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Everton 0-1 West Ham
- Goals: Tomas Soucek (£ 5.2 million)
- Attend: Aaron Cresswell (£ 5.3 million)
- Extra points: Souček x3, Cresswell x2, Angelo Ogbonna x1 (£ 5.0 million)
YOU TAKE THE TANK
Tomáš Souček (£ 5.2 million) has almost achieved its place on the Fantasy Premier League radar for Double Gameweek 19.
The West Ham midfielder scored the only goal and took the highest bonus of a week 17 win over Everton on Friday night, making it a score of 11 points.
Before taking on Burnley and West Bromwich Albion at home at the Double Gameweek, Souček is now the FPL’s top scorer midfielder priced at £ 7.0m or less this season (five).
The Czech Republic international is also syncing up his form. Of his five strikes in 2020/21, four of them came in the final seven weeks of play, helping him produce 6.4 points per game in that time.
“It has been very important. If he continues to score goals, I will be more than happy ”. – David Moyes
Naturally, it’s Souček’s price that ensures its appeal to anyone considering another Double Gameweek asset, though Blank Gameweek 18 misses out, of course. At a cost of £ 5.2 million, West Ham have offered 14.2 points per million spent this season, the best among all midfielders at the time of this writing.
OUT OF LUK
With those favorable Double Gameweek matches on the horizon, West Ham now has a clean sheet in each of its last two games.
Angelo Ogbonna (£ 5.0m) was a key factor in the last shutout, dominating the skies at Goodison Park with his never-ending stream of headers won against Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£ 7.9 million).
The Italian center-back is unlikely to attract much interest in the Fantasy, mainly due to its price. Vladimir coufal (£ 4.7 million) is still a constant source of points on the right back. No West Ham defender has recorded as many key passes as the Czech Republic international in their last four games. His place on the team seems a bit more secure than before, considering David Moyes revealed on Friday that Ryan fredericks (£ 4.2 million) is now self insulating.
Aaron Cresswell (£ 5.2 million) provided the assist for Souček’s winning goal, bringing his total for the season to six, the most among all FPL defenders.
However, it’s worth noting that five of them have been out on the road and West Ham’s two Double Gameweek matches take place at London Stadium, where two of Coufal’s three assists came in 2020/21. The right-back also has extra points in three of his six home appearances.
Meanwhile, Fantasy coaches should be on the lookout for the goalkeeping situation at West Ham, which took an interesting turn on Friday night.
Lukasz Fabianski (£ 5.1m) stopped with a thigh injury in the pre-match warm-up, replaced in the starting XI for a reasonable price Darren randolph (4.4 million pounds sterling).
In case the Polish international is out long enough to miss Double Gameweek 19, his replacement could provide excellent value, although there are now just over two weeks until West Ham’s next Premier League game. Fortunately, there will be updates before, during and after an FA Cup third-round tie with Stockport County.
Michail antonio (£ 6.1m) will require a similar level of monitoring after the appearance of another substitute on Gameweek 17. Moyes explained that he is not yet ready to start matches.
“The medical team tells me how long I can play with him. I knew I had 15 minutes the other night. I could have a little more time tonight if we need it. Not ready to start yet. He has a history of hamstring injuries, so we’re trying to make sure we don’t lose him for an extended period. “- David Moyes
“It was great to have Michail Antonio back tonight for another 30 minutes as well. We will continue to strengthen him and there was no reaction in his hamstring, which was very good. “- David Moyes
THE SAME OLD STORY
Week 17 was more of the same for the Calvert-Lewin owners, as it was a fifth straight game without finding the net.
Having produced 7.8 points per game between Gameweeks 1 and 9, the Everton forward is averaging 3.8 since then.
Continually hungry for service during that run with James Rodriguez (£ 7.7m) out of action, Calvert-Lewin was forced to run into the canals and fall deep to try and make things happen for himself against West Ham.
Admirable qualities in a team player, but considering that Calvert-Lewin has been in his prime this season standing in the six-yard box hoping to convert opportunities, seeing him occupy deeper and wider positions is of course cause for concern. .
“The performance was not at the top. Compared to the last game, we had more ball but we couldn’t handle the ball as we wanted, with speed and quality in the last third. We didn’t get many chances in the game. West Ham defended very well ”. – Carlo Ancelotti
However, there may still be crumbs of comfort for your dwindling property.
First off, Calvert-Lewin has a Blank Gameweek 18 match to play, which he will likely play alongside Rodriguez, who eventually came back from injury against West Ham.
While the Colombian was unable to create many clear opportunities Friday night, his 26-minute cameo suggests he could start on Blank Gameweek 18 later this month.
No one has especially impressed in Rodríguez’s place during his injury leave and Alex Iwobi (£ 5.9 million) missed week 17 of the game anyway.
“A little problem during training. I was a bit tired. He didn’t want injuries like Michael Keane, who is on the bench. He played a lot of games, maybe resting for him could be good. “- Carlo Ancelotti
Everton XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Godfrey, Mina, Holgate, Coleman; Doucouré, T Davies; Richarlison, Sigurdsson (Gomes 64 ‘), Bernard (Rodríguez 64’); Calvert-Lewin (Tosun 79 ′).
West Ham United XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Dawson, Coufal; Rice, soucek; Benrahma, Fornals (Lanzini 73 ‘), Bowen (Yarmolenko 73’); Haller (Antonio 59 ′).
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