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Antonio still absent for West Ham as Wilder benches Lundstram and Brewster

Michail Antonio (£6.2m) misses out for West Ham United again this afternoon as the Hammers head north to face Sheffield United.

Kick-off at Bramall Lane is at 14:00 GMT.

Antonio had been back in training ahead of Gameweek 9 and was described as “much closer” to a playing return by his manager on Friday but he fails to make the matchday squad today.

Andriy Yarmolenko (£5.6m) also misses out as he is self-isolating following a positive coronavirus test, while Said Benrahma (£6.0m) is only among the substitutes despite his match-turning performance against Fulham a fortnight ago.

All of that means that David Moyes sticks with the same side that started the 1-0 win over the Cottagers.

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has been more active, however, making three changes to the side that lost to Chelsea in Gameweek 8.

Loanee Ethan Ampadu (£4.4m) returns after being ineligible to face his parent club, with the youngster taking the injured Enda Stevens‘ (£5.3m) place in defence.

Rhian Brewster (£4.5m), like Stevens, also picked up a knock over the international break and he is only fit enough for a place among the substitutes, so Oliver McBurnie (£5.7m) returns to the Blades’ starting XI.

The fit-again John Fleck (£5.6m) starts in place of the benched John Lundstram (£5.1m) in Wilder’s other alteration.

The hosts are the only club in the division without a Premier League clean sheet this season and interest in the Blades is minimal from a FPL perspective, with John Egan (£4.8m) the most-owned played in their starting XI on 3.1%.

West Ham assets are far from popular purchases, either, with Aaron Cresswell (£5.1m) the only member of their starting XI who features in more than 3% of FPL squads.

Even among the top 10k, Cresswell is the only West Ham player with a double-digit ownership.


Sheffield United XI: Ramsdale, Basham, Egan, Ampadu, Baldock, Berge, Norwood, Fleck, Lowe, McBurnie, McGoldrick.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Haller.

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952 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Hattrick Harry
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Noble 1p, lucky picking this up

  2. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    It could be four whu defenders with 2 baps

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Do we know how close balbuena is? Couldn’t afford coufal sadly 🙁

  3. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on Kane Hamez Reguilon to Vardy (c) Sterling Cancelo -4?

    0.1 short for KDB

    1. Phlajo
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Get Sterling instead of KdB

  4. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Joe from FFS has been subbed on

  5. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    With no players today (except 1 point Robbo), DCL haul and West Ham clean sheet wasnt high on my wish list. Just Bamford and Vardy to complete the misery.

  6. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Yessss
    Masuaku and Coufal combine 16 pointsssss get in

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      not yet final

      1. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        well may be at least 14 😉

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      You can't count.

      1. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        what... no..
        .

  7. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Will Coufal be on bonus??

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      2 atm

      1. KGFC
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Noice!!

      2. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Even with that foul?

      3. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        And now 0

    2. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Sadly no

    3. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He's on 0 now.

    4. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Nah

    5. jimmy.floyd
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No

  8. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hold the baps Coufal!

    Although Masuaku played better & created more to be honest

  9. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Coufal dropped to 27, no baps for him..

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Coufal fail with the foul at the end!

    1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Stupid boy

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Even without the foul.

  11. Traction Engine Foot
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Cresswell sneaks into the baps

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Oh wait, no...

  12. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Any bap for egg and cress ?

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Possibly 1

  13. Sean
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Coufal randomly gone from 2 bps to none at the full time whistle?

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It was the foul in the corner.

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        He should have been given baps for playing time that well!!!

    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fouled right at the end 🙁

    3. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I hate this game

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Foul while time wasting.

    5. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Bit like Salah losing 1,400,000 owners & not dropping?

  14. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Coufal 4.5 wonder 🙂

    1. FPL DONKEY
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      4.6 wonder

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      What happened?

  15. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Cress baps!?!?!?!

    Get in!

    Sounds like a sandwich

  16. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Coufal or Dias as a set and forget for the next few weeks?

    1. Bobby Reds
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I got both bro.

  17. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Creswell frustratingly close to bonus

    1. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      1 for now

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        No its 0

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Thought he might have been second behind Haller. Some great blocks and set up a big chance for Rice when I was watching

  18. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Coufal 2%, Cresswell 9.1%, Masuaku 1.9% ownership. Not as high as they seem

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Just about to say this. I was worried with west ham getting the CS here but it seems Coufal is just extremely popular on this site, hasn't caught on in the wider FPL community. Rank hasn't dropped much at all

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Strange how low his ownership us elsewhere. Casuals(?) haven't noticed him since he wasn't in original gw1 squad and his pts total is smaller.

  19. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Oh I hate you Coufal, get out of my team clown

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      What!!

  20. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    65 all out , avg 63.4 per week, 62.1 avg per week, got you in top 10k last season, happy 🙂

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I told ya all Antonio is not fit and it is too early to include him in your plans...

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Knowledge!

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks doc

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      You also said Lamptey over Cancelo or Coufal this week.

  22. krzys
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Why do I own Bowen?

  23. Salah(c)
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Rash+ hamez> bruno+ jota for free

    Must pull the trigger today have exact funds

    Yay or nay?

  24. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    garrr that stupid foul costs 2 baps for Coufal

    1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      So frustrating

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It didn't.

    3. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Thats good newsssss

  25. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Brewster was a trap, for both Sheff U and fpl managers. Klopp knew what he was doing selling him.

    1. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He is the perfect 3rd sub

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He created big chance and looked just fine. One of the best Shu players. Enough for his price.

  26. Offside Trapattoni
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know BAPS for WHU??

  27. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Looks like

    Haller 34
    Fab 30
    Masuaku 30
    Cresswell 29
    Coufal 26

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Literally the best outcome after a West Ham CS for non West Ham defence owners

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yep
        Coufal 2 fouls conceded made him miss out

        1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Idiot

  28. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Leeds with the classic 3331 formation

  29. tafrère
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    73 pts with McCarthy and Kilman left. What a good gameweek!

    Now just hoping Bamford, Vardy and Zaha don't explode.

    1. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Very good! On 55/56 with Bamford, Vardy, PVA

      1. tafrère
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You still can catch me lol.

        1. Utopsis
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Would've been more if I had gotten rid of Hamez instead of Son 🙁

  30. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Lmao Coufal

    1. CheesyZoot
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Coufoul