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6 February 2021 1428 comments
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Jesse Lingard (£6.0m) has earned a second successive start in a West Ham shirt for a Gameweek 23 trip to Fulham.

The Manchester United loanee netted a brace on his debut for the Hammers and will be hoping for more good fortunes at Craven Cottage.

As he did against Aston Villa, Lingard lines up as a number 10 in David Moyes’ 4-2-3-1 formation, flanked by Saïd Benrahma (£6.0m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.1m), who comes back into the side at the expense of Ryan Fredericks (£4.2m).

That attacking-midfield trio supports centre-forward Michail Antonio (£6.7m) who comes into Gameweek 23 as a bona fide captain option.

After coming third in this week’s Fantasy Football Scout poll, the West Ham forward has been handed the armband by 20.6% of the top 10,000 Fantasy Premier League managers this weekend.

Bowen’s return is the only change Moyes makes on Saturday afternoon, keeping faith in the defensive midfield pairing of Tomas Soucek (£5.4m) and Declan Rice (£4.7m) in front of Aaron Cresswell (£5.7m), Angelo Ogbonna (£5.0m), Craig Dawson (£4.5m) and Vladimir Coufal (£4.7m).

There will be plenty of attention on the left and right full-backs considering their recent creative output.

Cresswell might have the advantage tonight considering six of his eight assists this season have come in on the road, while no West Ham defender has created as many chances as him over the last four matches.

Having conceded twice in each of their last two league matches, after an encouraging run of defensive form, Fulham come into Gameweek 23 with a rare change at the back.

Ola Aina (£4.5m) drops out of the back-three for the first time this season, replaced there by right-back Kenny Tete (£4.3m).

Key central midfielder André-Franck Zambo Aguissa (£4.5m) finds himself among the substitutes too, with Mario Lemina (£4.5m) and Harrison Reed (£4.4m) handed the starting berths today.

Aleksandar Mitrović (£5.5m) is also on the bench, with Ivan Cavaleiro (£ leading the line in front of Ademola Lookman (£5.0m) and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (£5.9m).

Gameweek 23 Starting Line-ups

Fulham XI (3-4-2-1): Areola; Adarabioyo, Andersen, Tete; A Robinson, Lemina, Reed, De Cordova-Reid; Lookman, Loftus-Cheek; Cavaleiro.

West Ham United XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Dawson, Coufal; Rice, Soucek; Benrahma, Lingard, Bowen; Antonio.

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  1. Begbie.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Would you sell Maddison for Soucek?

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No

  2. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Creswell lovely whip.

  3. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Antonio/Bowen inches away there !

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Soucek post

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      link?

  5. jdoyle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Cresswell has a brilliant cross on him.

  6. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Boring move but actually considering just doing stones > Dias next week

  7. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Antonio lad, start netting some goals.

    1. estheblessed
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I'm starting to think may be Bruno was a better option 🙁

  8. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pain

  9. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dammit. Cresswell to Soucek would have been amazing.

  10. WVA
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    May well sell Grealish for Soucek at this rate, ridiculous

    1. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Considering it myself. He's not even that good either, just another big Fellaini type but it makes him so dangerous.

  11. Forgetmeknot
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Rather than buying Antonio I decided to sell Areola thus nullifying any potential Antonio points

    1. estheblessed
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Your logic is messed up!

      1. Forgetmeknot
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Tongue in cheek but working so far!

  12. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is Benrahma a baller?

    Y/N

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      N

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 1 month ago

        N

        Still plays like he's in the championship, if he can adapt the talent is there

    3. DAZZ
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      To early for Antonio fail?

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yes.. Whu not in the game yet.

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I'm already giving up on this GW really.

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Fudgy?

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Unmasked, it was me all along.

            1. Pep Roulette
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              I'm starting to actually believe in this theory.

        2. Lazaretti
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I already gave up. Did Peacock to Pope benched Martinez own Wilson.

      3. Egg noodle
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        10 more mins

    4. Pep Roulette
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The way Fulham are playing, I see another captain fail for me.

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Same. I'll be totally punished by Bruno cappers

      2. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        The way West Ham are I do ..

    5. Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lingard rather overrated in media. Did they not see both the goals he scored? On another day he'd have blanked.

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Those goals were the main reason I benchef Martinez instead of DDG.

      2. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        20 mins in, think I've heard his name once.

    6. Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Cresswell the bap boss

    7. KGFC
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Fulham playing with purpose here... Think they'll nick a goal or two

    8. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Fulham look up for this.

    9. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Triple West Ham not doing the business for me today it seems.

    10. Stranger Mings
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Is mee still best Burnley defender?

      1. jimmy.floyd
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Never was

      2. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Tarkowski typically the bigger goal threat.

        1. Stranger Mings
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Ok cheers both I will consider Tarkowski

    11. jimmy.floyd
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      DDG Cresswell Wilson to Pope Lowton DCL(-4)? Have AWB and Coufal

    12. Legohair
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What is best stragedy if i have WC,BB and TC left???

    13. JELLYFISH
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What happened to Wilson today then?

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Looked like hammer time.

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Injured. Hamstring strain.

      3. George Agdgdgwngo
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ham

        1. JELLYFISH
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks guys, I feared as much. Sums up my season that does

    14. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Has Antonio touched it yet ?

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Not much, that kind of game

    15. sunzip14
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If West Ham cross the 27 min mark without conceding, I see CS for them 🙂 Just my weird superstition!

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Happy to go along with this

      2. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Get in

    16. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio Soucek blanks locked in then

    17. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Could be a low scoring gw

    18. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Wild Card in rage after a bad week.

      Spend 4 weeks setting your team up to bench boost when there's a double game week. Only for it go horribly wrong and realised you're team is in shite.

      Bottle it and end up playing TC Salah on the final week of the season.

      1. FantasyTony
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Replying to legohair

    19. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Souceck close

    20. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Soucek miss