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Raphinha and Digne passed fit to start as Antonio returns from ban

Following the lunchtime double-header at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford, four more Premier League matches kick off at 15:00 BST: Everton v Norwich City, Leeds United v West Ham United, Leicester City v Burnley and Watford v Newcastle United.

There were injury worries aplenty for Leeds going into this afternoon’s game but Raphinha makes a swift recovery from a hip problem and starts at Elland Road.

Luke Ayling isn’t involved, however, and Jack Harrison is only among the substitutes.

Patrick Bamford was ruled out of this fixture with an ankle problem.

West Ham bring back Michail Antonio after the striker served a one-match ban last weekend, with Nikola Vlasic the man to make way.

Watford are unchanged from the team that beat Norwich, while Newcastle make just one alteration from their draw with Leeds as Federico Fernandez replaces the injured Jamaal Lascelles. Joe Willock had been ruled out this match by Steve Bruce but is fit to feature from kick-off.

There is just a single change to the Everton side that lost 3-0 to Aston Villa in their last league outing, with Jordan Pickford back to replace Asmir Begovic between the posts. Lucas Digne has shaken off a midweek calf problem and starts.

Daniel Farke makes two changes to the Norwich City side that lost 3-1 to Watford, with Pierre Lees-Melou and Ben Gibson replacing Billy Gilmour and Milot Rashica. The Canaries appear to have stuck with the wing-back system they employed in the EFL Cup in midweek.

Ademola Lookman makes his first Premier League start for Leicester. He replaces the benched James Maddison in Brendan Rodgers’ only change from Gameweek 5.

Sean Dyche has made two tweaks, with summer signing Maxwel Cornet and Matej Vydra coming in for Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Ashley Barnes.

GAMEWEEK 6 LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Godfrey, Keane, Mina, Digne, Allan, Doucoure, Gray, Townsend, Iwobi, Rondon.

Subs: Begovic, Lonergan, Kenny, Holgate, Gordon, Davies, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Kabak, Williams, Normann, Lees-Melou, McLean, Pukki, Sargent.

Subs: Gunn, Rupp, Gilmour, Dowell, Rashica, Tzolis, Giannoulis, Idah, Omobamidele.

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Shackleton, Cooper, Cresswell, Firpo, Phillips, Raphinha, Klich, Dallas, James, Rodrigo.

Subs: Hjelde, Drameh, Harrison, McCarron, Greenwood, Klaesson, Roberts, Gelhardt, Summerville.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Fornals, Bowen, Benrahma, Antonio.

Subs: Areola, Diop, Dawson, Johnson, Kral, Noble, Vlasic, Lanzini, Yarmolenko

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare, Lookman, Vardy, Barnes.

Subs: Ward, Castagne, Evans, Dewsbury-Hall, Albrighton, Maddison, Pérez, Iheanacho, Daka.

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Cornet, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Vydra, Wood.

Subs: Barnes, Lennon, Collins, Cork, Hennessey, Bardsley, Thomas, Pieters, Gudmundsson.

Watford XI: Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Troost-Ekong, Rose, Sissoko, Kucka, Sarr, Cleverley, Dennis, King.

Subs: Elliot, Sema, Tufan, Masina, Etebo, Kabasele, Ngakia, Hernandez, Pedro.

Newcastle United XI: Darlow, Manquillo, Clark, Fernandez, Hayden, Ritchie, Joelinton, Longstaff, Willock, Almiron, Saint-Maximin.

Subs: Gillespie, Lewis, Fraser, Gayle, Hendrick, Murphy, Anderson, Krafth, Schar

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1,587 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Thought VAR can't advise YCs?

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      VAR can give advise to the cabinet on national security matters

    2. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      He needed to look on the big screen

    3. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      My thoughts as well

  2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio a lucky boy - should have been red

    Seriously dangerous play

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Can't be serious

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Didn't look deliberate to me. Had his eyes fixed on the ball. Don't think he even knew Meslier was there.

  3. fish&chips
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio you numbnut

  4. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    The crowd convinced the ref to card Antonio

  5. Harry the Hack
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Ronaldo cappers were correct

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

      Salah yet to play...

      1. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Missed pen incoming

    2. Thanos
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Yep

  6. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio owners were real smug after cr7 blank

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      They were hehe

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

      I have both 🙁

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

    Meslier knows he still has 5 mins left for CS points

  8. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    this Everton game has been really shite

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

      Pukki party needs to start.

  9. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio has not scored in 10 league games against Leeds. Will that be 11.....?

  10. jackruet
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Allan please get that 2 bonus point you evertonian pele

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Hope not

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

    Allen my highest scorer so far.

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Humble brag….

    2. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same. Shame he's third on my bench

    3. The Sociologist
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same!

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

    One of those gameweeks. Not only are my players not getting returns, they're getting booked and subbed before 60.

  13. JBG
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Kabak lucky he didn't get a second YC there.

  14. TheBiffas
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    What a week

  15. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Pass the ball Harrison wtf

  16. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio wants RC badly

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio calm down...

  18. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Having an absolute mare, Antonio cap of course

  19. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Salah(C) was the obvious choice after all .. Congrats to you

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Kane….

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

        Not very obvious, but who knows this weekend..

  20. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone into double figures yet?

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

      10 with captain played 😆

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        This

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

      Legs 11 here.

    3. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      7(-4) from five including Ronaldo(c)

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        😮

    4. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Bunch of show offs…..

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

    Another Antonio red card incoming.

  22. GROBARI
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Is this Antonio or Ramos?

  23. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    This gameweek is beyond a joke

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Even worse than the infamous Snowmargeddon

  24. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Tony throwing elbows at everyone

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

    At this rate 1 point from Antonio is considered a haul

  26. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio will score. When people on this forum are berating a player and there are no positive posts about that player, they usually end up scoring.

    1. TKC07
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      With this logic Traore would have won Golden boot

  27. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Wtf is Antonio doing?

    He is trying to get sent off

  28. jackruet
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    So antonio yellow. What else can happen? Salah red? Trent broken leg?

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    #LFC v Brentford:

    Alisson, Trent Matip Van Dijk Robertson, Fabinho Henderson Jones, Salah Jota Mane

    Firmino on the bench

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

      So sell Jota after this game

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Jones…. Oi.

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Nice one.

      Praying for a Salah blank and a Jota haul

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

      Let's gooo!!!

  30. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Still haven’t got double figures