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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.

  1. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Max BAPS for Iheanacho now

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

      Beautiful.

  2. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    16 pts hit pays off. Juhuuuuu

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I said TBC yesterday. Today I can confirm it has probably paid off.

    2. Homer21
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      16 point hit never pays off

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

      No way! I saw you post something about your big hit just before deadline, fair play lol

  3. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nacho you beauty

  4. Guru Mediation
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Yessssssssssssssssssssss

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

    Watkins to Nacho
    Success!

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

    3-3 is coming again...

  7. Pukki Party
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kelechii

    1. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pelechi Iheanacho

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

    So so so so DONE

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

      Why the f*** did I bench him

  9. KEN YA DIG IT
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    NACHOOOOO

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

    Omg shutup Nacho!!!!!!!!

  11. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    WHAM have a stamina issue...Arsenal, Wolves, now this

  12. Sif
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Eurgh, first on bench

  13. DycheDycheBaby
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    BuT nAcHo wiLL gEt drOppeD......

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

    Yeahh, I feel sick. So frustrating

  15. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nacho Salah TAA in for 16 pt hit

    Juhuuu

    Should have made a hit Mount to Lingard as well probably.

    This is the season of hits to follow the template

    1. david31058
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A 16 point hit you say? Surprised you've not mentioned it previously!!

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

    Dammit why did I bench Nacho for Vydra? Praying for a Son / Kane / Bruno warmup injury now.

  17. AzzaroMax99
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Yesssss

  18. Parsnips
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Think I’m about to rage bring in lingard and iheanacho right now

  19. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nacho?

  20. Boomerang V
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nachos supreme

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    12 years playing it and I have never ever seen such a strong template

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

      Will be 'broken' again in a couple of weeks.

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

      Yep and unfortunately if you try ANY different players it doesn't pay off, it seems to have been a very boring/template season

  22. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Had a choice between Salah and Vardy this GW, thank god I chose Salah

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

    Wildcarders drowning in points.

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

      SOS! Hahaha, save our sorry butts. Defence was a massive fail tho!

  24. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kelechi, you beauty! x

  25. djman102
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Waited one week to avoid another hit and make sure Maddison didn't affect his starts. That worked well.

  26. mr messi
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    On my bench:(

  27. TorresMagic™
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Imagine saying Nacho is useless.

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

      Almost like saying Watkins is talentless.

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

    Went vardy over nacho

    Stupid decision that has been punished severely

    1. Bobby Crush
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Me too, man. Me too.

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

      You could jave just followed the Scouts.

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

      Big Man Bakar did say that Iheanacho had better stats than Vardy.

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

      Yeah... better player undeniably but I guess I didn’t want to accept that he’s past it

  29. KAALI_DAAL
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bam to Nacho was a success

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

    What are Vardy owners doing? Do we go full template and drop him for ‘Nacho’? Give him another another shot next week first?

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

      He should BE shot next week!

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

      Crying

    3. Bobby Crush
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I am keeping him for the next three games.