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Antonio returns for West Ham as Hourihane replaces Barkley in Villa midfield

Michail Antonio (£6.2m) makes a much-anticipated return to the West Ham as they host Aston Villa in Gameweek 10.

The Fantasy Premier League forward makes his first start since Gameweek 6, tasked with leading the Hammers’ line on Monday night.

Unsurprisingly, Sebastien Haller (£6.1m), who scored just once in Antonio’s absence, drops to the bench while Pablo Fornals (£6.5m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m) staff the flanks.

David Moyes retains faith with West Ham’s three-man defence, which has kept clean sheets against Fulham and Sheffield United.

That means Aaron Cresswell (£5.2m) remains on the left-hand side of a centre-back trio with Angelo Ogbonna (£4.9m) and Fabian Balbuena (£4.4m) while Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) and Vladimir Coufal (£4.6m) provide the width from wing-back roles.

Aston Villa’s starting XI is mostly as it should be, the only change an enforced one, owing to Ross Barkley‘s (£5.9m) injury last time.

Bertrand Traoré (£5.9m) came on for the former Everton man in Gameweek 9 but it is Conor Hourihane (£6.0m) who has been given the go-ahead from the start on Monday night.

West Ham United XI (3-4-3): Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Balbuena; Masuaku, Soucek, Rice, Coufal; Fornals, Antonio, Bowen.

Aston Villa XI (4-3-3): Martínez; Targett, Mings, Konsa, Cash; Hourihane, D Luiz, McGinn; Grealish, Watkins, Trézéguet.

Lessons Learned from FPL Gameweek 10

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  1. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Oh bugger off Grealish ffs.

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      How you don’t own him is beyond me

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

        Better players out there

      2. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        I know you’re a troll so I’ll let it slide. But mainly because I foolishly filled my 2nd and 3rd Villa slots with 2 duds (Steer Davis) on GW3 WC, and haven’t really had a spare FT to take remove one to enable Grealish in

        1. Vazza
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          I understand your pain. I bought Branthwaite during the earlier game weeks and when Everton assets were in fashion, I struggled bringing in a third player who actually played

    1. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Wow it was

    2. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      max bet probably £1... or less for me

      1. dicky2014
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Max bet was £20

        1. F_Ivanovic
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          for you maybe. I wouldn't have been able to put that bet on 🙁

  2. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish bracing in this

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

      Nah think that’s it for him

  3. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    25'

    Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) scores one of the best goals in his career. His rocket of a shot from distance goes straight into the top left corner. They will be showing this on every football show for some time to come.

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

      huh it was a deflected shoot

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      LOL

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

      Wtf haha

  4. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    What was your favorite thing about this goal

    a) Grealish points
    b) Fudgy double clean sheet wipe out

    1. Joey Tribbiani
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      lol

    2. Mighty Wings
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      B by a country mile

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

      😆

    4. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      LOL.

  5. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish goal gave me green arrows actually. Strange

    1. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Gave me the horn

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

    Only had Martinez and Coufal, disaster so far. Interest lost

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

      Top lad mate why do you never have players who score points

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Ah mate I know, quite frustrating that. Everyone in my 10 player team this week has blanked bar Podence and Bruno(c)

  7. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    I'd like a Watkins goal more...

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

      Maybe they'll teach him the offside rule at half time?

  8. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Still thinking about selling you Jack. Maybe get a hattruck to prove me wrong

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

      A truckers hat?

  9. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish juuuhuuu get in

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

      Hate the guy

    2. Party time
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Blew it up ref, unless you wanna give Coufal/Martinez some returns and no more for Grealish/Watkins

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Hope at least a tiny green arrow after Cancelo 0 pts and Vardy [C] no party ...

    5. Crabwalk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Jack, mate. Where was that last week when I captained you?

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Vardy will do the same next week?

        1. Crabwalk
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Undoubtedly.

    6. meechamspowders
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Get rid of vardy or kane to fund a KDB move? I own son.

      1. Crabwalk
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        I’m probably losing Kane.

    7. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Martinez keeps failing

    8. Londongeezaa
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Thought I’d seen enough of Vardy for one evening, till I turned over to BBC One to catch Max Branning.

