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Lingard and Bowen lead West Ham line as Masuaku misses out with late injury

Fantasy Premier League managers have their eye on Jesse Lingard (£6.6m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.0m) as West Ham visit Newcastle on Saturday lunch-time.

The Magpies have conceded at least twice in nine of their last 14 Premier League matches while David Moyes’ men are in a rich goal-scoring form.

With Michail Antonio (£6.5m) still out injured, Lingard and Bowen are tasked with leading the West Ham line as out-of-position forwards again, just as they did against Leicester.

Pablo Fornals (£5.8m) supports the pairing from a number 10 role with Tomas Soucek (£5.3m) and Mark Noble (£4.5m) occupying more traditional central midfield stations.

Moyes has gone with wing-backs again today although has been forced into a late change following an injury to Arthur Masuaku (£4.3m) who joins Aaron Cresswell (£5.8m) on the sidelines.

Budget option Ben Johnson (£3.9m) comes into the team to operate as a left wing-back on the opposite flank to Vladimir Coufal (£4.6m) who has assisted in each of his last two Premier League matches.

Angelo Ogbonna (£4.7m), Issa Diop (£4.3m) and Craig Dawson (£4.5m) are the back-three today, spared having to face Callum Wilson (£6.5m) for 90 minutes.

The former Bournemouth forward, who has an admirable scoring record against West Ham, is named on the bench for the second week running following his recent hamstring injury.

Joelinton (£5.7m) spearheads the Newcastle attack this afternoon with Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.1m) and Miguel Almirón (£5.6m) either side of him.

Double Gameweek 32 Line-ups

Newcastle United XI (3-4-3): Dubravka; Dummett, Clark, Fernández; Ritchie, Shelvey, S Longstaff, Murphy; Almirón, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin.

West Ham United XI (3-4-1-2): Fabianski; Ogbonna, Diop, Dawson; Johnson, Soucek, Noble, Coufal; Fornals; Lingard, Bowen.

Double Gameweek 32 so far…

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  1. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Got Coufal coming off my bench if Stones or Rudiger don't play.

    Highly likely?

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      50:50

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      You might dodge the bullet - good chance that Stones gets Villa and Laporte the cup. Rudiger plays surely

  2. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Fellow Lingard non owners. It looks like it's finally safe for us to come out of the woods. FML it's been painful

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      45mins is pretty huge for someone who can score with the only chance he gets, squeaky bum time!!!

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        No, I bought him this week so it's safe to come out of hiding. He'll blank the rest of the season now.

    2. Better off with a pin and a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      My Siggy to Lingard move this week isn't looking clever right now.

      1. Les Bleus
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        😯

      2. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Wow

      3. Studs Up
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Ouch

  3. BooYaKasha
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Brought in Son, Lingard and Holding -8
    Out of sheer cowardice
    This game makes you hate yourself

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Holding may yet deliver a CS for you.

      1. BooYaKasha
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Picking peanuts out of poo...

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Still peanuts, though?

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Son will shine

  4. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Dawson since I brought him in - 0,-1,0,1,-3. -3 pts over 5 games...also brought in Lingard just this week.

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      This kind of instant sh*t returns are pretty annoying.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Wow

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Ouch

      Did you have Bednarek at any point?

      1. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Lol

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Well, at least you should have Cancelo, the best defender come end of the season as you once said and asked us to mark your words.

  5. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    The 2 goals are absolutely ridiculous. Worst defending ever.

    Sell west ham defenders if you own them

  6. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Is twitter down?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      No but think aspects aren't working. My Lists view keeps breaking.

    2. Kun Tozser
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Looks to be

  7. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Honestly, has there ever been a more predictable blank than JLinz this week?

    The hype was through the roof. Previous Lingard ‘haters’ were even taking hits to get him. Plus I bought him!

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I fell for it too and got him in on WC.

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        The game is not over...

    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I brought him in for a hit despite having a gut feeling he's gonna blank(45 minutes left still, but doesn't look very promising). Even if he gets just an assist today, I'll gladly take and run.

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

    You could say Bruce a bit of a genius here. Wolves and Leicester both played high line and gave west ham space behind and they love to break fast on the counter. Even before the goal and red card Bruce had set up newcastle with 5 at the back, matching matching shape and giving west ham thr ball, Lingard looked like he was going to get nothing even without the red card. West ham not happy to probe with possession. Doesnt help if they have a defensive meltdown though. Ironic since I brought lingard in this week as many others but this is the premier league for you eh!

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Who do Newcastle play next? High line defence?

    2. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Bruno (C) over Salah locked in then

  9. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    West Ham without Cresswell this season

    82mins
    0 goals scored
    4 goals conceded

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      [ ] Statistically significant sample size

      1. ChelseaGuy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        xD

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      How many goals did they concede in the previous 82 minutes?

      1. ChelseaGuy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        4, at the rate of 1 per 20.5mins

  10. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    No West Ham. All good till now. Hope the next 45 are exactly the same.

  11. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    WE JINXED JLINGZ

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      More like his real self revealing itself.

