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Watford v Spurs team news: Lucas joins Son and Kane in front three

The in-form Son Heung-min and Harry Kane face the only Premier League side without a clean sheet this season in the day’s solitary 3pm kick-off.

Son has six attacking returns in his last five appearances, while it’s three in three for Kane.

Watford v Tottenham Hotspur is the next Double Gameweek 21 fixture off the rank, following Manchester City’s last-gasp win over Arsenal.

There are no real surprises with the Spurs teamsheet, with Son and Kane joined by Lucas Moura in a front three at Vicarage Road.

The Brazilian is one of two players recalled to Antonio Conte’s starting XI, with Oliver Skipp also returning. Harry Winks and Dele Alli drop to the bench, while Giovani Lo Celso is also among the substitutes after overcoming a calf problem.

Claudio Ranieri has made three changes following his side’s 4-1 defeat by West Ham on Tuesday, with William Troost-Ekong, Imran Louza and Ken Sema back in the line-up.

Kiko Femenia is injured, while Cucho Hernandez and Ozan Tufan drop to the bench.

Ben Foster is not ready to return despite stepping up his training this week.

Son scored the only goal of the game when these sides last met in August, although the teams were under different management at that point.

Sergio Reguilon claimed maximum bonus points to supplement his clean sheet in that fixture.

GAMEWEEK 21 LINE-UPS

Watford XI: Bachmann, Troost-Ekong, Sierralta, Cathcart, Masina, Sissoko, Louza, Kucka, Sema, King, Dennis.

Subs: Angelini, Ngakia, Cleverley, Pedro, Gosling, Fletcher, Tufan, Hernandez, Morris.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Emerson, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Reguilon, Moura, Son, Kane.

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Winks, Gil, Rodon, Lo Celso, Alli, Tanganga, Ndombele.

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  1. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I was joking earlier but that really is a lucky decision

  2. Radzio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Lol, ref saying Lloris got the ball but he clearly didn't, why not VAR?! Awful ref, probably the worst in PL, also stopping Joao Pedro before and giving YC to Skipp

    1. Stockport Hatter
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      On sky sports news they watched the slow motion replay having thought it was a penalty. There said he got the ball, no pen

  3. Pacer.
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    What's gone wrong with VAR lately. We've gone from tonnes of marginal lengthy decisions to completely inexplicable bad calls every week

    1. Tcheco
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Scrap the bloody thing

      1. Pratik
        • 15 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        That doesn’t make the situation better.

    2. CRAZY TRAIN
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      It was always wrong

  4. Kodap
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    My main rival in both leagues has captained Antonio, I’ve gone for Bowen.. interesting game for sure

    1. European Bob
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Regardless of what happens, you've made the right call

  5. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Another medical issue in the crowd

  6. fricky_
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Oh no

  7. Bobby Digital
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Sanchez a young Ledley King

  8. JBG
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Spurs will now win this after that bad, bad pen call from the ref.

  9. MikeS
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone else hoping Liverpool game gets called off? Got some nice points on the bench

    1. fricky_
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      That would make Dennis, Foden and Dalot come off the becnh. No thanks.

    2. Mozumbus
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yes. Silva warming the bench. Bachman is also on the bench for Guita, but that's a catch 22: have got westham triple up with Antonio(c)

  10. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Incident in the crowd

  11. fricky_
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Not this again man

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Actually that man

  12. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    OK Watford, you can score now

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      But only if CHE/LIV gets postponed.

  13. Tcheco
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Dennis missed his flight and came back

    1. fplgaruda
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lol

  14. Mozumbus
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Benched Guita for Bachman last week. Did the opposite this week! It's getting too predictable.

  15. Dušan Citizen
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    This is unreal and very strange how many situations with fans needing medical help happened recently

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Cant help but think it’s related to Covid

      1. Mozumbus
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        There was a WhatsApp message circulating around about death of 4 footballers/players on the field if I remember correctly a few days back. I checked on Google, it was all correct. First thing came in my mind was covid. Not sure how correct this perception is.

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I think it has to be covid related.

