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

    Ant Man!

  2. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Tonio G

  3. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Antonio is a beast

    1. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Yes.

  4. twisterteo
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Buendia to Benhrama for a -4 yes or no?

    1. Not again Shirley
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Villa have BRE at home next so no.

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

    Antonio or Benrahma (c) next week?

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

      Whichever it is, you won’t

      1. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        LOL this

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

    would you rather have:

    A- DCL, jota, pogba / greenwood,
    B- lukaku and 2 6 million mids (maybe Sarr and Traore)

    I'm on A at the moment but really tempted to get lukaku after his performance

    1. Invincibles
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      A

  7. Invincibles
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Jesus these balls from Benrahma as well.

  8. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Haha bye bye cs

  9. Bielsa's Bucket
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Savage

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

    Incredible.

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

    Tony haul 😀

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

    ANT MANNN

  13. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Rice assist btw

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    The duo haul once again.

    Hammer hero's!

  15. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Antonio to steal the bonus?

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

      Yes

  16. Invincibles
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    That celebration was so jokes.

  17. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku is a rich man's Antonio

    Give me Tone any day right now!!!

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

    I’m the only player in the top 10 of my MLs without Antonio. I was top with Benrahma goal too. Toney > Antonio tonight 100%

  19. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Soyuncu disasterclass.

  20. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    That's it - my double ton. Looking forward to learning my OR from LiveFPL

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Please update us ASAP or I can’t sleep

    2. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Only way is down now mate

      Well played though, great start.

    3. The Legend Squad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Incredible bench boost! Fantastic. Well played

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

      Let me know?

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

      Double ton, very impressive, massive congrats

  21. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Barnes, Bruno, Toney -> Benrahma, Pogba, Lukaku -4?

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

    Coufal assist please???

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

      Rice

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

        How pointless is that

  23. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Needed that as a Benny non-owner

  24. The Legend Squad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Toney and Torres to Antonio and Benrahma -4.

    Did it last week, great to see it pay off!

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

    A - DCL can probably match Lukaku over at leary the next few weeks when you compare fixtures.

    Then your 2 x mids outscore the cheap ones.

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

    Bit cringy that celebration

    1. TAT
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      It was hilarious!

  27. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Antonio captain material now?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      No stand out next week, defo an option

  28. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Antonio is a golden boot contender. You heard it here first.

    (pray for my mans hammies though that shot took a chunk out of them)

  29. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Antonio on 3 bonus

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

      You love to see it!

  30. Firmino
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Can't believe I'm 21 points down on my ML rival by having one different player and that is a 6 mil midfielder 😀 Bizarre.