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Bielsa honours Leeds line-up reveal as Benrahma earns first start for West Ham

11 December 2020 1115 comments
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Marcelo Bielsa has stuck true to his word with Leeds United’s line-up for a Gameweek 12 meeting with West Ham United.

The Whites’ manager revealed his starting XI on Wednesday during his pre-match press conference, endearing himself to Fantasy Premier League managers once again.

It means Patrick Bamford (£6.2m) starts up-front in search of his ninth Premier League goal of the season, supported by Rodrigo (£5.7m) and Mateusz Klich (£5.5m) in central midfield.

Jack Harrison (£5.4m) and Raphinha (£5.4m) provide the width while Luke Ayling (£4.5m) fills in at centre-back with Robin Koch (£4.5m) and Diego Llorente (£4.4m) out injured.

That sees Stuart Dallas (£4.6m) shift to right-back and allows Ezgjan Alioski (£4.4m) to keep his place in the team, filling in at left-back.

West Ham have absentees of their own, namely Michail Antonio (£6.2m) and Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m).

That has forced David Moyes to ditch his favoured 3-4-2-1 formation in order to play Aaron Cresswell (£5.2m) at left-back in a back-four, joined there by Angelo Ogbonna (£4.9m), Fabian Balbuena (£4.4m) and Vladimir Coufal (£4.6m).

Saïd Benrahma (£6.0m) finally gets his first Premier League start for West Ham having already registered two assists in just 79 minutes-worth of substitute appearances. He features on the left-hand side of attacking midfield while Pablo Fornals (£6.4m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m) join him in support of centre-forward Sebastien Haller (£6.1m).

Leeds United XI (4-1-4-1): Meslier; Alioski, Cooper, Ayling, Dallas; K Phillips; Harrison, Rodrigo, Klich, Raphinha; Bamford.

West Ham United XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Balbuena, Coufal; Rice, Soucek; Benrahma, Fornals, Bowen; Haller.

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  1. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 days ago

    Need a bigger haul than before from Salah to make that Cancelo to Dallas hit worth it then

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    1. zotter
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      Might work out next game .... v Covid united

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    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      Why pick Dallas when he lost his oop factor?

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      1. zotter
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Still a very attacking full back

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      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Cheap, attacking, nice fixtures, what’s not to like.

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  2. King Kohli
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 days ago

    Even Meslier's 3 points a game feel like an upgrade from Martinez!

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    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      I like having him. He'll get a lot of save points with the way Leeds play. The occasional clean sheet could give him 11 pointers randomly.

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      1. King Kohli
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Exactly the reason why I got him

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  3. Bram
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    • 16 Years
    5 years, 2 days ago

    Early GW Averages;

    Top 10k
    4.09-0.73 = 3.36 from 0.96/12.08

    Overall
    3.62-1.06 = 2.55 from 0.84/12.06

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    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      10 from 2 🙂

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  4. WE GO FOR IT
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 days ago

    Didn't watch the match but happy with returns from Soucek and Bamford, both of which I got in on WC.
    14 + (hopefully) 2 BAPs looks like nice start.

    Saw that Alioski got subbed off at HT. Any injury concerns? Or just tactical?

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    1. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      Tactical

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      1. WE GO FOR IT
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Cheers! 🙂
        Hopefully, he keeps his spot next week. Got a good fixture and I planned to save my FT. Still a long way to go with 9 matches remaining.

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    2. Hazz
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      Afflicted by the scouts curse.

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      1. Bram
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        • 16 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Indeed - triple Leeds in the Scout Picks - all 3 got subbed!

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      2. WE GO FOR IT
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Ha-ha! True.

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    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      Why wouldn’t you be happy with them? Hate Soucek though

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      1. WE GO FOR IT
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Haha..I can understand. He is that sort of player when you play him, he blanks, and when you bench him, he scores. Luckily, I got it right this time. Hopefully, you'll get his luck soon as well.

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        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 days ago

          Haha fair play Man. Nah i won’t be touching him now, can’t justify bringing him in over any of my power 5 mids, not even for the double.

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  5. zotter
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 2 days ago

    Two weeks in a row benches soucek

    Who do I bench for soucek next week

    Dallas. Lamptey. Chilwell. Trent.
    Salah. Son. Jack. Kdb
    Dcl. Bamford

    A. Dallas. NEW
    B. LAmptey. Ful
    C. Chilwell. Wol
    D. Son. Liv
    E. Dcl. Lei

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      He’ll just dry up now anyway, that’s his quota done, now for droughts.

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      1. zotter
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        I think so. Bench him yeah ? Other five all sound?

        Also would you use 2m itb to upgrade son to Bruno ?

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        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 days ago

          I wouldn’t start him over any of them next week, sound for sure.
          Damn I love Son, but can understand the appeal with Bruno having SHU and Son having LIV. Thankfully I have both but that’s a tough decision. I probably would yes, providing bringing Son back if no Kane.

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    2. Forever In Our Shadow
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      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      All fart and no poo lamptey.

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      1. camarozz
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Bit like Soucek then. Sold him 2 gws ago ffs

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  6. Sun Jihai
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    • 14 Years
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    Best sub 5.8m forward - go cheap with Brewster or is Welbeck actually a decent option?

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    1. Forever In Our Shadow
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      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      That 1m can be used on mids or defence. Surely neither would be regular stayers fit you?

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      1. Forever In Our Shadow
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        • 12 Years
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        Starters for*

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  7. Danstoke82
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 days ago

    Is Reece James a good downgrade on Chilwell? Need to raise funds

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    1. Forever In Our Shadow
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      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 days ago

      Looks the perfect value equivalent. What’s not to like. I did it this week.

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      1. Danstoke82
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 days ago

        Cheers!

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  8. Winners900
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    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 days ago

    Went for Watkins over Wilson? Thoughts on that. Tough..

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  9. GROBARI
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 13 hours ago

    PMG Vardy

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    1. GROBARI
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      5 years, 13 hours ago

      OMG*

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  10. GROBARI
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 13 hours ago

    Justin A

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