Fantasy football tips for gameweek 12: Diogo Jota, Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Mohamed Salah
Last updated on18 November 2021 18 November 2021.
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Alistair Bruce-Ball
It is a classic 'form versus fixtures' debate in fantasy football as Tottenham start a run of appetising games by playing host to Leeds on Sunday, then it's a trip to Burnley, followed by two more home games against Brentford and Norwich.
In recent seasons, there would have been no hesitation in getting one or both of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min in your team, sitting back and watching them make hay.
But this Tottenham team have scored just nine goals in 11 Premier League games this season - only Norwich have scored fewer - and they haven't managed a shot on target in their past 225 minutes of league football.
Now clearly that is going to change under Antonio Conte, although creating chances still looked a struggle in the goalless draw at Everton in gameweek 11, so the questions are: do you want to trust in that expected improvement and get on board at the start, do you want to wait and see how it plays out under Conte, or are you just going to go looking for your goals elsewhere?
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You will also want to factor into the equation how many times you might captain your Tottenham assets in the coming weeks, particularly if you're also a Mohamed Salah owner - which most of us are.
If you're not planning to give them the armband, then are they worth the big investment?
I know lots of you have already taken the plunge - almost 20% of managers own Son, who's been a popular pick since the start of the season, although Kane's ownership at the time of writing is still below 10%.
He costs a lot more at £12.2m, so it might need a few transfers for some of you to make that move happen, but rest assured managers will pile in if Conte's team allow him to demonstrate some of the finishing skills he showed in an England shirt recently.
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