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Meslier missing for Leeds as Alioski starts at left-back again

Illan Meslier (£4.7m) is the latest Fantasy Premier League goalkeeper to go missing in Double Gameweek 19 – and we’re only a few hours into the latest round of fixtures.

The Leeds United shot-stopper is absent from their squad today with Kiko Casilla (£4.2m) handed a first Premier League start of the campaign.

That will worry owners of Leeds defenders after the Spaniard turned in a poor performance against Crawley in the FA Cup.

However, their back-four has retained some consistency from their last league outing. As predicted, Ezgjan Alioski (£4.5m) keeps his place at left-back with Liam Cooper (£4.3m) the only fit-again centre-back returning to the team.

Diego Llorente (£4.4m) returns on the bench, allowing Luke Ayling (£4.5m) to continue his stint in the middle and Stuart Dallas (£4.8m) is at right-back.

Pascal Struijk (£3.9m) has been shifted from centre-back in light of Cooper’s return but stays in the team, this time to cover the suspended Kalvin Phillips (£4.9m) in defensive midfield.

Brighton come to Elland Road relatively short-staffed. In light of their absences, Ben White (£4.4m) starts in midfield again, forcing Graham Potter into including Dan Burn (£4.2m) in the back-three alongside Adam Webster (£4.4m) and Lewis Dunk (£4.8m).

Neal Maupay (£6.1m) returns to the side, paired with Leandro Trossard (£5.7m) up-front.

Key Double Gameweek assets are installed nicely in the West Ham side to host Burnley.

Lukasz Fabianski (£5.1m) overcomes his pre-match doubts to start ahead of Darren Randolph (£4.4m) while Michail Antonio (£6.3m) leads the line following Sebastien Haller‘s (£6.1m) sale to Ajax.

Double Gameweek 19 Line-ups

Leeds United XI (4-1-4-1): Casilla; Alioski, Cooper, Ayling, Dallas; Struijk; Harrison, Klich, Rodrigo, Raphinha; Bamford.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (3-4-1-2): Sanchez; Burn, Dunk, Webster; March, Groß, White, Veltman; Mac Allister; Trossard, Maupay.

West Ham United XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Dawson, Coufal; Rice, Soucek; Fornals, Benrahma, Bowen; Antonio.

Burnley XI (4-4-2): Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; Brady, Westwood, Brownhill, Gudmundsson; Wood, Barnes.

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  1. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rough...
    Bench boosted with 3 Leeds
    Smooth
    First CS of the season from a Brighton GK, shame I bought Johnstone too, so would have got him off the bench anyway 😆

  2. Real Socially Distant
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    That was a stressful wait but 3 west ham defenders and Creswell (C) YES!!!!!!

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

      Wow, ballsy. Lets see how the big hitters get on though.

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You're completely bonkers - but well done!

      1. Real Socially Distant
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I don't take lots of risks but thought I've done well recently let's go a bit different. Nearly used TC on Cresswell but was a massive risk. Should have now

    3. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nice

    4. Big Mac 24
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good expert, I’ve 3 MCY def and Creswell

    5. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bold. Congrats, wish I hadn’t taken so many hits or would have got in a 2nd one at least. Had to role with 3 at the back and bloody bamford up top

    6. Party time
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hats off

      • squits
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hahaha you are insane my friend. Well done!

      • Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Nah fair play for that one.

    7. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      15 (-8) from Antonio+Coufal...any good?

      1. DagheMunegu
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        No

      2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Not really. Hoping for your sake this wasn't a brag post. If it was it was a huge fail

        1. HonestBlatter
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Have to try when given the chance....usually not so often

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

      Fabianski one save away from 3 more points.... Arghhhh

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

        Yeah that was annoying but we must be happy he played and kept a CS

      2. squits
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Just appreciate having a gk mate. Johnstone owner here Hahaha

    9. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Boom double wham Def and Antonio

        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Same here

      • BenDavies
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Pythons out on livefpl

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

        I think AZ predicted that score for the Leeds game.

        1. tuturututu
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yes he said they'll win it

        2. DandyDon
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          So did I, so what. Not to hard to predict that one (though I thought Leeds would do more than absolutely nothing!). That’s why I took a hit to get Ayling out. Meslier getting the flu and button playing a bonus

        3. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Oh what a genius eh. How does he do it. 😆

      • Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        West Brom outscoring West Ham, Leeds, Burnley and Brighton combined - classic for the DGW!

        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yep
          Who knew?!
          Highest owned Baggie is Johnstone too I’d guess?

      • WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Coufal over Cresswell is starting to get very irritating

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Why?

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

            Because Cresswell is outscoring him every week

            1. St Pauli Walnuts
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              I mean, he is a fair bit more expensive. What do you expect?

            2. Magic Zico
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Get both problem solved 🙂

            3. Mr. O'Connell
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Costs more

        2. squits
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Coufal is cheaper and ticking over nicely

          1. HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Exactly

      • Sean
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I honestly don’t care that the bench boost failed, it feels great to finally be rid of it so I can move on as it’s been way too much of a distraction the last 5 GWs

        1. TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Ye it can be a trap

          1. Sean
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Will be using it in GW1 if possible in future seasons

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

          Couldn't have failed any harder to be honest.

      • wulfrunian
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Leeds has scored 30 goals and they failed to score at home to Brighton...So frustrating this game.Wrong BB.

      • Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Shane Duffy who?

      • Drogo
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Keeps getting f'd over. First losing 5 fixtures because they decided to remove Soton - Leeds. Then Johnson is absent because of covid, and now I got Dallas + Raphinha + Bamford on BB.

        And now I see that Zouma is benched. GG.

      • OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Antonio and Coufal thanks
        Soucek and bambam shame shame

      • Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Oh wow, Cresswell on 2BP! What a man

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

          Disgusting

      • HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Brighton GK all season
        Been trolled for 19 GWs

        1. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          At what point are you just trolling yourself?

          1. HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Got stuck with a 4.4 and no money
            No CS for about 9 weeks until FUL, but dropped Ryan
            Could only afford Sanchez do got him
            I have this week, but bench boosted with Johnstone (-4) so would have got Sanchez 7 points anyway 😆 🙄

        2. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Maybe you trolled yourself? FT or hit would have solved this a long time ago

      • Thomas Shelby from Birmingh…
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Zouma owners..lol

        1. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Cheers man

        2. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          And I benched Kane for him too 🙁

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

          I'm done with this lucky guessing game

        4. claretparrot
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Don't like this kind of chat

      • pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Where are my fellow FHers with triple West Ham defense at? 😎

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Double def and Antonio

          • Flair
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Right here brother

          • STEP rOVERS
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Werner owner shoutouts?

            1. Flair
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Tears

          • HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Would have had Fabianski, but the doubt put me off.... so got Johnstone

          • Real Socially Distant
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Me too. And Cresswell (C)
            High fives all round

        2. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Fair play to my cup oppo for triple captaining Cresswell. 24 points and will prolly double it on Tuesday.

          1. OverTinker
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Your captain can outscore him in a single game

        3. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          I don’t get why people would BB with 3 Leeds. All eggs in one basket was very risky

          1. tuturututu
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            We all thought they'll win and keep a CS

            1. OverTinker
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Was v risky still

          2. Pep bites Kun
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            I guess that was their plan and they went forward. Some days it works, other days it doesn't

          3. Gross Blank Point
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            When a risk pays off then it's a brilliant decision.
            I don't have triple Leeds by the way, but I can see why folk could lean to it if they'd already set up before the Southampton cancellation

          4. claretparrot
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Risky yes, but the stats said it should have been better than +6. To be honest I'm glad my BB is out the way, even though it hasn't worked!

          5. wulfrunian
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            I used my BB but started Raphinha and Bamford over Wood and Ogbonna.

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

          Meslier, Bamford, Alioski with BB, very disappointing.. but Giroud starts and noone's got him so I am praying for a brace..

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

          Relying on Vardy to save my Saturday.

          1. Party time
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Big Party imminent. Put on your dancing shoes

            • claretparrot
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Me too. Everything crossed!

            • mgilbert86
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              I think he does well both games, we should be feeling confident

          2. Party time
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Cresswell, Coufal & Antonio owners unite!

              1. Magic Zico
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                o/

              2. MagicMessi
                • 11 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Cres Ogbo Antonio !!!!!

            • wulfrunian
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Bench two please:
              a)Wood
              b)Ogbonna
              c)Dallas
              d)Barnes
              e)Bamford

            • HuttonDressedasLahm
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Areola CS and pen save incoming to troll me even more for getting Johnstone over him

            • DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              I just hope James features!

            • WVA
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              I just don't get it, ML rival has Sanchez in goal and cup rival has Dunk. Am I missing something!?

              1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Yes. Luck.

            • The Suspended One
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Rival has Cresswell Antonio and Fornals.. flying start..

            • mgilbert86
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Hoping Ziyech crosses find Chilly on the back post for a goal

            • TomSaints
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              No Zouma is even more annoying