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Leeds defence boosted by return of Cooper as Mitrovic starts for Fulham

Fantasy Premier League managers will get a first look at Leeds’ defence with their club captain involved today.

Liam Cooper (£4.5m) missed the Gameweek 1 trip to Liverpool with a minor injury and watched his colleagues concede four times.

Gameweek 2 appears to be more of a standard fixture for the Whites this season and, with interest in Stuart Dallas (£4.5m) and Luke Ayling (£4.5m), his contribution will certainly something to watch today.

Outside of that change, Marcelo Bielsa has retained faith in the other 10 players from the Anfield loss.

As Pascal Struijk (£4.0m) drops to the bench, there are second starts of the campaign for Patrick Bamford (£5.6m), Jack Harrison (£5.5m), Mateusz Klich (£5.5m), Hélder Costa (£5.5m) and Pablo Hernández (£6.0m).

Fulham are boosted by a returning player of their own, as Aleksandar Mitrović (£6.0m) comes into the starting line-up after a minor injury forced Scott Parker to bench him for Gameweek 1.

The Serbian forward is supported by a three-man attacking midfield of Aboubakar Kamara (£5.0m), Josh Onomah (£5.0m) and Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.5m).

Tom Cairney (£5.5m) drops to the bench to allow André-Franck Zambo Anguissa (£4.5m) to pair with Harrison Reed (£4.5m) in holding midfield while Alphonse Areola (£4.5m) replaces Marek Rodák (£4.5m) in goal.

Leeds United XI: Meslier; Dallas, Cooper, Koch, Ayling; Phillips; Harrison, Hernández, Klich, Costa; Bamford.

Fulham XI: Areola; Bryan, Hector, Odoi, Tete; Reed, Zambo Anguissa; Kamara, Onomah, Cavaleiro; Mitrović.

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  1. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Is Bamford essential at his price?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      yeah for a casual

    2. Manani
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      i'd wait for a game that is not against fulham to make sure

      1. Meinhoff
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        He scored vs Liverpool a week ago.

    3. Captain Vantastic™
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      He scored yes he is essential and season keeper.

    4. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No

    5. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No

    6. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      He is a great option really, especially since Rodrigo is probably gonna play AMC

    7. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      You are either a fool or a genius to own him. Time will tell

    8. SB007
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Happy DCL owner and Bamf on a WC this week

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Look at his upcoming fixtures - string of proper defences.

        1. Hattrick Harry
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Worse than Liverpool, I dont think so

  2. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Bamford is a world class striker. Casuals riding the GW1 goal are the winners

  3. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    3 Everton attackers, 3 Leeds attackers.

    Who takes the other spot?

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Whichever team does well next of course

      • Bubz
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Mitrovic

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Sorted!

      • badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Whoever is the most captainable playing WBA/Fulham.

      • Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Wolves

    2. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Costa got 3 goals in the championship last year

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Stepped up to a farmer's league

        • SEXY SON
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          That’s him done for this season then

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

        Mitrovic brace needed for max baps

      3. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Who would you have for the foreseeable future?

        a. Klich
        b. Podence

        Cheers

        1. BrockLanders
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Klich

          1. Herman Toothrot
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Costa 5.5 too

        2. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Flip a coin

        3. Manani
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Podence play Fulham in 2 weeks time, so him.

      4. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Has Bamford learned to finish?

        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          yup only against championship teams

          1. BenDavies
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            liverpool confirmed relegated this season

      5. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        LMS safety score currently -2.

        https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

        1. BenDavies
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          lol

        2. GOTHAM City F.C.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Easily over-performing on 0 here.

      6. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        A front line of Bamford Mitro and DCL enables Salah +Kdb +Auba +Fernandes

        1. BrockLanders
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Goodness

        2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          With what as your defence? Rubble?

        3. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          And Klich.

          My defence is all 4.5s - looks good to me

      7. Pedram
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Meh season of the casuals

      8. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Fulham and wba are just embarrassing

        Its like we have 2 norwichs in the same season

        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          If wba wearing the norwich kit wasn't a sign...

      9. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        So who thinks Liverpool destroy chelsea

        1. PogChamp
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Hoping for a 0-0

        2. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          nope

        3. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          I think Chelsea will play a back 5 and it'll be quite tight.

        4. Miniboss
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Full mayhem coming up, both sides are conceding for fun

        5. Pukki Party
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Think it will be a high scoring game.

      10. Free Hat
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Great start for a gw... not owning everton, leeds, mitro (and man utd) players! Auwch.

        1. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Dw I only have Hamez from that

        2. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Only have Pereira and Meslier so far!

      11. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Klich surely better option than Bamford at 5.5 if on pens?

      12. Jay Jay Okocha
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        WC draft:

        Martinez Steer
        James Saiss Justin KWP Mitchell
        Salah Sterling JRod Podence Bissouma
        Werner Jesus Jimenez

        Could do James and Jesus to Robbo and DCL alternatively

        1. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Martial instead of Jesus

        2. BrockLanders
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          No Klich????

        3. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          No Costa

      13. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Moral of the story, always have players who are against West Brom and Fulham

        1. Dr. Rog
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Can probably add West Ham, Brighton and palace to that list

          1. SADIO SANÉ
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            leave Palace out of this

            1. Dr. Rog
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 7 months ago

              Let’s judge after the united game!

        2. Lebowski85
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          As an Everton fan....I'm not used to seeing us score more than 1 or 2 goals. It rarely happens, so I went for Digne.

        3. SB007
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          This

      14. Dr. Rog
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Leeds xg delta over the first 2 games must be immense

      15. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Not Mitro G
        Not Mitro A

        1. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          involved in celebration?

      16. Captain Vantastic™
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Anything but another 5-2 please.

      17. tc93
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Is it too early to do Havertz to Rodriguez? Or should I wait and watch the chelsea game- but miss out on 0.1 price rise? Also really need the 1 mil to do Mitro to DCL in a couple of weeks time

        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          DCL will be 7.3 by the end of the week

        2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Silly to sell Havertz ahead of West Brom.

          You are asking for trouble.

          You missed the Hames points, I’d advise you are best just to get over it and concentrate on what you’ve got.

      18. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Bamford = Pukkhi in fpl terms

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Scored against Liverpool gw1 followed by a haul gw2

      19. Herman Toothrot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Zambooooo

      20. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        French Pickford.

      21. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Surely time to jump off Leeds defenders

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah very porous, staying away for sure

        2. bootsmanus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          All this talk about 'the casuals' is pathetic haha. Just straight up hating on people that made a better decision in this point of the game.

          1. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            The word "casual" is to posters on here like a red flag to a bull. Thats why people keep talking about casuals

        3. The Senate
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          How did Kalvin Phillips nab an England spot? We must be really lacking in CMs

          1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Just because he plays for Leeds, doesn’t make him a bad player.

            He’s quality.

        4. Ibra
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Which trio for WC team?

          A) Bruno, Hames & Shaw
          B) Bruno, Podence & Robbo
          C) Greenwood, Hames & TAA

          1. Dain Bramage
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            A

        5. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Leeds games are interesting

        6. Rolls-Royce
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          No Leeds player. Big fat red arrow.

          1. Garlana
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Try having just a Leeds defender

            1. Brosstan
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 7 months ago

              1 point is a green arrow 🙂

          2. Sim Simma
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Some have Leeds defenders 🙂

        7. pablo discobar
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Cash league, 1 Richardson triple captain and 1 Bamford captain. Great