    2. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Not really. He always was a slightly above average player. His owners were just extremely lucky the past few weeks. If you watch the goals he scored you'll see what I mean. It's like divine intervention

    3. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I finally brought him in this week

      1. A. PRISE
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Same here. Expect an assist and no goals for the remainder of the season

    4. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Oh no, a player who’s scored 82 points in 9 games might blank, what a terrible FPL asset

  12. Baps hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Our commentator here is saying that Whu def makes him think they should play Benny Hill theme atm...

  13. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    How does Saint-Max get an assist for that first goal???

    That was all Diop

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Goal - DIOP RIGHT FOOT
      Assist - DIOP LEFT FOOT

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 11 months ago

        True, didn't even think of that lol

    3. Jon Snow
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Team went from 62% template last week to 92% template this week. Sign of a successful wildcard

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Is it? Basically means you got 1 weeks benefit now everyone has the same team without wildcard

        1. Jon Snow
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          good point, although I'll take my big 1 week rank boost after all the red arrows I was getting

          1. TheDragon
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            I’m in the exact same boat.

            Initially I was delighted but now I’m left wondering how has everyone already been able to match up my team

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              See below captaincy a huge deal this week in creating template I suspect.

      2. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        You're not taking into account the Kane captaincy - that captaincy creates a huge swing for template teams.

        You're also assuming that by getting players who were successful in one week (probably just Nacho Lingard TAA and Holding for your gain) that those players are going to continue to be successful. May yet come to pass that those who held Brighton defence and Leeds attack win.

    4. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Saint-Maximin starts to look like a great differential pick after all.

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        We were all 30 GWs too early.

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

        Only if you picked him instead of Neto......Doh!

    5. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Saint-Maximum must have the worst ‘step over’ to ‘output’ ratio the premier league has ever seen

      400 step overs, shoot straight at the defender... repeat

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Passing is out of the equation because that'd be asking Joelinton to finish.

      2. Weeb Kakashi
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        His stepovers are very rapid. End product is what he lacks.

    6. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Only top 4 race now left open? Everything else pretty much given?

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Yep

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

      West Ham will have to beat Chelsea next week then if they going to take that top 4 spot plus win more of their remaining games than Liverpool

    8. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      If arsenal win europa and chelsea win ucl (and finish outside top 4)...does 4th spot not get ucl?

      1. ZAMUNDA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        4th spot would still get UCL

        1. MrZ
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Is it?
          There will be 6 clubs from 1 country if that happened. The max number is 5 if i recall...

        2. Silecro
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Didnt Arsenal (or Tottenham) missed CL in 2012 from fourth spot when chelsea won it as 6th?

      2. Studs Up
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        No, max 5 allowed

        1. Studs Up
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          No...Max 5 teams from Prem allowed in UCL

      3. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        arsenal won't el, united will

        1. FPL Theorist
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Emery will knock his old team out.

    9. Louis Van Gaalstones
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      The co-commentator on my stream is complaining about Newcastle not trying to attack more - clearly unaware that they were doing that comfortably BEFORE they scored 2 goals, why would they suddenly go all gung ho?

      1. Louis Van Gaalstones
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        But being a Newcastle fan must be depressing af

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 11 months ago

          I don't think he means go gung-ho I think he is expecting them not to totally sit back when they have an extra man, inviting too much pressure at the minute

          1. Louis Van Gaalstones
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Sort of, but that's what they do - sit back in a block and make it difficult to get through. At the end of the first half they were attacking more and it allowed for counters, Steve Bruce won't want that.

        • MrZ
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          You should remind him that this is Newcastle he's watching, not ManC or Pool
          to see NewC attacking is a rarity...

      3. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Shall I still get lingard? Was planning move this gw

        1. A. PRISE
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          If you are in need of constant blanks, then yes

        2. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Still a good option. Against Chelsea, not a priority.

        3. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          This was surely a strange week to make the move in any case. Had been wondering whether to bench him for a cs defender here.

      4. OLD Rafiki
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        what happened to Fabianski he used to be a great keeper just turned to a "meh" type of keeper.

      5. MrZ
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Most headed conceded stats are probably the most overrated stats ever.

        I bought dawson, dunk & soucek when they played teams with most or 2nd headed attempts conceded... not only none of them scored headed goals on those matches, their headed attempts also minimal.

        1. Collie01
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Goals from headers are almost impossible to predict imo. Certainly in terms of targeting fixtures.

        2. FPL Theorist
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Headed attempts don't matter. Headed goals are what we should care about.

      6. Weeb Kakashi
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Jesse assist potential is quite high though will all these freekicks.

      7. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        B.johnson doesn't want to play

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Got a country to run tbf

      8. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Coufal has got to score there

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Had a few scoring opportunities this season. Just not a good finisher..

        2. Collie01
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Pretty difficult angle for a header though.

      9. OLD Rafiki
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Maximin injured again.

        1. tbos83
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Does it look serious?

          1. Louis Van Gaalstones
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            It didn't until the board came up and then he limped off like he'd been in a car accident

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

        Newcastle
        Total EO: 0.23%

        West Ham
        Total EO: 100.02%

      11. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Oo-er how has he not saved that? Ball trickled in

      12. Rains of Castamere
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        G - Diop
        A - Bowen

        73 mins

        1. JONALDINHO
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          No Lingard involvement not surprised