Michail Antonio, West Ham

West Ham pair favoured by top 100 bosses and Triple-Captain users for Double Gameweek 21 deliver in first match

More than two million Fantasy Premier League managers transferred in Jarrod Bowen ( £6.6m ) and Michail Antonio ( £7.8m ) and they were rewarded with attacking returns for the West Ham United duet in the first peer of their double Gameweek 21 .
The game ‘s top 100 managers heavy backed the pair as captain over Liverpool headliner Mohamed Salah ( £12.9m ) and they were besides the top Triple-Captain choices.

That choice is already paying off as Bowen earned an FPL assist and Antonio scored in a 3-2 succeed at Crystal Palace, before they face Norwich City at home .
West Ham join Everton and Brentford as one of three teams to benefit from the foremost Double Gameweek of the season .
Over 1.2million FPL managers snapped up Bowen following his 14-point draw at Watford in Gameweek 20, while about 800,000 swooped for Antonio and will have fond memories of the ahead ‘s career-best 26 points and four goals the concluding prison term he faced Norwich in 2019/20 .
Demarai Gray ( £5.5m ) was the third base most-bought musician for Everton ‘s two home plate matches against Brighton & Hove Albion and his former club, Leicester City .

GW21 most transferred-in players
Player Transferred in by (‘000s) Pts
Bowen 1,212 5
Antonio 798 7
Gray 479 –

The two top transfer targets besides emerged as moderate captainship contenders, peculiarly among the very top Fantasy managers global, as the game ‘s top scorekeeper Salah did not feature among their acme three choices for only the fourth time in 2021/22 .
Bowen has been given the armband by 66 of the lead 100, having taken his assists total in 2021 to 15, the most of any player across the calendar year, with three at Vicarage Road last time out .
Son Heung-min ( £10.6m ) was chosen by four of the elect bosses ahead of Tottenham Hotspur ‘s visit to Watford, and they were relieved to see him assist a finish scored by Davinson Sanchez ( £4.5m ) in second-half arrest time to secure a 1-0 victory .

Most-captained by top 100
Player Captained by Pts
Bowen 66 5
Antonio 23 7
Son 4 6

More than 32,000 managers overall have taken their faith in West Ham ‘s attacking match a step far by using the Triple Captain chip on them.

Antonio will earn trio points for 17,870 managers while 15,169 are hoping to cash in on large returns from Bowen .

GW21 most Triple-captained players
Player Triple-Captained by Pts
Antonio 17,870 7
Bowen 15,169 5
Salah 2,654 –

Salah was again the most-captained musician, although only once in the last 14 Gameweeks has he been backed by fewer managers .
Ahead of Liverpool ‘s tripper to Chelsea, Salah blanked in back-to-back appearances for the first time this season .
Cristiano Ronaldo ( £12.5m ) has been entrusted with the armband by closely 1m Fantasy managers .
Manchester United host Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday, with Ronaldo looking to add to his four double-figure draw this terminus .
Antonio was the most popular of the Double Gameweek players, backed by over 877,000 .

GW21 most-captained players
Player Captained by (000’s) Pts
Salah 2,792 –
Ronaldo 999 –
Antonio 877 7

Conor Gallagher ( £6.2m ) and Bernardo Silva ( £7.5m ) were the two most-sold midfielders as managers made board for double over Gameweek players .
Gallagher missed Palace ‘s match against West Ham, while Bernardo ended a run of four consecutive blanks with an aid in Manchester City ‘s 2-1 win at Arsenal, after being fouled for a punishment.

And more than 1.1m separate caller with Chelsea ‘s Reece James ( £6.3m ), who has been ruled out with hamstring injury .

GW21 most transferred-out players
Player Transferred out by (‘000s) Pts
James 1,189 –
Gallagher 808 0
Bernardo 454 5

See: Fantasy Premier League stats

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