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The Nuno Espirito Santo era begins for West Ham United tonight as they travel to the Hill Dickinson Stadium to face Everton.

Kick-off on Merseyside is at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

The new West Ham boss has only made two line-up changes from Graham Potter’s final match in charge, which was a 2-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace.

Callum Wilson drops to the bench, while James Ward-Prowse is not included in the squad at all.

This isn’t due to injury or illness, either: Nuno confirmed ahead of kick-off that it was just a tactical decision.

Coming into the Hammers’ side are summer signing Soungoutou Magassa and striker Niclas Fullkrug.

David Moyes, meanwhile, reverts back to the starting XI that featured in the Merseyside derby in Gameweek 5.

He had rotated seven of his team out in the midweek EFL Cup loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Beto.

Subs: Travers, Patterson, McNeil, Barry, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Iroegbunam.

West Ham XI: Areola, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Magassa, Fernandes, Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville, Fullkrug.

Subs: Hermansen, Julio, Wilson, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Scarles, Potts, Irving, Marshall.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE

New to Fantasy Football Scout this week is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:


We hope you find it useful!


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  1. _Greg
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    5m rank increase, top 5k gw rank, most fun GW in years!

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Awesome, well done.

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Wow! Gratz

      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Cheers guys

    3. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Very very nice, well done! They do feel good occasionally lol - gw score?

      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        99 points.

        1. TOLV TUMS
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          well done!

        2. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          That's just evil Greg.

    4. The Night Trunker.
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Congrats sir!
      That's huge, well played.

      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Thanks man!

    5. Pompel
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      That's great!
      Having a good gw myself too

      1. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Aye nice to have a good one for a change.

    6. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Nice boost

    7. Absolutely Muñozed
        2 months, 7 days ago

        wow - congratulations brother

      • AAAFootball
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Good job!

      • FPL Sanky
        • 2 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        KDH you fool ......ruins my BB plan

        1. Drizzle
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 2 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Mine too. Will plan for BB9 I suppose. An annoying end to an underwhelming gameweek.

        2. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          That must be close to a record, accumulating 5YC suspension after only 6 matches.

          1. Gazwaz80
            • 6 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            He does look like he has a bit of a temper 😀

      • IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Roll on without Arsenal
        KDH -> I.Sarr, bench Pedro
        Have 1FT and exact money 1.4
        Would leave me with

        Petrovic
        Muñoz Senesi Alderete
        Salah Semenyo Enzo Sarr Reijnders
        Haaland Richarlison

        Dubravka Pedro, Porro, Gudmundsson

      • Pep Roulette
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        After this performance from Everton, their upcoming fixtures look completely dreadful!

      • Mom, Butters just gave me a…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Okay fellas, see you on Friday.

        Don't miss the early deadline.

      • Saka Punch
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Hey guys, any thoughts very welcome on this WC draft (planning to BB GW8):

        Pope Roefs
        Gabriel Senesi Burn Guehi Alderete
        Eze Sarr Semenyo Doku Minteh
        Haaland Gyok Bowen

        1. Assisting the assister
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Nice differentials

      • Punned It
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Starting to fancy Bowen a bit. Is that wrong of me?

          1. TOLV TUMS
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Bowen is basically inevitable apparently, so I'd say keep fancying and see where it takes you

          2. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Don't fancy next 4 fixtures

          3. Drizzle
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 2 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            He's a bit weird one. He doesn't get many chances so he doesn't give you comfort that he'll keep scoring. Yet he keeps scoring. Not a huge amount, but steady steady.

        • Ronnies
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Sanchez
          Gabriel VVD Andersen Munoz
          Salah Semenyo Ndiaye Jeijnders
          Haaland J. Pedro

          Dubravka Gudmundsson King Guiu

          1 FT

          A) Roll FT
          B) Munoz to Senesi

          Cheers.

        • TafOnTour1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 1 Year
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Who's the better option?! Enzo or Sarr?!

          1. Saka Punch
            • 7 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Sarr imo

        • Sun Jihai
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Only 3 teams have kept a CS in the last 20 PL games!

        • Royal5
          • 14 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Best Wood replacement? Already got Haaland and Pedro

          1. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Budget?

            Richa looks nailed for a few with Solanke surgery

            1. Royal5
              • 14 Years
              2 months, 7 days ago

              Ty, 10.8

          2. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Thiago going under radar & Wolt starting to find form

            1. Royal5
              • 14 Years
              2 months, 7 days ago

              True. Not seen a whole lot of Wolt, but he looks good

          3. Headers
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Bowen

          4. TafOnTour1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 1 Year
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Woltemade or Bowen.

