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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. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    I never brag but this WC couldn't have gone better so far. After a bit disappointig (at least before that TAA goal!) yesterday I think that most of the WCers are quite satissfied.

    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Vydra Kelechi gosh thx

    2. ZimZalabim
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      whats ur team ?

    3. Gentle_Turks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      I'm satisfied. 57 with four to play.

    4. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Vardy, Sterling (c), no Salah, no Trent, Ihenacho on bench. Anything but satisfied.

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Iheanacho on bench!?

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Setting up for BB next week. Yet again the BB chip costs mega points.

          1. WVA
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            I know how you feel, I wildcarded this week and set up for bench boost next week and it's already gone up in flames!

      2. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Ah no luck then. But maybe next week will be better.

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Not counting on it

    5. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      The one player that has failed me is my captain punt on Sterling which has completely ruined my game week.

  2. Gentle_Turks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Iheanacho you beauty!!!!

  3. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Kelechi I love you

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      I bet you didn’t even get him a valentines card

      1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        🙁

  4. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Don’t own nacho but any points that take off West Ham’s defence is fine with me 🙂

    1. KAALI_DAAL
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Cresswell is already subbed. And Coufal has a 5% ownership.

      Stop finding unreasonable comfort in not owning Nacho.

  5. Londongeezaa
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Yesterday, Dallas and Watkins bench points fail.

    Today Lingard (c) and Inny boy 🙂

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Those benched Dallas points though

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Does Iheanacho cover Vardy?

  7. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Castagne assist?!

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      None? Big altering deflection.

  8. Isca Extremadura
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    And used as horse food

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

      What is it a stamina thing with West Ham ?
      Entertaining, but 3 weeks running ?

  9. mgilbert86
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Nacho erasing my green arrow

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      After yesterday I dropped 100k.
      Lingard & Nacho have recovered it alone.

      Shame the auto-subs elsewhere see it drap about 25k.

  10. Chandler Bing
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Kelechi (c) let's goo. One more please

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      nice!

    2. djman102
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Gutsy move-fair play!

  11. Pukki Blinders
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Take that Lingard braggers. Nacho the rescue JUHUUUU

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Plenty have both.

      1. KAALI_DAAL
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Define plenty? Nacho is already below 10%. Add in Lingard and the percentage goes way down. What you on mate?

        1. sunzip14
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          He is talking about plenty in top 10K and around. 60% and 30% is not way down 10%. If you are talking about rank in millions, you can be happy 😉

          1. KAALI_DAAL
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            You can check my rank, my team is linked. 🙂

      2. Gentle_Turks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        o/

    2. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      I think many have both

  12. GROBARI
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    NACHO & LINGZ OWNERS UNITE!

    1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Lovely afternoons work

  13. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Got 3 players with braces this week. Wow.

    1. ZimZalabim
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Lings, nacho and ?

      Dallas or Pulisic ?

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Dallas

    2. 2's Kompany 3's M…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Yes, but like many, Dallas is on the bench. Beats me by miles though !

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        He comes on for me, amazingly

  14. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    JLingz & Nacho! Couldn't get any better!

  15. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Watch Iheanacho still be dropped next week

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      No chance, who will play ahead of him or even score goals? Vardy needs all the help in the world

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Maddison and Perez back

        1. ZimZalabim
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          so u drop the guy tht has scored 7 of ur last 10

          Yup makes sense...

        2. HaveYassineChikhaoui
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Rodgers has favoured a 3-5-2 without Barnes. It's not Maddison or Perez coming back that's the worry.

  16. HaveYassineChikhaoui
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Not sure why people went with Vardy, complete legacy pick, you only have to watch his goal involvement in the past few GWs to see that.

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Offside goal last week against City

    2. Hakchak
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      I enjoyed his triple assist captaincy over Sheffield United

  17. Isco Disco
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Nachooooooooo My boiiiii
    Unbelievable!!! My stream froze before his 2nd goal so missed the goal

  18. Says
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Nacho nacho man, I want an Iheanacho man

  19. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Annoyed to have played Coufal (3 at back) and benched Nacho

    1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Wow.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Say what now?

  20. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Sqeeeeeeeeeky .....

  21. JoeSoap
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Nacho & Coady on bench. Nice!

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Your fault mate this time

      1. JoeSoap
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        I pick my team so always going to my fault!

  22. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

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

    (Rp - real lost on what to do with him)

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Unless you see Leicester getting penalties.

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Because that’s something you can predict.

        I didn’t even think he looked awful v City from what I saw. Close to a goal, was offside but could’ve stayed on and still got there

    2. Hakchak
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Keep Vardy and double up. You got him for these fixtures

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Vardy’s playing with an injury, imo.

  23. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Nachos and melting cheese for me please :)))

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Yum yum 🙂

  24. Boomerang V
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    On 57 points

    28k -> 14k so far a WC success even with a Steeling (c) fiasco

    Thanks JLings and Nachos

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Thank you

  25. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Iheanacho coming on for KDB, Shaw coming on for Christensen...

  26. HashAttack
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Nacho 1st on the bench - have to hope Laca doesn't play

    No idea who I make 1st sub next week - got to be one of Jota (lee), Nacho (WBA) or Laca (FUL)

  27. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Ah play another 10 mins.

  28. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Struijk+Bamford to Trent+Nacho worked out beautifully! Thank you to all those helped 🙂

  29. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Ricardo should've gone down there. Would've been a pen.

  30. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    I hope every remaining player plays so there are none of these ridiculously lucky Iheanacho autosubs

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Salty?

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Only if he’s an autosub.

      2. seanie3
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        More like childish

    2. Hakchak
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Why would anyone not have played Iheanacho

    3. CAREFREEE
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      In my team pal.