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Antonio the most-owned player on show for West Ham v Leicester

Fantasy Premier League’s (FPL) second-most popular forward, Michail Antonio (£7.6m), starts as West Ham United take on Leicester City in the first Monday night football fixture of the new season.

There are no real shocks in either line-up, with both sides unchanged from Gameweek 1.

At West Ham, Vladimir Coufal (£5.0m) and Aaron Cresswell (£5.5m) both start in defence, with Jarrod Bowen (£6.5m), Said Benrahma (£6.1m) and Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) lining up behind Antonio in David Moyes’ 4-2-3-1 formation.

Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) remains out with a knee problem.

As for Leicester, Harvey Barnes (£7.0m) – owned by 11.3% of FPL managers – starts for the visitors, alongside James Maddison (£6.9m), Jamie Vardy (£10.5m) and £4.0m defender Daniel Amartey.

Ryan Bertrand (£4.9m) is still unavailable due to the positive test that also caused him to miss last week’s match with Wolverhampton Wanderers, while new signing Jannik Vestergaard (£5.0m) has picked up an injury in training and is not included in the squad.

Kick-off at the London Stadium is at 20:00 BST.

Be sure to join Scout regulars Gianni Buttice and Seb Wassell for our Matchday Live watch along, as they cover all the FPL action from West Ham v Leicester, live at 19.45 BST:

MATCHDAY LIVE WATCH ALONG

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio

Subs: Areola, Baptiste, Fredericks, Diop, Johnson, Coventry, Noble, Lanzini, Yarmolenko

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Amartey, Soyuncu, Thomas, Ndidi, Tielemans, Perez, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Castagne, Choudhury, Soumaré, Dewsbury-Hall, Praet, Albrighton, Daka, Iheanacho

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM GAMEWEEK 2

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2,615 Comments Post a Comment
  1. T.Henry14
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Antonio i am coooold

  2. Roy Hudd
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Find it astonishing really that there are people out there who don't own Antonio. Clueless management.

    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Haha

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

      Sick of these comments

    3. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      70% of the game doesnt have him

    4. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Get out

    5. On The Up
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Wish you could mute people sometimes...

    6. Isco Disco
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Only casuals don't own Antonio

  3. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Benny off

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Antonio off as well.

  4. Viprin
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Not bad for a RB

  5. Zalk
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    So important that Antonio pushes Benrahma off that 3 bonus.

  6. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    West Ham quadruple up anyone - get Lingard before he moves

  7. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Bye bye Barnes hello Benny

  8. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Antonio is such a great player. He just has that footballing brain, one of the most intelligent players out there. It's a shame he hasn't started playing as CF much earlier.

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      that intelligence comes from being a RB and a winger before playing as a striker. he understands the game from all three levels of the pitch

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Feels like a Benrahma fail.

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Clearly dropped for Mark Noble

  10. Invincibles
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Cresswell, Toney > coufal/reguilon, DCL?

  11. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    -4 to get Antonio?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Bloody do it!

    2. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Beast. Bargain. Plenty of supply. What’s not to love.

  12. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Noble token appearance.

  13. BlzE_94
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Keep Barnes against Norwich or shift to benrahma?

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Will he even play against norwich? Easy decision

      • g40steve
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Can’t wait two easy games for Ham, Leicester have City after Norwich

      • Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        I’m starting to think he might be dropped for the next game. I have him and would be worried about rotation

    2. R.C
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Imagine if HinduMonkey would have never mentioned about Benny. He'd be OR1 by now.

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

      son+ toney ---> Greenwood + Antonio (-4)??

      1. Invincibles
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Don’t sell Son before Watford.

    4. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      This is what Monday Night Football is all about. Love it!

    5. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Omg not Coufal, anyone but Coufal

      1. Isco Disco
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Get in Coufal!!!

    6. RCT46
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Live FPL crashed. Everyone's gone crazy..

    7. Isco Disco
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      ANTONIO BENRAHMA COUFAL OWNERS UNITE!!!
      Where y'all at?

    8. Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Let’s not forget Antonio used to be a right back 😆

    9. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Benny & Antonio! Lovely stuff!

    10. Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      I'm upset I genuinely have the (C) on Antonio tentatively for next week, what a haul that would have been this week. Never would have even considered it with the fixtures.

    11. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Feels like a bad night as a benrahama only owner

      1. FPL_trail_runner
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Antonio with Benrahma benched here

        More bad than good night, but at least have them

        1. Threat Level Midnight
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 8 months ago

          Link team

    12. xHaTr
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Wow what a night for Coufal Benrahma Antonio triple up

    13. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Too knee jerky?
      Barnes, Bruno, Toney -> Benrahma, Pogba, Lukaku -4?

      1. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        I like it a lot, especially if you have Salah. I might do Salah instead of Bruno though due to the uncertainty of the IB and also fixtures.

      2. Podge
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        That could work

    14. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      thank god I benched Schmeichel for Sanchez

    15. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Oh no just realised i benched both Benrahma and Coufal!!! Ughhhhhh

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        You aren't the only 1

        1. Stupendous
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 8 months ago

          Why would you do that? It doesn't make any sense.

      2. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Trolling. Not a chance you would do that at home v anyone let alone Leicester who aren't exactly tight.

        1. AC Yew
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 8 months ago

          Not trolling. Played Toney and wasn't about to bench one of either Salah or Bruno. Got returns from almost all my players so I made the right moves.

    16. Isco Disco
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      So glad I did Buendia -> Benrahma transfer this GW.
      One of the best transfers in my FPL history

    17. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Aghhrrr benched Coufal

      Noooooo