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Antonio the most-owned player on show for West Ham v Leicester

Fantasy Premier League’s (FPL) second-most popular forward, Michail Antonio (£7.6m), starts as West Ham United take on Leicester City in the first Monday night football fixture of the new season.

There are no real shocks in either line-up, with both sides unchanged from Gameweek 1.

At West Ham, Vladimir Coufal (£5.0m) and Aaron Cresswell (£5.5m) both start in defence, with Jarrod Bowen (£6.5m), Said Benrahma (£6.1m) and Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) lining up behind Antonio in David Moyes’ 4-2-3-1 formation.

Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) remains out with a knee problem.

As for Leicester, Harvey Barnes (£7.0m) – owned by 11.3% of FPL managers – starts for the visitors, alongside James Maddison (£6.9m), Jamie Vardy (£10.5m) and £4.0m defender Daniel Amartey.

Ryan Bertrand (£4.9m) is still unavailable due to the positive test that also caused him to miss last week’s match with Wolverhampton Wanderers, while new signing Jannik Vestergaard (£5.0m) has picked up an injury in training and is not included in the squad.

Kick-off at the London Stadium is at 20:00 BST.

Be sure to join Scout regulars Gianni Buttice and Seb Wassell for our Matchday Live watch along, as they cover all the FPL action from West Ham v Leicester, live at 19.45 BST:

MATCHDAY LIVE WATCH ALONG

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

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

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

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Amartey, Soyuncu, Thomas, Ndidi, Tielemans, Perez, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Castagne, Choudhury, Soumaré, Dewsbury-Hall, Praet, Albrighton, Daka, Iheanacho

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM GAMEWEEK 2

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2,615 Comments Post a Comment
  1. DMP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Perfect. Not enough Benrharma vs. Barnes, now Coufal CS wiped.

    1. DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Play Uuuuuuuuuuuup!

  2. Podge
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Sweet

  3. Onana Whatsmyname
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    May have to get Benny and Antonio both in for next two with the price rises and fixtures.

    Would be for Toney and Greenwood?

    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Why rid Mason?

      1. Onana Whatsmyname
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Rotation likely and Benny has two plum fixtures

        1. sminkypinky
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          Could be rotated but he’s played well.

  4. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    White, Barnes, Toney -> Livramento, Benrahma, DCL for a -4 is calling me......

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Looka great tbh

  5. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    So I can add Barnes to the Toney, Veltman, White, Tsimkas scrap heap

    1. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Gotta give him Norwich

  6. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Cs wiped... Dreamland.

  7. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Well, at least thats one less point for benrahma

  8. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    As a Coufal bencher I rather enjoyed that.

  9. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Thank God CS wiped

  10. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Lovely stuff.

  11. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Bye ham cleanie lol

  12. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Yes now Leicester will attack, more space for Benrahma juhuhu

  13. TheBiffas
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Might cap Benrahma next week

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      And yet…….you won’t

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Still Antonio

  14. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Yes. Cleanie gone.

  15. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Tielemans scores in his worst game I've ever seen him in a Leicester shirt

  16. Haa-lala-land
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Yes Leicester, c'mon, show the doubters who you are!

  17. artvandelay316
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    How about this for WC?

    Raya (Gunnarson)
    Shaw, Dias, Alonso (Livra, Amartey)
    Salah, Grealish, Benrahma, Greenwood (Kovacic)
    Lukaku, DCL, Antonio

    0.2 ITB

    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Decent but Bruno is missing.

    2. adam wigan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Kovacic seems a waste of 0.5 over a 4.5 starting mid like Bissouma for example. Amartey might not start once Vestergaard gets going so you could use the extra 0.5 to upgrade him perhaps.

      1. artvandelay316
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers. Good call.

  18. Viprin
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Benrahma (37)
    Fornals (34)
    Tielemans (30)

  19. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Coufal CS wiped! Let's gooo!

  20. Saka Rice
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    I really want someone to explain the logic behind putting Barnes in. Did he have a good preseason? I mean what is it

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Community Shield.

      1. Baron Penguin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        A curse on the Community Shield!!!

  21. dshv
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    That barnes get out … dont care about norwich

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      He’ll get nothing from Norwich anyway, shocking abysmal player

  22. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Rather keep Buendia or Barnes?

  23. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Leicester score because Barnes not on the pitch. Benched vs Norwich?

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      I genuinely think he will be, always the first to be subbed/benched especially now Perez gone

      1. Tango74
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        If Perez not play won’t Barnes play more

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          No, I think Daka Nacho Castagne come in

  24. A Team Of James McCleans
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Has the handball rule about any contact leading to a goal result in a disallowment? Not saying that it would make sense to disallow that goal but it was the rule last season

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      They checked it wasn't handball

      1. A Team Of James McCleans
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Is that other rule still in though?

  25. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    1FT, Who to sell first?

    A. Barnes
    B. Tsimikas
    C. Shaw
    D. Toney

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      A

    2. JBay
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      A

    3. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Why selling Shaw?

      I'm considering getting him in.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Very overpriced

  26. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Benny boy top of the baps

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      We know

  27. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Pereira YC. Doughnut time.

  28. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Oh no Coufal!
    Please score a goal/assist now

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      This, it’s only fair

  29. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Promised myself not to get frustrated this season it lasted till gw2 owning Barnes and Coufal what a joke!

  30. DavidKent
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts on the current crop of playing 4.0 defenders?

    - Amartey apparently about to lose his place
    - Williams, has not been playing but has just signed for Norwich
    - Livramento has been playing, looks reasonably secure
    - Tsimikas probably losing his place this week or next
    - Duffy looks to be playing well. Is he secure?