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Antonio and Cresswell back from injury as West Ham face unchanged Burnley

Fantasy Premier League’s second highest-scoring defender make a return from injury for tonight’s match at Turf Moor.

Aaron Cresswell (£5.6m), who trails only Stuart Dallas (£5.3m) for FPL points among players in his position, is back after a three-game absence for West Ham United’s trip to Burnley.

He’s not the only popular FPL asset who makes a playing comeback following a spell on the sidelines as Michail Antonio (£6.4m) returns for a first appearance since Gameweek 30.

Craig Dawson (£4.5m) is also available after suspension and returns to David Moyes’ starting XI.

The West Ham boss has made five changes in all, with Manuel Lanzini (£6.4m) and Said Benrahma (£5.9m) recalled along with that aforementioned trio.

Jarrod Bowen (£6.0m), Fabian Balbuena (£4.1m) and Ryan Fredericks (£4.3m) drop to the bench, while Angelo Ogbonna (£4.7m) and Mark Noble (£4.5m) are not in the squad at all.

On Ogbonna and Noble, Moyes said ahead of kick-off:

We lost them in the game against Chelsea last week, Angelo and Nobes. We’ve got a couple back but we lose a couple as well.

The Burnley team news is nowhere near as headline-grabbing, as manager Sean Dyche has unsurprisingly named exactly the same side that defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 a week ago.

Chris Wood‘s (£6.4m) ownership has risen to a season-high 3.2% following his 20-point haul at Molineux.

A further 105,780 Fantasy managers recruited the Kiwi ahead of last Friday’s deadline.

Jesse Lingard (£6.7m) is the most-owned player on show by some distance, sitting in just under one in three of FPL squads overall and in 88% of the top 10,000 teams.


Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Vydra, Wood.

Subs: Peacock-Farrell, Norris, Gudmundsson, Barnes, Stephens, Rodriguez, Pieters, Bardsley, Dunne.

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

Subs: Trott, Randolph, Balbuena, Alves, Bowen, Fredericks, Johnson, Odubeko, Coventry.

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491 Comments Post a Comment
  1. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Come on Jesse. Let's be having ya.

  2. RoysCallerAnne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    oh dear, this place is on its knees these days.
    comments section has become pretty embarrassing.

    1. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      loser

      1. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        😆

        I know - have you seen my rank!

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Wild rover was right abour the twitterazzi

    3. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      I know that was a rubbish top post, but geez...

    4. GE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      You are embarrasing

      1. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        well, that's me told 🙁

    5. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      It's been a few years

  3. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    I haven't got Wood...

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      There are pills for that

      1. Ejaaz11
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

  4. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    After the DGW, Antonio and Cresswell firmly back on the radar with those remaining fixtures.

  5. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Dawson is primed for an OG and a red card today based on his recent form

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Only on 19 points with just Dawson to play. I can't even contemplate finishing on fewer points.

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        as a fellow Dawson owner, prepare to finish on 17 points....

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 days ago

          Nothing would surprise me anymore. If he got 2 goals there'd probably be a fan protest and the game would get abandoned.

          1. Scholes Out For Summer
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 6 days ago

            game would be called off and he'd be red carded for doping.

  6. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    I know people say season over a lot but I genuinely think this week has ended my top 10k hopes and lost me my mini leagues, I'll also be out of last man standing so I think I can honestly say my season is over.

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      We're absolutely gutted to hear this. Devastating news

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      It's not over until Andy Cole raps

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9UHcRrCWlI

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      This is not a bad thing

  7. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    The Burnley All Blacks

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      The Hammers All Blacks
      correction

  8. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Ladies and gentleman, it is up to Sir Matthew Lowton to save my season yet again after that disappointing Pereira blank.

  9. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Fighting ML win...have to take some risk...only one with FH left...how to get most out of it?

  10. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    I wish I had Wood...

  11. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Wood G

  12. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    W O O D

  13. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Hold Dawson.

  14. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Go on Wood, go on.

  15. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    What a pen

  16. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Wood again!! Hero!

  17. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Vydra anywhere haha?

    1. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      If only we got Wood over Vydra

      1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        🙁

  18. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    2nd in my cash ML has 10 out this week including double Chelsea defence and Watkins 1st sub, I’ve been decimated. Needed a Coufal clean sheet to cling to top spot. Lol

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Wait!!!

  19. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    I need Wood.

  20. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Who got the penalty?

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Wood

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Wood.

    3. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Not Vydra

    4. nothing_else_Mata
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Wood himself

  21. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Hammers faltering

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      timing

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        The only thing worse than the timing of my comments is my FPL transfers

  22. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Tonio G

  23. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Antonio answers

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Is that Coufal?

  24. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Antonio G
    Coufal A

  25. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    FFS there goes my Coufal clean sheet.

    Safe to say I should have done Vardy + Neto to Wood + Son instead of Neto to Pereira, FML

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Come on man. Say something positive. You're ranked like 10k...

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        This

      2. HNI
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        I ranked in top 1k and top 500 in hof after season reset. Doesnt mean I cant crib too. Everyone has their level of expectations

        1. Pat Bonner
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 days ago

          Top 1k is what I expect from the million dollar man

          1. HNI
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 6 days ago

            All kidding aside, You do know even a million isnt enough the way inflation is going. First of all have some exposure to ETH crypto or everything ready to convert Fiat currency to crypto if things turn south regarding dollar. Also most imp, money should buy freedom and position to not stress about when a sale/offer will be, that is difference between rich and wealth. I am just getting started on mechanism to use money to make money so i mint while I sleep by my mid thirties...

      3. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        20k after this week! I don't actually care about OR, I just want to win my mini leagues and I've seen my leads evaporate to nothing because of some horrificly bad luck!

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 days ago

          Fair enough, too many factors outside anyones control to read too much into it tho. Luck factor definitely been ramped up a notch this season.

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Timing

  26. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Got Vydra and Lingard in this game and I bet everyone gets points but them

  27. Rassi
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Coufal you BEAUTY!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Hate him

  28. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Lingard to Coufal to Antonio

    Bang - Lovely goal WHU

  29. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Would be Coufal wouldn’t it, typical

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Lingard passed it up..

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        Aye..

  30. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Vydra and Lingard in this... nice