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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 SALAH
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Isn’t a Cresswell assist??

    1. SEXY SALAH
      • 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
    • 6 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