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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

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

    Most of my ML leaders played Soucek. Of course.

  2. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Soucek brace, Dallas injured. This game is too luck based

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

      Same story here...

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

    Will Antonio keep the assist

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Should keep it

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antonio assist

    I’ll take it

    1. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Cresswell says the fpl twitter account

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      It looked like he didnt touch it in the replays for offside

      If Antonio touched it then Soucek shouldve been offside

  5. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    I've had Soucek since GW2, and I benched him for the 1st time this week for Gundo. Never again!

  6. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Ahahaha! I'm loving these comments from people who benched Souchek! Keep em coming! Don't own and virtually everyone who owns him in my mini-leagues started him. But I'll take the Antonio assists.

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

    Flashscores is showing an assist for Cresswell for 2nd goal but nothing added on FPL?

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

      FPL doesn't exactly function at a speed of light.

  8. 420king
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Guy commentating the game on TV just said he left Soucek on the bench. Poor guy...

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

    Soucek since GW1 😎

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

      Same here man

  10. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Cresswell robbed.

  11. Captain Vantastic™
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    No way Antonio assist

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

    FPL gave that as an Antonio assist? Don't think he touched it tbf but HOLD

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

    Torturous

  14. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    HOW IS TJAY NOF A CRESWELL ASSIT ???

  15. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Cresswell owner... non Antonio
    Goal looked like no touch from Antonio, but he's been given the assist.

    Watching on my phone so hard to tell, did he get a touch?

  16. M2.0
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    To everyone who told me to play Coufal ahead of Soucek, ROT IN HELL

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

      Another person who picks their team off the fpl community comments. Get a grip

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

    Praying Kane gets benched

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

      Me too. Of course if that happens, Robbo is going to haul (3rd benched).

  18. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antonio/Soucek will tear Liverpool apart on the weekend. West Ham in top form

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

    Do people still think Soucek points are lucky?

  20. Athletico Underachieving
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Grade A trolling from Soucek after blanking during my BB last week, now sitting first sub this week

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

    souceck!!!

    Antonio didn't touch it, surely not given the assist????

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Now I hope rashford doesnt start ...

  22. Bring the Cavalry
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Nearly done a -4 to get son for souchek had exact money, decided against it because there was no price changes, total fluke

  23. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antonio jammy assist. Get in.

  24. Poor man's Igor Biscan
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Never, never, never bench Soucek! I already have an assist from Bamford and Antonio each and I am still fuming that I have put him 2nd sub!

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

    -137k net transfers out (his most in a GW)
    Benched by 59% of remaining owners
    4 points in a DGW where people even captained him
    15 points so far this gameweek
    Classic FPL

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

      Thank god I listened to those who said Palace were poor in the air, so play Soucek

  26. One More Hit
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Soucek since GW1. Rest of my team is terrible, but that somewhat redeems it

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

    I said 100 times. Never do late minute changes and transfers. Soucek was in my first 11 all the time and changed him last minute. Can't believe it

  28. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Isn’t a Cresswell assist??

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      *it

      Surely if Antonio did get a touch it’s offside no?

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

    Dallas is OK

  30. Rash
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Benching soucek was logical decision for me so just have to stare at his haul from my bench..

    Raphinha bruno gundog son
    Kane Bamford Antonio

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yes definitely very unlucky. It was between Smith Rowe and soucek for me and picked the arsenal playmaker