      1. FPL DONKEY
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Wasn't happening so much last year though, was it?

        1. JONALDINHO
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          No crowds

          1. FPL DONKEY
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            There were crowds at the start of this season

            1. JONALDINHO
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              And incidents were happening

            2. FPL DONKEY
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Sorry, meant last season

        2. Mozumbus
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Last year we didn't have the inventory of covid survivors

      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        The amount of these has risen so much, that hard to think that it could be just coincidence. Haven't checked a lot of medical articles, but at least after severe covid the risk to die during next year was quite big.

    3. Pacer.
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nothing has changed except awareness and response

      1. Scots Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Nah, there's definitely an increase in incidents.

        1. Pacer.
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          How do you know this since previously it wouldve just been st Johns people attend and often games just continued unawares. A couple of recent incidents to high profile players have increased awareness and expectation that onsite specialists respond to crowd incidents. This has zero to do with covid

          1. Scots Gooner
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            'This has zero to do with covid'

            Firstly, I didn't say it was down to Covid.

            Secondly, how do you know?

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Well you're both wrong

                Because you both don't know whether it has increased or not, I doubt you have evidence and stats to hand on either side

              • Pacer.
                • 10 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Just using some common sense. Team medics now respond to these incidents as a matter of course, which requires stopping the game whilst they're busy.

                When others upthread make multiple assumptions, including your increase in incidents, it's worth pointing out the obvious

        2. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          You really mean that they let people die earlier?!?

      2. Dušan Citizen
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Not sure if it's because of virus or the vaccine, but I'm really worried

        1. Dušan Citizen
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          I mean, heart attackes existed before, but this incrase is awful

        2. jason_ni
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          One of those 2 things attacks your respiratory system. The other helps prevent it.

          1. It’s A Joke
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Covid could cause it, not the vaccine; people haven’t been moving much over the last two years, so people are also unhealthier.

            1. Pacer.
              • 10 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              There's also a massive backlog of people who have not presented with early symptoms who will be taken more seriously I'll in the next year or so

              In this case it just seems more probably that we actually are made aware it's happening because of the change in response, rather than commentators either not even knowing or mentioning in passing that St John's are responding to something in the crowd. Which happened just as regularly as this

        3. Boss Hogg
          • 15 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          “...or the vaccine”.
          Step away from social media for a bit eh?

        4. FantasyTony
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Let's not blame the vaccine based on absolutely nothing.

      3. Tcheco
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Players having breathing/heart issues too

        1. Dušan Citizen
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Yup, God help us

        2. MikeS
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Breathing and heart issues more likely if you get the virus and unvaccinated

      4. have you seen cyan
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        relax guys, these things happen, it wont be related to covid, aliens, or anything like that

      5. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I read somewhere a couple of months ago that they've only recently started stopping games becuase of it. I don't know if that's the case, but if so then maybe it was happening at the same rate without our knowledge.

    4. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      What a depressing game this has been.

    5. Feloh
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Kane + Son double up has been a waste the last 2 weeks.

    6. Kodap
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      How many times has this happened in recent times? Can’t remember this ever happening before

      1. FPL DONKEY
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        It's all a big coincidence

      2. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        They just didn't stop matches in olden days.

        1. JONALDINHO
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          What about 2 years ago?

          1. potatoace
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            "Olden days"

            1. JONALDINHO
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              So they only decided this season to stop games if a fan was having a cardiac arrest?

              1. potatoace
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Not exactly.
                They are stopping games on any sort of medical incident. Cardiac arrests have not been the reason for all these stoppages
                Its just an issue of greater awareness.

                I used to steward a first division team . Practically every other match you were called upon coz someone taken a turn . Sometimes it was more serious...but the match was never stopped

        2. jason_ni
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          This.

    7. Pratik
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      It doesn’t feel like Regulion is as nailed as we thought.

      1. Pratik
        • 15 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Early subs from conte, poor crossing….I think Emerson royale looks like a better pick on the other side imo

      2. asr
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        It seems that when Conte wants to move to a 4-4-2 or similar system, Regulion is the one that makes way

      3. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Just rested surely, Kane and Son both were subbed last week

        1. Pratik
          • 15 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Performances aren’t great, don’t think Conte is a fan.