            1. Royal5
              • 14 Years
              2 months, 7 days ago

              Both good shouts. Bowen with Arsenal next though

              1. TafOnTour1
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 1 Year
                2 months, 7 days ago

                Ahh yes of course! Maybe go with Woltemade then!

                1. Royal5
                  • 14 Years
                  2 months, 7 days ago

                  Tempting. Differential as well

                  1. TafOnTour1
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 1 Year
                    2 months, 7 days ago

                    I've gone for him. 2 goals in 3 PL games, one of which was against arguably the best defence in Europe in Arsenal.

              2. Royal5
                • 14 Years
                2 months, 7 days ago

                Gyokeres?

          5. Saka Punch
            • 7 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Gyok imo

        • g40steve
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Play Sels or Dubs?

          Bench correct?

          Next transfer Pope or Raya, leaming Pope

          Sels
          Gabriel, Senesi, Guehi,
          Salah, Semenyo, Kudus, Reijnders,
          Pedro, Haaland, Richarlison

          Dubs, Statch, VDV, Gudmund,

          .5

        • FantasyClub
          • 4 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Who goes first lads Grealish or Gakpo ?

          ➡️ Sarr or Arsenal mid (Saka,Ezekiel,Rice) ?

          1. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            You have been preaching a lot? Haven't seen Ezekiel autoerrored before.

            1. FantasyClub
              • 4 Years
              2 months, 7 days ago

              Lmao yep a very surprising autocorrect and I've actually never typed that name in my life

          2. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Grealish first out imo

            1. FantasyClub
              • 4 Years
              2 months, 7 days ago

              For Sarr or Arsenal mid?

        • PartyTime
          • 4 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          UCL fantasy
          Pick
          1. Thuram v Slavia Prague
          2. Gyökeres v Olympiakos
          3. Pedro v Benfica

          Thanks

        • PartyTime
          • 4 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          First time in a long while since i’ve owned an Everton player. Got Ndiaye in the team but everton’s dreadful performance reminded me of the reasons I shouldn’t invest in these bottom half teams ( Everton, Wolves, Fulham etc. ) heck! Just give us Bolton, Middlesbrough & Portsmouth to replace these crap clubs

          1. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            I think he was "The CC pick" for WC4-6. Sour fixtures now.

        • DennisTheMenace
          • 3 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Thoughts on this WC? 2.9ITB. Thinking of BB in 8.

          Pope Dubravka
          Gabriel VVD Senesi Richards Alderete
          Semenyo Doku Sarr Minteh Anthony
          Haaland Gyokeres Woltemade

          1. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            With that money I might want to punt on Saka. Doku and Pep roulette isn't safe for BB imo.

        • Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Rodri to Sarr is a no brainer or is it?
          (I certainly should have picked Doku on WC, but didn't notice his price before it was 6.5. And I might have ended up with Rodri anyway.) Is Sarr playing before weekend?

          1. ZeBestee
            • 11 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Yes I would hold til they play the midweek ECL

        • ZeBestee
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Sarr, Minteh, Doku all on form. Ndiaye to one of those? And who?

          1. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Minteh^ might actually also be an option, Wolves next is tempting.

            1. Baps Hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              2 months, 7 days ago

              Doku I still don't trust with Pep. Burnley game is gone and risk of 1 pt cameo when we have reliable defcon mids is like begging for problems. We have been Pepped so many times.

        • Wolfman180
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Play Kudus or J Pedro this week?

          1. Sun Jihai
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            Kudus
            Very unfortunate not to return recently

        • Fat Frank
          • 8 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Does anybody else feel fpl have missed a trick with defcon?
          Rather than it being a milestone to achieve would be better if it was an extra 2 points each time it’s achieved, even within the same game.

          E.g if a defender achieves 20 defcons they receive an additional 4 points

          1. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            That would be too much. They are hardly worthy a goal.

          2. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 7 days ago

            It's not THAT big of a miss.

            So far only one player has met the threshold for a stackable amount (unless I missed any):

            VVD (21) in GW1

            A few have come close, either one or two away.

            You could argue it's so rare that is barely worth accounting for & coding in, due to how few players will reach it. But equally, it's a good achievement so actually would mind that much if it did happen.

            Definitely think they've done pretty well with the thresholds they have set up though, even if it has hurt fullbacks quite a lot.

        • Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Remind me to never be ungrateful again.

          1 player = 48 points
          10 players = 20 points

          Carried is an understatement.
          ...and 33 points of that came after 90 mins!

          1. AAAFootball
              2 months, 7 days ago

              haha i have exactly the same

              Semenyo my only not-blank outside haaland lol

          2. Absolutely Muñozed
              2 months, 7 days ago

              Gakpo + Grealish to ??