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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. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antonio post again.

  2. Jebiga
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antonio so close

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

    Antonio post again

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

    Wow what a miss

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

    Check out this guy leading one of my mini leagues...
    5k overall and has made 7 transfers all season!
    Wtf?! Why do I bother ?
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2805080/history

  6. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Oh ffs Antonio.. So unlucky.

  7. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Cresswell with another assist nearly! What a start!

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

    Antonio for crying out loud man...

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

      Bye baps

  9. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    people saying soucek no points because of antonio ,but i had him for the dgw and he never looked like scoring in either game ,in fact hardly crossed the half way line vs BUR,WBA benched of course this week ,it really is nonsense this season...

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

      Yeah season of the casuals

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

    Soucek has more points than KDB now 🙁

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

      #pointsoverpounds.....

  11. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Soucek first on the bench. Hoping Pep Roulette works in my favour for once with Stones, Dias and Gundo.

    1. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      If you are playing 3 at the back then a DFer missing out won’t help you

      1. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Playing 4 atb

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

      I am hoping for the same. Expect I have Stones, Cancelo and Gundo. Not gonna happen though..

  12. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Any chance Antonio can stop hitting the woodwork and put it in the back of the net!

  13. Mweene
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Soucek to Son planned transfer now off the cards.

    Got 7.2 mil in the bank lol. Will probably just save it and wait for the DGWs.

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

      Haha same here.. Will probably just bring in Kane for Bamford.

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

    Lottery ticket time for Antonio & Soucek non owners, so lucky so far.

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

      ????

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

    Antonio on the goals imminent table!!

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

    Post 2 - 0 Antonio

  17. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antonio post

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

    Antonio so so unlucky

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

    Antonio will end up with only an assist here but missed two sitters. FFS.

  20. MoSalad
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    The stuff of dreams Cressy Assist to Antonio goal, but nope can’t finish it from the 6 yard box!

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

      it will come

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

    West Ham carving Palace up?

  22. Kane and Ablett
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    So relieved I sold Soucek for Gundo this week, the torment of seeing all those points on the bench would have been too much to bear...

  23. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Live score has Bamford as assister in goal.

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      He definitely wasnt

    2. Silecro
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Im watching the game. It was Rodrigo.

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

      Live score is wrong. There isn't even a debate, Rodrigo rolled the ball to Raph after Bam passed to him on a breakaway.

    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Has Rodrigo on my livescore.

      1. Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Literally just changed

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

      That's why people have stopped referring to livescore lately

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

    That's some ugly hair-doo by Zaha

    1. ted mcnure
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      He´s one of several I´d like to see in the Hague Court of International Haircrimes..

  25. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Tuchel please don't play Chilwell

  26. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Yes I benched Soucek / golden rule?
    And never bought Antonio 🙁

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Soucek winning fouls all over the place

  28. Sean
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Checked the Leeds score and see Raph bagged and about to get all smug, then check West Ham score with soucek 3rd on my bench!

    My apologies to anyone I told not to play Soucek earlier, I hope you ignored me

  29. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Benrahma's style reminds me a lot of Hazard. Looks talented.

  30. King Carlos
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Why no bamford ass?

    1. King Carlos
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Oh, nevermind...

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

      Easy, it wasn't Bamford who assisted

    3. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Cos he didnt make the assist?