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Fulham v Tottenham: Sky Sports Six-a-Side Elite Player report

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This Sunday's Sky Sports Six-a-Side match-up sees Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham travel to Fulham, live on Super Sunday from 4pm.

Injuries have hit Tottenham's squad with Harry Kane and Moussa Sissoko out for a sustained period of time, while Heung-Min Son is playing in the Asian Cup for South Korea. Those absences could give Fulham forward Aleksandar Mitrovic a chance to turn his recent form around.

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He has scored in all three of his Premier League matches against Tottenham, who have lost two of their last three and have seen themselves dragged back into the top four race, one point above Chelsea and seven ahead of Arsenal and in-form Manchester United.

Claudio Ranieri's Fulham are struggling for form too and sit 19th in the Premier League, five points adrift of safety. Since Ranieri tasted victory against Southampton in his first match in charge, Fulham have just a solitary win from their last nine games, a last-minute victory over Huddersfield - so it will be a tough encounter for both teams.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane goes down injured
Image: Harry Kane will be out for a short while, which will prove a big blow for Spurs

Despite Kane's injury, 19.2 per cent of Six-a-Side players have selected the Tottenham talisman as their Elite Player, yet the other three choices have the capabilities to rack up a hefty points haul from this fixture. Take a look at the contenders and choose your Sky Sports Six-a-Side team.

Aleksandar Mitrovic

The Serbia international striker has eight Premier League goals to his name for Fulham, despite only registering one in his last eight games, which emphasises how good his start to the season was.

Mitrovic has created 15 chances for his Fulham colleagues this campaign and has picked up 68 Six-a-Side points from winning fouls, yet he has also registered 74 points from clearances, proving he can be important from set-pieces for Claudio Ranieri's side.

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Aleksandar Mitrovic missed a host of chances as Fulham were held by Wolves
Image: Aleksandar Mitrovic has excelled in the air for Fulham so far

Most notably, Mitrovic has earned 280 points from successful aerial duels, only bettered by Steve Mounie of Huddersfield, which is a contributing factor as to why he has the most Six-a-Side points out of Elite Players with 1022.5 and boasts the highest average of Elite Players with 46.48 points per game.

Andre Schurrle

Schurrle has scored six goals this season and has created 20 chances for his Fulham team-mates, collectively accumulating 350 of his 654 Six-a-Side points.

Fulham's Andre Schurrle celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game
Image: Andre Schurrle has picked up his performances in recent weeks

His average Six-a-Side points tally for the season is 34.42, but in his last three games the German has registered 128.5 points, averaging 42.9 a match, with his one goal and five chances created during that time helping no end.

Schurrle has been shrewdly selected by 6.5 per cent of Sky Sports Six-a-Side competitors, the lowest out of the Elite Players, so if he pops up with a stand-out performance against an injury-stricken Tottenham side, you could be in with a chance of the jackpot.

Dele Alli

Alli has found the net six times for Tottenham this term and has chipped in with another 91 Six-a-Side points from the 13 chances he has made thus far.

Dele Alli celebrates scoring Tottenham's second goal against Arsenal
Image: Dele Alli will have a chance to fill the voids left by Kane and Son in the short-term

In his last five Premier League fixtures, Alli has averaged above his 37.5 total for the campaign as a whole, and has a good chance of doing so once again with no Kane, Son and Sissoko, meaning the spotlight will be shone on himself and Christian Eriksen.

This puts Alli as the obvious frontrunner of Elite Player choice, highlighted by the 58.5 per cent of Sky Sports Six-a-Side players who have backed the England international to shine at Craven Cottage.

Which Elite Player will make your Sky Sports Six-a-Side team?

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