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8 March 2021 1234 comments
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West Ham United will attempt to once again reduce the gap between themselves and a UEFA Champions League qualification spot to two points when they face Leeds United in east London tonight.

Kick-off at the London Stadium is at 20:00 GMT.

Chelsea were victorious over Everton in the early-evening fixture, leaving the Hammers five points adrift with two games in hand.

West Ham have won seven of their 10 Premier League matches this calendar year, scoring 17 goals in the process; only the two Manchester clubs have netted more.

Inconsistency has dogged Leeds’ otherwise commendable first season back in the top flight, with Marcelo Bielsa’s troops unable to string together more than two wins on the bounce.

There is plenty of interest in this fixture from a Fantasy perspective, with three players on each side owned by 10% of FPL bosses or more.

Patrick Bamford (£6.8m) features in more than one in two Fantasy squads going into tonight’s game, while Aaron Cresswell (£5.8m) remains FPL’s most-owned defender.

On the team news front, there are two changes for the hosts.

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski (£5.0m) is fit again and replaces stand-in Darren Randolph (£4.3m), who himself is unavailable through injury.

Said Benrahma (£6.0m) comes in for Ben Johnson (£3.9m) as the Hammers change shape to a back four.

Bielsa has made only one alteration following his side’s defeat by Aston Villa last time out.

Kalvin Phillips (£4.9m) is back following his recent lay-off, replacing budget FPL defender Pascal Struijk (£4.0m) in the middle of the park.


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Llorente, Cooper, Dallas, Phillips, Costa, Roberts, Klich, Raphinha, Bamford.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Diop, Dawson, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Fornals, Lingard, Benrahma, Antonio.

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  1. Teahupo'o
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    DCL to Watkins -4 tonight or wait for Grealish in 29?

    1. Pompel
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nah, fancy DCL to break his duck vs Burnley

      1. Teahupo'o
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks. Hope you're right.

    2. not_astarte
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I have Watkins and am telling you for sure it's not worth it.

      1. Teahupo'o
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers.

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

    Prince Harry sucks up to Meghan

    + baps

    1. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      lol

  3. Pompel
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Felling stupid not seeing the obvious move this GW was to bring in Konsa or Targett to play over Dallas.

  4. FCSB
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    How the hell haven’t Leeds scored, they’ve dominated this game

  5. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    DCL to Kane worth a -4 this week? Or wait til GW29?

    I’m set for 10 players in GW29 so I suppose it’s kinda a -2!?

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      How is that a -2?

      1. chaser123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cuz I get an extra 2 points in GW29 by going from 10 players to 11 players. Just the same as if I took a hit in GW29....

        Do you disagree on the logic?

    2. ILOVEBAPS
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah. DCL not cutting it with Richarlison back

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

    Cresswell time.

    Soucek wins dangerous free.

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

      Rice just finished cooking.

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

    My season was actually going well, till I started planning for DGW’s.

    DGW’s have actually destroyed my my current squad. Full of useless, deadweight players and I just keeping holding them.

    1. It's Fergie Time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      mine too. I WC, planning for the 2 double GW / blank GW and my season has gone to hell since then

  8. davewg59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Does gw31 look better to wildcard than gw30 as some great good teams playing not so good ones?

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

      It sure does, massive fixture swing in GW31.
      Plus if you holding Leeds, Spurs and Villa players for GW29 they also have kind fixtures in GW30.

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

    Lingz making Ham tick

  10. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford sitter

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

      X3

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford sitter OMG

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    bamford is awful

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

    LOL

  14. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Oh Bam Bam

  15. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is Struijk injured or something ? didn’t even get a place on the bench ?

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

      Injured mate

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

        Well that sucks. Hope he is back for BGW29

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

        thanks, bought him as bench fodder because he may play in 29.

        I have owned him for 9 weeks in total this season and in that time he has gained just one point .. he is cursed for me 🙂

  16. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford is a joke

  17. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    idiot Bamford

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

    Raphinha needs out of there ASAP

  19. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford you useless ....

  20. BeWater
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What more does Bamford want. Got to feel for Raphinha with that kind of finishing around him. Shocking.

  21. Saka Punch
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wtf

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

    BAMFORD F**K OFF MAN! 😆

  23. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    That's it, I'm selling Bamford despite GW29

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

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

      This

    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He’s looked more like scoring than Antonio tbf

  24. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Did he cap himself?

  25. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford is so poor sometimes.

    1. EWH2020
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sometimes?

  26. KUN+10
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Unbelievable

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

    Bamford really needs to be back in the Championship.

    1. TOPCAT1960
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe he could save the Bluenoses of BCFC

  28. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I've had him since the start of the season but thinking Bam needs to go

  29. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Lingz YC

  30. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Just stick dallas up front