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FPL focus on Antonio and Wilson as West Ham visit Newcastle

15 August 2021 1503 comments
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Sunday’s Premier League action kicks off at St. James’ Park as Newcastle United host West Ham United.

Joe Willock (£6.0m), who enjoyed a fine spell with the Magpies last season, completed his move from Arsenal on Friday afternoon but was not registered before the 12-noon deadline and will therefore have to wait until Gameweek 2 for his first appearance as a permanent signing.

With Martin Dubravka (£4.5m) injured and Karl Darlow (£4.5m) still feeling the effects of COVID, youngster Freddie Woodman (£4.5m) will make his Premier League debut and starts in goal.

At the back, bargain-bin enabler Javier Manquillo (£4.0m), owned by 10.1% of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers, misses out altogether as Steve Bruce opts for a 3-5-2 formation with Jacob Murphy (£5.0m) and Matt Ritchie (£5.0m) taking the wing-back roles.

Influential forwards Callum Wilson (£7.5m), owned by 7.2%, and Allan Saint-Maximin (£6.5m) start up top.

As for West Ham United, Aaron Cresswell (£5.5m), Vladimir Coufal (£5.0m), Tomas Soucek (£6.0m) and Michail Antonio (£7.5m), all of whom have double-digit FPL ownerships, feature in David Moyes’ 4-2-3-1 set-up.

Lukasz Fabianski (£5.0m) starts in goal ahead of new signing Alphonse Areola (£5.0m), while Angelo Ogbonna (£5.0m) recovers from the hamstring injury he picked up in pre-season to partner Craig Dawson (£5.0m) at centre-half.

Further forward, popular community pick Saïd Benrahma (£6.0m) will operate either as a no. 10 or perhaps wider on the left-flank, with headline act Antonio set to lead the line.

Kick-off at St. James’ Park is at 14.00 BST.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Woodman, Krafth, Fernandez, Clark, Murphy, Hayden, Shelvey, Ritchie, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Wilson

Subs: Gillespie, Schar, Lascelles, Lewis, S Longstaff, Hendrick, Fraser, Joelinton, Gayle

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio

Subs: Areola, Diop, Fredericks, Baptiste, Johnson, Coventry, Noble, Lanzini, Yarmolenko

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  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Coufal & Dawson lol

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  2. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    ASM absolutely destroyed Rice there.

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    1. Powers106
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Yeah that was impressive

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  3. Il Capitano
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Great stuff, over to you now Antonio

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  4. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Wilson always scores vs. West Ham. Just didn't expect it so quickly!

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  5. KadMan
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    WILSON YOU BEAUTY

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    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Feck sake it was him or Antonio I picked the wrong one. Worse I have coufal.

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  6. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Get in

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  7. Egg noodle
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    OH WTF, ALREADY?!

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  8. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    ASM sent Declan Rice back to Ireland there.

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    1. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Sent him for a Irish hotdog

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      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Pigs arse and Cabbage

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    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      slightly overrated

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    3. Swahealy
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Now that's an assist. Bruno put on a masterclass yesterday and all u here about is pogba being good at passing.

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  9. Ginkapo FPL
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Home team scores

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    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I am annoyed with myself that I did not pay more attention to home and away. Crowds etc. I ignored the flipping obvious difference this season.

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  10. Drexl Spivey
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Toooooooooooon... Army !!!!!

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  11. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    See you next season!

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    1. Pipermaru
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      "Cheer up, Ed. This is not goodbye. It's just I won't ever see you again." - Frank Drebin

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  12. Swahealy
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Did u see the shape of the big hype Rice got sold about 5 times by saint max, now that's a proper assist 🙂

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    1. janowsc
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Turned him inside out

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      1. Swahealy
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Just glad I swapped cresswell for amartey on friday 🙂

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  13. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Rice was so bad there haha. Why would you let him dance like that lol

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  14. 272MK
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Wwnt Ings over Wilson

    Pls dont make me regret

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    1. sminkypinky
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Got a goal ffs.