      He’s haunting me now.

    9. sufcben
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      2 FT's Any ideas on some transfers to make im out of ideas

      Martinez
      Lamptey - Chilwell - Justin (KWP) (Mitchell)
      Salah - Son - Sterling - Grealish (Stephens)
      DCL - Bamford - Kane

      0.1itb

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

      Not affording Grealish and getting Barkley instead ("you get what what you pay for") has cost a lot.

      1. FPLMACKEM
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        I rectified this error on my wildcard last week.

    11. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      One more Grealish attacking return and I'll overturn a 20 point deficit in my H2H going into today 😀

      1. Old Bull
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Yes I’m on course for something like that thanks to Mahrez haul against me. I’ve got Watkins too.

    12. FPLMACKEM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Just need a Watkins goal now from a Grealish assist. Oh and a coufal rocket would be nice also.

    13. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Watkins is Vardy 2.0 for anyone considering getting him. Does better against teams who play high lines and he can attack the space. Good fixtures won’t translate to points for him. The only hope is that Villa are leading and they hit them on the break

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        More like Vardy 0.3. Doesn't deserve to clean Vardy's boots.

      2. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Watkins is awful. Like Bamford needs an open goal.

    14. sentz05
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Is the consensus to sell Cancelo?

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

        If he starts in the CL

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

        It will be in 24 hours time.

      3. dando89
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        I'm giving him the Fulham game, if he's benched again he's out the following week.

    15. Kodap
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      What would you rather do to fund a move to Bruno?

      Kane & Burke > Brewster & Bruno (playing 352)

      Or Werner & Grealish > Bruno & Antonio

      Martinez (Steer)
      Coufal - Cancelo - Lamptey (Taylor & Dallas)
      Salah - KDB - Grealish - Soucek (Burke)
      DCL - Werner - Kane

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Kane and Burke to Bruno and Silva easy

        1. Kodap
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Ahhhh yes because Jimmy won't be playing for a while, forgot about that!

      2. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Unless Sheff Utd sack Wilder Brewster is totally pointless. Literally pointless.

    16. acidicleo
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks for the parting gift Jack...

      1. Joey Tribbiani
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        got form, fixtures, price and ownership.
        no point getting rid

        1. acidicleo
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          No other route to KDB...

    17. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Grealish and Bowen saving the day

    18. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Martinez, Mings and Cresswell. Was never going to be 0-0 😆

    19. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      So many thinking of selling Jack too. Madness

      1. Old Bull
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Let them

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Better players

        1. Scots Gooner
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Not in the 7.5-8.0 bracket.

          If you're looking to upgrade a midfielder, surely there's better options to ship out.

        2. Old Bull
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          The fact that you seem to be trying to put everyone off him suggests to me that you have him.

      3. Patio Kev
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        It’s mad considering we are into the period when many of the bigger club alternatives will be rotated whereas Grealish you would expect to start every game when fit.

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

        He's always been in that "in between" price for me. And I hate his cheating guts so there's that too.

    20. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Lost for what to do here. 1FT 2.6 ITB. Will wait til after midweeks if possible
      A) Bruno to KDB
      B) Kane Podence to Wilson/Antonio KDB
      C) The above, but losing Ziyech leaving 9.8m for a striker.
      D) something else

      Martinez (Steer)
      Robbo Cancelo Lamptey (Coufal Mitchell)
      Bruno Son(c) Ziyech JRodriguez Podence
      Kane DCL (Davis)

      Have Hamez to Jota pencilled in for the following week too btw

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Not A

        1. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Certainly the easiest move, but fair. Obviously the others are for at least a -4.

          Midweek injuries/COVID could dictate of course. Loathe to lose Kane but feels essential to get KDB

      2. acidicleo
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        B

    21. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Looking at Villa’s fixtures Marty looked nailed on, two games in without a clean sheet!

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Heaton fit now, compettion for Martinez

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

          Anybody blaming the keeper for Villa's defensive fails?

    22. yalala
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Come on Jack one more

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        he will get at least 1 more goal or assist

      2. KAALI_DAAL
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Get on the beanstalk jack!!