          1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Hmmm maybe. He did seem to be talking up Sessegnon before he had that setback recently and he looked decent

    8. Ron_Swanson
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      amazing how often someone in the crowd is taken ill these days - hope he/she's ok

    9. fricky_
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Phew.

    10. ZeBestee
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      It's either covid or the vaccine. It's just not normal to have this kind of situations very often. Anyway Covid has changed a lot in the world going forward, what an awful thing to happen. Things will never be the same again.

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Calm down ye fanny

        1. ZeBestee
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          I am calm.

      2. alsybach
        • 15 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        You got your Tin hat on mate?

      3. Boss Hogg
        • 15 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Go for a walk and turn off your phone for a bit.

    11. 272MK
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      10pts behind in cup

      Antonio vs Cavani
      Gray vs Jota
      Alonso vs Mendy
      DeGea vs Brentfond
      Livra

      Who win?

      1. 272MK
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Mine is on the left side

      2. Mr. O'Connell
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        If they have the whole Brentford team, I reckon them.

        1. 272MK
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Lol. I mean 1 Brentford defenders. Hahaha

    12. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lucas CS banked
      Gil on

    13. fplgaruda
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A late new year party for watford first clean sheet?

    14. Lallana_
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lucas CS point locked in

      *pops champagne*

    15. ZeBestee
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Antonio (TC).

      Nothing to lose hopefully.

      1. Thanos
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Will you all the best!

        1. ZeBestee
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Thanks mate.

    16. SAUCY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Trust Watford to somehow sort their defensive woes out the exact week they face Kane and Son who I own.
      Ridiculous

    17. Moxon
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      What is your chip strategy?

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Keep eating them until I’m full…and then try and squeeze a few more in.

    18. Zilla
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Didn't know that a lot of anti-vaxxers are here

      1. Rainer
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        No surprise with the one on the last page.

        Beyond clueless.

        1. fricky_
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          BB 22, FH 30 WC not sure

          1. fricky_
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            wrong post

        2. Dušan Citizen
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Your arrogancy and toxicness are the only things that are beyond anything tbh

          1. Digital-Real
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Agree, well said.

      2. Will Kane
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        THEY'RE HERE!!! THEY'RE ALREADY HERE!!!!

        FYI this is a film reference, I haven't just gone insane

      3. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        If you say you thought an increase in heart attacks and the vaccine may be related it doesn’t make you an anti vaxxer and suggesting so is offensive and moronic

        1. FantasyTony
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          If someone came on here and related the increase to the release of the Greggs festive bake, I would consider them moronic.

          Conflating it with the vaccine is the exact same thing.

        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            2 years, 10 months ago

            That's not what is happening though is it?

            There *seems* to be an increase of health incidents at football matches, and people go aha vaccine!... When there's a virus known to attack the lungs around

            1. alsybach
              • 15 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Well said!

            2. On The Up
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Exactly. Statically there 100s if not 1000s with Covid in the ground

            3. Do I Not Like Orange
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Exactly. If you lean towards the vaccine rather than the virus as the cause, it says something about your influences or motivations.

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  2 years, 10 months ago

                  It's the equivalent of your spouse coming home and a few times a month they say "terrible weather out there" and you go "tornado?!" Every time

            4. Dušan Citizen
              • 10 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Thank you! I never said don't get jabbed.

          • Nate(U)dog(ie)
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Unfortunately they're everywhere and take any chance to tell you why you're now infected with 5G but how they can save you if you overthrow your government

          • fplgaruda
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            The same that got depressed of plenty postponement and rage quit fpl perhaps

          • Kodap
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            I’m not an anti vaxxer by any stretch, but it is definitely worrying how many of these incidents have happened in the last 2 years.

          • ZeBestee
            • 10 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Sometimes it's easy to brush things aside as far as it doesn't affect you or your loved ones. But yeah let's accept everything without scrutinizing.

          • Bunk Moreland
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            The link between the vaccine and heart problems is well established.

            1. Do I Not Like Orange
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Not as well established as the link between the virus and heart problems.

              1. Bunk Moreland
                • 9 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Generally correct, although young men have a higher chance of getting myocarditis or pericarditis from the vaccine than from COVID.

                1. Crunchie
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  2 years, 10 months ago

                  This is absolutely true, especially in children.