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There are notable absences on either side as high-flying West Ham United and Leicester City meet in east London this afternoon.

Kick off at the London Stadium is at 14:05 BST.

The non-availability of Michail Antonio (£6.6m) had been heavily signposted in David Moyes’ pre-match press conference, with the striker missing as expected today.

His place in the Hammers’ attack is taken by Jarrod Bowen (£5.9m), with the hosts otherwise unchanged from the 3-2 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers and still without the sidelined Declan Rice (£4.7m).

As for Leicester, Brendan Rodgers has made two changes to the side that started last weekend’s 2-0 home defeat by Manchester City.

Ricardo Pereira (£5.9m) and Dennis Praet (£5.2m) are recalled, with Marc Albrighton(£5.2m) and Ayoze Perez (£6.0m) making way.

Perez isn’t in the matchday squad and neither is James Maddison (£7.2m), with unconfirmed rumours alleging that the pair – along with Hamza Choudhury (£4.6m) – are absent for disciplinary reasons.

Rodgers poured more fuel onto that fire ahead of kick-off when guaranteeing their availability for next weekend’s FA Cup semi-final:

They’re not available for this game, but after this game, they’ll be fine. They’ll join the group next week and be ready for next week’s semi-final.

Two of the three most-bought players of Gameweek 31 feature in this match, with Jesse Lingard (£6.4m) and Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.9m) both heavily transferred in ahead of Friday’s deadline.


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Soucek, Noble, Fornals, Lingard, Masuaku, Bowen.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Amartey, Evans, Fofana, Pereira, Tielemans, Ndidi, Castagne, Praet, Iheanacho, Vardy.


GAMEWEEK 31 SO FAR…

Nick Pope (£5.5m) was absent from the Burnley squad on Sunday as the Clarets made it six matches without a clean sheet when succumbing to a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United.

Sean Dyche said of the England international:

We don’t think it’s too serious. He’s just not made today.

The partnership between budget forwards Chris Wood (£6.3m) and Matej Vydra (£4.8m) continues to reap points in Fantasy Premier League, with the former assisting the latter for the game’s opener.

Wood has five FPL attacking returns in his last four outings, with Vydra registering three goals and an assist in his five most-recent appearances.

Newcastle were, as they so often have been without their first-choice attack, ineffective until the second-half introduction of the fit-again Callum Wilson (£6.5m) and Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.1m).

It was the Frenchman who turned the game on its head, first teeing up wing-back Jacob Murphy (£4.9m) for the equaliser before grabbing the winner with a fine solo goal.

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  1. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1381256204828151808?s=20

    Brendan Rodgers axes James Maddison, Ayoze Perez & Hamza Choudhury for West Ham game after they breached Covid regulations. #lcfc say they are "extremely" disappointed. "We wholly expect our people to behave in a way that reflects the national effort."

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Big club mentality for a small club like Leicester

      1. teneighty
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Or just normal mentality during a pandemic as footballers are role models for a lot of youngsters, idk.

    2. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I wonder if this is just one game ban or it will have some more serious consequences.

  2. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    TOT-MUN, chance of 0-0 score?

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Low given history

    2. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Slim imo.

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      50/50

    4. _Gunner
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      1-2 or 2-2 I wish

    5. Moderately content penguin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      High

  3. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Come ooon Nacho, we need more nachos

  4. WVA
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Was there any update on the Neto knock? Need to know for my bench boost next week.

    Lloris
    TAA Castagne Shaw Rudiger
    Bruno Son Jota Lingard
    Kane Iheanacho
    Leno DCL Coufal Neto*?

    1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nothing I’ve seen as yet.

  5. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    If WHAM can stem the injuries they will get top four no doubt

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

    Why Bale is in Mourinho's bad books again ?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Zagreb scapegoat.

      Masters on the iPad too.

    2. MJF
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Scapegoat after not trying very hard against Arsenal from memory.

    3. Isco Disco
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      If a player says he came to the club only to regain match fitness for Euros and for selfish motives then wtf would he play him when he needs every player to give 100% to qualify for UCL

  7. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Vardy is completely gone. Great player for many years mind.

  8. Egg noodle
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Did Bale to Jota(C) else I would have had Dallas off the bench. FML

    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Bale will come on as sub surely.

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

        Mourinho really hates him tho

    2. Igz08
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Shouldwouldacoulda. Sucks tho 🙁

  9. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Vardy is finished

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Damn lol

  10. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bamford to Nacho worth-4?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      nah

    2. A-L
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Leeds will probably put 1 or 2 past Liverpool so I'd hold

  11. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    All jokes aside, is Vardy finished?

    Punted because of the quality we all know he has in him, with great fixtures coming up. Only needs one chance to get going again but...

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hes finsihed. Can’t flog a dead horse

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nope. He is a streaky player. Just his streaks (good and bad) go on for ages.

    3. BobB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes. He relies on speed and reactions. They are gone now.

    4. MJF
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I’d stick with. If the one he had disallowed last week had stood no one would be saying anything.

    5. Moderately content penguin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

      The consistent goal returns have dried up completely and have been masked by loads of pens this season. Had a look at stats since GW20 last season when he came back from injury. Wretched really. That's nigh on a whole season now.

      No particular record as fast track bully either in that period.

  12. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    lost 4000 since yesterday but only 350 since friday so damage limitation so far...

  13. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Would have dearly loved another goal from Nacho.

  14. KEN YA DIG IT
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    One more goal Nacho

  15. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I haven't been on here all day but I bet that there have been a lot of posts saying the Foxes are blowing up again, just like last year. Unfortunately they're right.

  16. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    did cresswell injury look bad?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Potential hammy.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        cheers

  17. Boomerang V
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Annoyed with Cresswell 0 points... is it a bad injury?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      copycat 🙂

  18. Igz08
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What was the Perreira assist like? Fancy starting him vs WBA next week ahead of Coady

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Robbed Masuaku, ball fell to Nacho.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He basically just tackled a West Ham player and the ball fell to Keichi.

      Good tackle, high up the pitch, but not a calculated pass or anything.

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Here's the goal: https://streamvi.com/watch/1618150753

        1. Igz08
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yeah that’s jammy all right haha

      2. Igz08
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers. He looked quite attacking in the first half in fairness, should be more of an upside that Coady

  19. Isca Extremadura
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    He’s 34 I think, pace will go, he’s on the slide now

    1. Isca Extremadura
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Well done to Nacho owners,
      Think I need to get him looking at his fixtures

  20. Egg noodle
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    All these Vardy jinxes in the comments LOL

    1. BobB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Anyone thinking Vardy will be there next season is barking.

  21. KEN YA DIG IT
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Leicester will finish outside the top four

  22. AzzaroMax99
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Come on Nacho! Grab that second goal!

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Boom

      1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Boooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmm

  23. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    NACHOOOOO

  24. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Nachoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  25. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Nooooo man!

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Nachooooooos juhuuuuuu

  27. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Gaol nacho

  28. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    We want more we want more

  29. not_astarte
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    damn! why is bale always sitting 🙁

  30. Isca Extremadura
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hates people who have more Champions Leagues than him I think