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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. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    and whats up with leeds ,wheres all the attacking flair ,bamford hasnt had a sniff

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bamford taking away defenders to allow others to get the space and shoot.

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

      Are you watching the game?

      Leeds attacking waves

  2. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Lesson learnt - don’t play BB in DGW, play it in week after

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

      What's next? A BB in BGW? Surprise me.

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        At this rate...

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

      Or just don't bench Soucek, it's taken me half the season to figure that out

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

    Soucek sellers/benchers in the mud

    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Would've benched Raphinha for him, no worries, just good old-fashioned awkward luck 🙂

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      all the casuals in my ML bought him in for the double and have now binned him 🙂

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bamford back to being crap?

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Swap for Kane next week at this rate

    2. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Always has been crap. You’d score a hat full if you had 200 chances aswell.

    3. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hasn't done anything wrong?

    4. Jumpernot
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I remember at one point I had to choose him or Watkins, both the same cost, same form but Watkins had better fixtures and was on penalties. I chose Watkins it was the worst decision of my season. I took Watkins out the week of his triple assists, now I have Bamford he's doing nothing. I think i cursed him. Sorry.

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

    Who did people actually bench Soucek for?

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Dalls vs new

    2. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      saka/bamford

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

      Mount/Salah

    4. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      transferred him out for Gundo

    5. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bamford and Watkins

    6. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Raphina

    7. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Son actually

    8. KEN YA DIG IT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      justin

    9. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cancelo

    10. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Dallas. Soucek buried 3rd on my bench behind Watkins and Coufal so no chance I’ll get him.

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

      Luke fhkjn Shaw, or cancelo

    12. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      KdB and Vardy

    13. muc1999
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wilson

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

      Justin unfortunately. Cry ok defensively against mid table teams was my rationale but I can counter that immediately that corners are completely different story.

  6. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Zaha a twisted firestarter tonight

  7. Chief Break-Everything
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Soucek - Gundogan -4

    Genius

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ouch

    2. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Still a solid move in light of their stats.

  8. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Harrison, you greedy b-stard.

  9. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Moyes really has turned West Ham around. They’re a great team. Fair play to him i say. This is the best football iv’e seen Moyes’s team play since his Everton days.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Fellaini 2.0 is the reason

  10. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Scared Soucek will score a hattrick

  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rodrigo all fart no poo.

  12. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Still might sell Soucek for Son.

  13. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Oh dear, Raphinha injured now

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Should be OK

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He's fine.

  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Would you bench Watkins(sou) for Soucek(LIV)?

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

      Did it this week. Never again!

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      The one playing a good defence.

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

      You won't miss anything since Watkins a 2 pointer

    4. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I dont have Watkins but going to bench Bamford to play Soucek and Antonio vs LIV

  15. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Antonio on 5pts and Soucek on 15pts is so unfair. Pure luck

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      How is it pure luck. More like poor finishing from Antonio.

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hitting the post twice is a matter of inches. That’s not poor finishing

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

          Maybe Antonio should've finished better?

    2. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Lol Antonio poor finishing mate.

  16. Lets Talk About 19 Baby
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    When will peeps learn NEVER bench The Soucekminator

    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I learned an interesting lesson in the DGW...

    2. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nothing to learn, game is 80% luck.

  17. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Soucek 2nd on bench 🙁

    Praying for a double no show now.

    Fml

    To be fair in all my benching headache decisions, I was always benching him - it was Coufal vs Dallas I couldn’t decide on!

    1. tbos83
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Exactly the same for me. Soucek behind Dallas on my bench so need a small miracle. Ah well, these things happen.

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

      Me too... 2nd on bench behind Saka

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

    Zaha's hairstyle making him look like a 2 year old girl 😆

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      On holiday in Tenerife.

  19. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Zaha rocking the Chris Tucker haircut from 5th element. Anyways, how's that not a YC for Zaha??

    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      LOL amazing reference

  20. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Soucek on bench, Antonio hits the post twice........eesh

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    If somehow I get Soucek points I promise ain't gonna complain ever again about not being lucky

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ditto. But it won’t happen

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I pray to the fanntasy gods. I deserve bench points for once in 11 years

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Same

  22. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Soucek 1st on the bench ffs

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You’ll be OK if you started KdB?

  23. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Antonio post. Raphina post. This is fun

  24. Muscout
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Last time I try to be tactical and field 4 defenders instead of a 5th mid !!

  25. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Dead Smith should give Grealish some rest this GW

    1. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Dean* oops

  26. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I need Cresswell he’s a LW and all free kicks and I think corners ?

  27. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    5 mins only... how do they add up added time honestly...

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Meslier was down for quite a while.

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Should've been way more

  28. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Can Newcastle players please stop kicking Raph? Kthx.

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bamfords back to normal, his luck has ran out.

  30. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Got Soucek in my draft team. Was thinking of selling him, but decided against it.

    Glad I held onto him and started him, now.