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Antonio starts 3rd league game in a row as Zaha returns for Palace

In-form Michail Antonio (£6.4m) is starting his third Premier League game in a row for the Hammers up-front.

Supporting Antonio are Said Benrahma (£6.0m), Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m) and Pablo Fornals (£6.1m).

Budget midfielder Tomas Soucek (£5.3m) lines-up alongside Declan Rice (£4.8m) in midfield.

Aaron Cresswell (£5.4m) and Vladimir Coufal (£4.7m) start at full-back, with Angelo Ogbonna (£5.0m) and Craig Dawson (£4.5m) in the heart of defence.

Lukasz Fabianski (£5.1m) is a regular starter in goal.

Crystal Palace talisman Wilfried Zaha (£7.2m) returns for the Eagles in a front two, paired with Christian Benteke (£5.5m).

Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) and Andros Townsend (£5.6m) start out wide, with Luka Milivojevic (£5.6m) and James McArthur (£5.2m) in centre midfield.

Budget favourite Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) keeps his place at left-back, with Joel Ward (£4.3m) opposite.

FPL midfielder Cheick Kouyate (£5.0m) returns at central defence with veteran Gary Cahill (£4.5m). Vincente Guaita (£4.8m) remains in goal.

Callum Wilson (£6.6m) leads the line for the Toon, hoping to score his first goal in seven games.

Ryan Fraser (£5.6m) and Miguel Almiron (£5.6m) take up the wide positions, with Jonjo Shelvey (£5.3m) and Jeff Hendrick (£4.6m).

FPL midfielder Isaac Hayden (£4.7m) joins Jamal Lascelles (£4.2m) and Fabian Schar (£4.9m) at centre-back.

Winger Jacob Murphy (£4.9m) has been deployed as right-wing-back, with summer signing Jamal Lewis (£4.2m) opposite..

Karl Darlow (£5.0m) retains his place in goal.

Patrick Bamford (£6.7m) will be hoping to get back to goalscoring ways for his 50.1% ownership.

Marcelo Bielsa has lined up with a midfield four of Jack Harrison (£5.4m), Raphinha (£5.4m), out-of-position forward Rodrigo (£5.7m) and out-of-position defender Stuart Dallas (£4.8m).

Kalvin Phillips (£4.9m) is anchoring the midfield. Luke Ayling (£4.5m) moves out to right-back, with Diego Llorente (£4.4m) returning to partner Liam Cooper (£4.3m) at centre-back. Ezgjan Allioski (£4.5m) keeps his place at left-back.

Illan Meslier (£4.7m) has recovered from illness to reclaim the goalkeeping jersey.

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

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Ward, Kouyate, Cahill, Mitchell; Townsend, Milivojevic, McArthur, Eze; Zaha, Benteke

Newcastle XI: Darlow; Murphy, Hayden, Schar, Lascelles, Lewis; Shelvey, Hendrick, Almiron, Fraser; Wilson

Leeds XI: Meslier; Allioski, Cooper, Llorente, Ayling; Phillips, Dallas, Raphinha, Rodrigo, Harrison; Bamford

1,977 Comments Post a Comment
  1. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    West Ham CS gone - Well Done now time for Wilson to score and we are good

  2. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Schar could get a move to Leeds if he performs tonight, already has the man bun hairstyle

  3. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Yess no CS for WHU

  4. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    thank god i benched Coufal!

    1. Dybala10
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      This

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

      same- very glad to see that decision partially vindicated

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

    Zaha in

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

    LOL
    At least the Coufal CS hope was killed pretty quickly

  7. djman102
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    For the moment, benching Coufal the right call...

  8. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Getting fed up of Zaha - blanked every week when I owned him, now he’s taking my Cresswell clean sheet

  9. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Should have started Mitchell over Coufal haha

  10. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Coufal fail

    Zaha goal

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

    One may be injured, but another Belgian wizard steps up as assist master of FPL

  12. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Yeah, so Coufal was a wise starting choice...

  13. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    All those Coufal or Dallas posts gone if Newcastle scores 😀

    1. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Not when he scores the opener

  14. Sanchit
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Someone here captained Benteke by mistake?!

  15. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Zaha only scores when you don't own him.

    Simples

    1. djman102
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      It IS January though. Maybe Zaha was the optimal KDB replacement.

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Maybe. Need another injury in midfield though

    2. Bobby Reds
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I own him 🙂

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        You are the exception to the rule

  16. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Good. Coufal can now focus on bombing forward to assist Antonio's impending hattrick...

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

    Soucek over Coufal failure, FFS!

    /s

    1. Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Really?

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

    Coufail. Dallas first sub haul incoming. Ffs

    1. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      That's how FPL works

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

      Match days with you and Fudgy make my night.

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

    Antonio Bamford goals needed

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

      plus wilson

  20. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Coufail
    Cressfail
    OGbonna
    D'awwww,son

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

      Don't forget Failianski

      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Flappyhandski, even.

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

          Hmm

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

    My ML opponent sold Zaha for Madisson !! 🙂 Go figure....

  22. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Llorente down already lol

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

    Thank god I started Dallas over Coufal. A 15 pointer would be cool

  24. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Souper!

  25. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Soucek again!

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

    WHam goal?

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

    Souceck get in!

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

      FARRRK OFFFD

  28. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Souuuuuu

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

    Antonio A

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

    SOUCEEEEKKKKKK