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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. money face bandwagon
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    on dias(c) now..madness?

    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Mate TC him this week

  2. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Ok. Captain Mo time.

    Lets see if he gets a return.

  3. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Salah you may score as long as Chelsea win...

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      This

  4. mookie
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    I never do this but 150(-4) all out.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Well done

    2. michaelington
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Fair play with that score. On 115 with Rudiger and Salah left, blown me right out of the water

    3. Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Very nice!

    4. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Yikes!

    5. grumpyman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Dreamland! Congrats. 121 all out here.

    6. camarozz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Well u deserve it after that score. Over double mine Lol!!!

    7. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      You just did. And you didn't have to. And nobody asked you to.

    8. PogChamp
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Awesome score well done. I got 10 points from 3 City players and 109 points from the rest of my team lol.

    9. mookie
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      *149 dammit, Davies no longer on 1 bonus.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        Although most will say that’s nothing, I’d be pretty annoyed. Love a round number.

    10. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Congrats!

    11. JJO
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Wow double my score 🙂

    12. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Jeeeezus!

    13. mookie
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Cheers guys!

    14. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Christ. Superb.

    15. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Excellent!

    16. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      You're allowed to with that score. Nice one!

    17. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Sensational! Updated OR?

    18. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Fantastic!

    19. Old Bull
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Amazing score, almost three times my pathetic effort

    20. MightyGar
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      If you can't celebrate after a score like that when can you? Good work!

  5. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Freaking hate Kane.

  6. michaelington
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    How did DCL look?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Donkey status locked in.

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Like Rich stole his mojo

  7. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Anyone else totally defeated after this dgw?

    My BB raised 1o pts after u took a minus 8 to get Barnes and Aina in LOL!!!!

    Capt Dcl(my rivals had Richarlson of course.)

    Really dripped down the ml ranks and not sure how to play out the rest of season as normally I'm near the top or leading

    Any advice?

    1. michaelington
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Don’t take hits for a BB next time.

      Captain players you can trust. Personally couldn’t trust DCL with such responsibility.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      I feel sick tbh ... about -33% rank drop!

      1. MoSalad
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        -85% here smashing it

      2. camarozz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        Yeah worst dgw/bb ever. Not an over statement to say my season is over tbf. That's why I don't know how play it out

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Season keeps going until the last game. Unlucky this week, maybe lucky next. Got to roll with the punches.

  8. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    So that’s 112 (-4) all out... who would have thought that Keane (16) would be my highest scoring DGW player with Kane (c)

  9. NULL-X-VOID
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Jota on the bench, on the watchlist for a Mo > Jota switch given Pool's fixture swing

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Rotation risk, every game. Might as well have a City asset.

  10. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Hahaha
    After Tot-Burnley my only return was Gundo assist
    What a f disaster

  11. Bushwhacker
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Can we just stop the bragging numbers. NOBODY CARES.

    1. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      This

    2. michaelington
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      115 with Rudiger and Salah to go.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        Very nice.

    3. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      This place is a circus anyway so whatever just got to roll with it

    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      I care. A lot of people on here are great posters and nice people. It’s nice to see some of them doing well.

    5. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Why are you here?

    6. Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Your ALL CAPS post says otherwise.

  12. KEN YA DIG IT
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Need a Salah goal to silence the haters

  13. Bollard
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Right, my strategy is BB in gw29 - no following the crowd here anymore!

  14. arkom
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

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

    Dallas / Digne / Barnes

    1 FT (0,8£ ITB)

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

  15. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Nifty Keane pick by Ville
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/617620/event/26

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Would have been niftier if he started Holgate

    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      300 K overall. lol

  16. MoSalad
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    I love the what if tool on LiveFPL

    1 Goal from Salah = Small rank drop
    2 Goals from Salah = Massive Green
    3 Goals from Salah = Scenes

    Come on Mo TC punish those casuals!

    1. JJO
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      How can you drop with Salah TC goal?

      1. jammie26
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        Just what i was thinking.

        1. MoSalad
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 24 days ago

          Cause I’m -86% rank drop before the game

  17. Custard Gannet
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    I swear I seem to be the only person that's had a complete shocker.
    69 points, TC Kane and a 40k rank drop.

    1. MoSalad
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      I’m worse currently haha!

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Similar here 40k rank drop 72(-4)

    3. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      You were not, believe me. But ofc you will only see people boasting huge scores in here...

    4. camarozz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Try 300k rank drop

      1. Custard Gannet
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        Surely not...?

  18. Krafty Werks
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Fantastic, all i needed was one of Son, Kane(tc) or Maja to get a single return in that match and i am through to the final of my cash league cup and in the money as runner-up at least...but with all those blanks i now lose by 2pts!! Broken!!

    1. MoSalad
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Ouch

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Sorry man

    3. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Ouch

  19. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    30 points and a goal a game since selling Rich

    Hate that mother&@$er

  20. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    i'm looking for things to smash after that TC Kane fail

    1. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      It's not that bad.
      Compared to Mane (TC) last year, 8 pts although not great is totally acceptable.

    2. Ian J
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      I Triple Captained DCL - you succeeded

  21. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Just noticed Digne has bumped up to 2 baps in the last minutes. Nice 🙂

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      *final minutes

  22. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    102 with Salah to go but still a Kane TC that freaking sucks

    1. MoSalad
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Good score though

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Not fair you're moaning, many have rough DGWs

    3. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Gotta be happy with 100 this week, top10k avg 80

  23. Gemma817
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    100 (net with BB) with Salah (c) to go on. Wish I picked Shaw instead of Dier on WC25. Couldve had 12 more pts. Still should be pretty satisfied right? Just sitting pretty outside the 200k mark.

  24. NULL-X-VOID
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Having captained your highest scoring player for that GW is such a fulfilling vibe

    1. Esalman
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      I can't recall the last time I did that tbh

  25. Mile Plankton
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Dier, you pice of sh1te

    1. Gemma817
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Feel you mate...

    2. Mile Plankton
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      *piece, whatever

    3. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Worst pick ever..

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        I had him for 8 gws.. F me

  26. Esalman
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Fair play Richarlison and Keane, would never have the b**** to C then over Bruno.

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Owning is enough

  27. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Reliable source told me that Salah is going to score brace tonight

  28. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Brought in Richarlison and Digne to keep DCL(c) company....that softened the blow a bit...

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Inspired

      1. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        Worth saying....if that’s the standard of 4th place football in the prem right now then football is in a pretty bad place. This none crowd thing has about run it’s length with the players I think.

        1. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 24 days ago

          I think the fixture congestion and the crowds have sapped a lot of the energy, but this is usually the boring part of the season when teams tighten up and rotate with other comps, so it’s to be expected..

          1. Dr Dream
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 24 days ago

            Put the channel that’s got no enhanced crowd noise...it’s dreadful.

            It doesn’t take much imagination to consider what the players must be saying to each other in private....pretty much wanting this to come to an end now. The standard of footy has definitely nose dived since Christmas.

    2. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      Nice going Cannonball.

      1. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        *Cannibal

  29. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    second half of the double has been abysmal

    Couldnt crack 30 points, thankfully it was part of a double and not a single would have been my worst gw this season.

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 24 days ago

      On 38 with Salah also, wraps up a disappointing week for popular picks

      1. ZimZalabim
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 24 days ago

        I needed 38 to crack 100 and was foolishly thinking I could and should get between 110 and 120 but massively failed.

        1. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 24 days ago

          I jinxed it by saying 150 was in reach

  30. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 24 days ago

    Rival own Dier and his first player on the bench is Luke Shaw. Masterclass.