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    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Went for both 🙂

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  15. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    That was awful defending. From both Rice and the two that let Wilson go in front of them.

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    1. sminkypinky
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      This

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  16. mezza
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Wilson over Toney off to a good start

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    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Wilson is 1.0 mill more

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      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Lot more points too

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        1. Royal5
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Sure, but can't really compare.

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          1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 10 days ago

            2m and you can’t compare.

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Ditto

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    3. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Arsenal conceded the third-fewest goals last season, behind City and Chelsea. West Ham's defensive stats slumped in 4-2-3-1 formation. If the decision was based on GW1 only (and 1m wasn't needed elsewhere), Wilson was clear

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  17. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Moyes values Rice at 100m, ASM just destroyed him.

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    1. MEGPAL
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      English premium

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  18. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    ASM had Rice on toast...

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    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I’ll change my name

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      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        😀

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  19. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Are you f****** joking me??
    Had ASM for the last several games last season when Newcastle scored about 10 and he did nothing!

    To rub it in, Coufal cleanie also gone 🙁

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    1. Postman Ty
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      You're that upset about one assist? Maybe take a break.

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      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        More how amazing his run was too, just annoying and so typical

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        1. Postman Ty
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          I know the feeling. Like trying to get a photo of my dog doing something funny.

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          1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 days ago

            Haha good analogy!

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      2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        It’s more what are the odds of someone doing nothing for 10 goals then bang next game, goal in the first couple of minutes and they’re instantly involved.

        I swear there are higher powers controlling it all lol

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    2. TyroneGAA
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Haha I know I had Wilson In from the start but read he only played a few mins in preseason so took him out .. not blaming anyone by the way that was my decision as it would seem right he wouldn’t start if he was not up to speed in preseason

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  20. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    it's not great from rice but 1 v 1 you should expect the cross in, shocking from the CB's

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    1. Postman Ty
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Dawson and Coufal got bullied. Rice got played but I wouldn't really expect anyone to have stopped that, he was so fast.

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  21. el polako
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Looks like we all bought ASM season too early.

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    1. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Loses his appeal classified as a striker.

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    2. sminkypinky
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      😀

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    3. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Literally. He was in my starting eleven in GW1 & GW2 last year lol

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  22. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Think I have really underestimated the impact of fans returning.

    Leeds v Everton next week could be huge.

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    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Bamford hatty incoming

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    2. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Expecting big Leeds & Villa performances.

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    3. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Agreed.

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    4. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Home teams doing well

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    5. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I mentioned it couple of times already, but on top of that Raph scored home and away against Everton last season. 8)

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    6. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Exactly I feel like a plank for not considering it.

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  23. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Great to the Hammers CS go all the same.

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  24. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Willock ASM Wilson going to do a few bits if all can stay fit

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  25. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    get ya noggin up Antonio ffs

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    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Tbf cresswell keeps overhitting it every time he aims for Antonio!

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  26. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    The bad : Someone convinced me not to take Wilson as he’d only had 45 mins in pre-season.

    The good : That meant I picked Richarlison.

    Be good if I could hold a few points benefit for that move!

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    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Good advice all the same.

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  27. BobbyV
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    if only ASM stayed injury free

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  28. Sir Michael Taker
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Interested to see how Ritchie gets on for Newcastle, I know he's not really an OOP as he is actually playing LWB but he's always been a decent attacking option in the past and takes a good set-piece. If Newcastle can sort the defence out and get a couple more clean sheets he could well be the next mini Dallas if there is one.

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    1. Swahealy
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Newcastle ain't keeping enough clean sheets to hold on for a season too many 4.5 options that are better never mind 5s

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  29. el polako
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Benrahma making some good off ball runs but his teammates are uncappable of picking him up.

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  30. Bobby Digital
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Let's go Antonio!

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