit Special
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I feel you man. Pure tragedy

  23. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Holding hammy

    1. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Holgate*

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

    Salah probably going to haul now =(

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      That would be nice but I doubt it

  25. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Three players from this Spurs game and I'm getting six points from them. Areola concedes from Spurs only shot on target, Maja has a goal questionably ruled out by VAR and Kane doesn't score. RIP my season

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    kane expected goals through the roof. c material

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      As is tradition, he'll haul the gameweek after the Double.

  27. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Holgate hammy

  28. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Even though I captained Kane. I am pleased enough. A -4 I did actually worked for a change.

    KDB in Grealish out
    Digne in Mee out

  29. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Fulham, get an equaliser. You too West Brom

  30. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kane is so,so overrated

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He's probably just knackered from playing twice a week for months.