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

    Wissa, what a super sub!

    Annoyed Toney owner 😆

  2. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone confident of a Chelsea CS next GW away vs Brentford?

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

      Boring Tuchel with his 3 CBs and two DMs should he able to withstand some of their pressure well.

    2. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      No, I am not. Which is why I won’t be making the mistake of benching Mbeumo again lol.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Nah.

      They're in a groove.

      West Ham had been the form side on the eye test too.

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

    This season is so random

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

      Last season was worse

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

    Hammer blow.

  5. @persecuted_by_mods
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Can't be careless around Wissa

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

        Nice

    • Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Well I technically captained my third highest scoring player this week. So that's the good news 😛

    • AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      A Brentford party train... May as well board.

      Firm strike.

    • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Yesss Brentford!

    • Jensen Luiz Coleman
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      That strike burst their bubble.

    • Kodap
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      27 points with Salah & Jota left to go… anyone doing worse?

      1. Monklane
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Oh, sure.

      2. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Yep, you can always count on me mate

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

        A lot

      4. Malcolm Tucker for England …
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        oh hell yeah 😀

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

        Yes - 21 points with Salah and Cancelo to go. I'm off to the corner to rock slowly

      6. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        25. Salah to go.

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

        That's a bumper haul this week

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

        20 with the same 2 left

      9. Euro Raiders
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        27 with Salah and Matip to go. FPL week to test our resolve!

      10. Iceball
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        21 with Salah and Torres(Brownhill 2 pointer maybe)!

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

        yep, 24 Salah to go

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

        29-4 and Salah, Jota left

    • FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Brentford are so good.

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

      That's poor from Fabianski.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Fair play he should have caught it.

    • jackruet
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone got 40+?

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

        Solid 28 with 2 to go

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

          28 with 1 to go lol

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

            🙂

      2. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        40+ problems

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

        Yes 44 with Salah to go

      4. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Dead on 40 … bad Sunday … Cancelo and Salah to go which is kind of likely to be self defeating …

      5. Babit1967
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        42 here with Salah and Jota

      6. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        That is a far distant dream.

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

        Out they all come

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

        42pts w/ Salah to go

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

        39 with Salah,Cancelo and Laporte to go

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

        46 with Sarah left.

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

          Salah, obvoiusly

    • Puntillimon
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Piss poor game week. Sigh

    • Zimo
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Now watch Salah haul and win it for permacappers

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

      Liverpool game to be 1-1 with Foden and Jones goals. One final kick in the nuts

      1. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Oh god don’t, you’ve probably just called it.

    • Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      This Brentford team is not to be underestimated

      1. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah, they are doing just fine.

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

      Great end to the GW with Son (C)

    • Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Bees stinging those bubbles

    • Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Need big things from Jota today

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Wissa the Wizard

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

      Jota goal to give me a green arrow and all in all it won't have been a bad week

    • DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Need Salah to haul even though I haven't captained him. Just to take the bad look of my score.

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Lovely Benrahma blank!

    • diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Brentford reach the 12 point mark before 9 games. Only one promoted team has been relegated (94% survival rate) having reached 12 or more points in their first 9 games.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58148143

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

        So there's a chance

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

        Could be the second. Things can change pretty quickly.

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

      Low scoring weeks can be the most fun when you get the luck, but feels everyone blanked this week!

      Definite advantage to those who wildcarded and got scores in the 40s

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        There was no fun this week.Period.

        1. The Polymath
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Livramento bench points, surely a moment to savour?

    • Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Sanchez sure picked the right week to get a massive 6 pointer

    • Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Om WC
      A) Hwang&Son
      B) Jimenez& Jota

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

        A for me out of those.
        I have Jimi and Son which I like.

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

        Neither

      3. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        C) Jimenez & Mount

    • FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Blanks everywhere,Lukaku(C) highest scorer with 4

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        I have Duffy for 6 coming off the bench.

    • RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Feeling great.

      39 with Salah, Dias and Cancelo to go.

      Good size green already and more to come. Successful WC.