Dugout Discussion

Iheanacho starts for Leicester as highly-owned Antonio leads West Ham attack

There are three Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 BST today – Crystal Palace v Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa and West Ham United v Brentford.

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira names an unchanged starting XI after Monday night’s 1-1 draw with rivals Brighton and Hove Albion. The Eagles are unbeaten in their three Premier League home matches this season, conceding just one goal at Selhurst Park so far.

For Leicester, Kelechi Iheanacho (£7.0m), who was unable to feature in Thursday’s UEFA Europa League game due to an issue with his travel documents, starts alongside Jamie Vardy (£10.4m), with Hamza Choudhury (£4.5m) and Ademola Lookman (£6.0m) also featuring.

Ricardo Pereira (£5.5m) drops to the bench, with Jonny Evans (£5.4m) and Wilfred Ndidi (£4.9m) unavailable.

Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur are looking to avoid a fourth straight Premier League defeat, and make three changes from last weekend. Emerson Royal (£5.0m), Cristian Romero (£4.9m) and Oliver Skipp (£4.5m) all come in, replacing Japhet Tanganga (£4.6m), Davinson Sanchez (£4.5m) and Dele Alli (£6.5m).

Son Heung-min (£10.0m), who has netted three of Spurs’ four Premier League goals this season including both at home, is involved, as is the 5.1% owned Harry Kane (£12.1m).

Opponents Aston Villa, who are going for a third win on the bounce, are unchanged. As a result, Leon Bailey (£6.4m) and Morgan Sanson (£5.0m) both miss out, with Dean Smith hopeful the pair will return after the international break.

West Ham United name the same starting XI that began their 2-1 win at Leeds United in Gameweek 6. Vladimir Coufal (£5.0m) returns after missing their European tie against Rapid Vienna with a groin injury, and starts alongside the highly-owned Said Benrahma (£6.6m) and Michail Antonio (£8.0m)

For Brentford, head coach Thomas Frank makes two changes, as Mathias Jorgensen (£4.5m) and Shandon Baptiste (£5.0m) replace Kristoffer Ajer (£4.5m) and Frank Onyeka (£4.9m).

GAMEWEEK 7 LINE-UPS

C Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Milivojevic, McArthur, Gallagher, Ayew, Zaha, Edouard

Subs: Butland, Tomkins, Kelly, Clyne, Kouyate, Hughes, Schlupp, Olise, Benteke

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Choudhury, Tielemans, Barnes, Lookman, Vardy, Iheanacho

Subs: Ward, Amartey, Pereira, Dewsbury-Hall, Soumaré, Albrighton, Pérez, Maddison, Daka


Tottenham XI: Lloris, Royal, Romero, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Ndombele, Moura, Son, Kane

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Sanchez, Rodon, Winks, Lo Celso, Gil, Alli, Scarlett

A Villa XI: Martinez, Konsa, Hause, Mings, Cash, McGinn, Luiz, J Ramsey, Targett, Ings, Watkins

Subs: Steer, Tuanzebe, Young, Nakamba, Buendia, El Ghazi, Philogene-Bidace, Traore, Archer


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

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

Brentford XI: Raya, Zanka, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Baptiste, Norgaard, Janelt, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney

Subs: Fernandez, Goode, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Bidstrup, Roerslev

1,049 Comments Post a Comment
  1. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    FFS come on Gallagher, my players are allergic to getting involved with their teams goals

  2. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    No assist for Olise

    1. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Sure it wasn't guaita?

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Mark doesn't own him so unfortunately that's a no.

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

    How’s this WC?

    Mendy
    TAA Rudiger Dias
    Salah Raph Townsend Benrahma
    Antonio Vardy Jiminez

    Sanchez White Livra Gallagher

    0.2 ITB

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

      Personally wouldn’t get Townsend and Ben on WC

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

      Looks great this game week!
      I wouldn't have Benny on a WC personally but yeah it looks nice.
      Why Dias over Cancelo?

    3. Fish up a tree
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Townsend may have shot his bolt as has never scored more than 6 goals in a season

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

    Is Firmino benched then?

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

      Would presume so.

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

        Not fully fit, can't be carrying players vs City.

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

          Ah right cheers mate, everyone on here was saying he would start over Jota

          1. Gabistuta
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah opinions on here are as good as your own. Herd mentality and confirmation bias everywhere.

  5. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Well done to the youngster Olise, first premiership goal!

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

    I know Oldie scored but what team does he play for?

    1. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      *Olsie

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Try agyan 🙂

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Palace

        1. Optimus.
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Cheers

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

      vardy brace to secure it?

    4. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Lovely from Olise, won best young player of the season - really hope he keeps Ayew out now.

    5. el polako
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Jarod Bowen should have stayed in Championship.
      How many chances this donkey needs ?

      1. TheBiffas
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        coufal owner? bowen is quality

        1. el polako
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Benhrama not Coufal but this is general comment, guy can't finish - hopeless.

    6. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Bowen wasting Coufal Assist

    7. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Genuinely need a Raya 10 pointer to save this game week, which min will he concede ?

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

        10 points added & locked in, enjoy!

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

      What's going on with Kane?

      Must be his longest scoring draught

    9. balint84
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Recommended keeper 5.0 or under? Im fed up with Kasper S

      1. TheBiffas
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        ramsdale or raya

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Raya

      3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Hard to look past Rambo

      4. Gabistuta
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        I have Sanchez and would love Ramsdale if not for other fires.

    10. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Watkins G

    11. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Almost Coufal assist and goal in span of 2 minutes

    12. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      How lucky are Brentford??

    13. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Coufal almost

    14. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Assist for Palace goal?

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        None

        1. Optimus.
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Craig?

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        No assist.

        Olise shot, it hit the defender, came back to him and he put it in

    15. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Looks like Antoni blank incoming.

      Guess minimum 4 points for cap is not the worst considering how this week has gone for most lol.

    16. gellinmagellan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Aston Villa fixtures after the break :)))

    17. COLLIN QUANER
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Glad I started Jota. Looking forward to his goal today

      1. gellinmagellan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Its gonna happen, can feel it

    18. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      ings G

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        ?

      2. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Er. No.

        1. TheBiffas
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          said ings on bbc sport haha

          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Why are you just regurgitating what BBC sport are saying 😆

            The amount of utter garbage pollution on these boards 😆

            1. TheBiffas
              • 3 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              Calm down. Nobody had announced a villa goal of any sort on here. Simple mistake.

      3. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Yass!!!

      4. BeWater
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Watkins.

      5. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Watkins*

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

        1-2?

        1. TheBiffas
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          bbc sport live text has it as an ings goal

      7. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Got my hopes up! Ban!

        1. TheBiffas
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          apologies

      8. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Watkins

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

      And suddenly, mid priced forwards were back firing!

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Really hope Rodgers is about to give Nacho a run

        He is bonkers good

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

          You were raving about him at the start of the season, he's got to be starting!

          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Straight into my team if he’s starting

            Will take a hit for him even, no problem

    20. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Get in!!!

      Now Nuno will have to press for a winner

      1. Mighty Banana
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Or settle for the 1 point... 😀

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Surely not, they’ve actually attacked quite well today, fair few decent chances

    21. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Spuds 🙂

    22. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ollie still alive!

    23. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Villa will really fancy this now.

    24. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      C'mon Hammers score already.

    25. tbos83
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Goals from Nacho and Watkins, it's like old times

    26. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Son assist!