<p><em>This <strong>FPL strategy article by <a href="https://twitter.com/RichP_FPL">@RichP_FPL</a></strong> reviews the best FPL replacements for <strong>Michail Antonio (£7.9m).</strong></em></p>
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<h2>Michail Antonio &#8211; The Best Replacements</h2>
<p>Following a red card in the 0-0 draw with <strong>Southampton</strong>, around 43% of all FPL managers are in a bit of a quandary with regard to <strong>Michail Antonio</strong>. The highest scoring player in the game to date now starts a one game ban and misses the next <strong>West Ham</strong> game at home to <strong>Manchester United</strong>.</p>
<p>At the time of writing (prior to Monday&#8217;s <strong>Everton vs Burnley</strong>), over 740,000 managers have decided to sell him. The question for this article is: <strong>who are the best replacements?</strong></p>
<p>Armed with all of Fantasy Football Hub&#8217;s incredible tools, it&#8217;s our task to find out!</p>
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<h2>Best Antonio Replacements | The FPL Market</h2>
<p>First off, let&#8217;s see who most FPL managers are bringing in up front, presumably for Antonio himself. At the time of writing, the <strong>five most transferred in forwards</strong> ahead of Gameweek 5 are:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.5m)</strong> &#8211; 674k transfers in</li>
<li><strong>Romelu Lukaku (£11.6m) </strong>&#8211; 316k transfers in</li>
<li><strong>Odsonne Edouard (£6.5m) </strong>&#8211; 135k transfers in</li>
<li><strong>Patrick Bamford (£7.9m) </strong>&#8211; 110k transfers in</li>
<li><strong>Allan Saint-Maximin (£6.5m) </strong>&#8211; 108k transfers in</li>
</ol>
<p>If you&#8217;re of the view that a one game ban is enough to move him on, and you have the cash to do so, moves for <strong>Ronaldo or Lukaku</strong> (if you don&#8217;t already own one) seem like a good idea.</p>
<p>Both returned <strong>13 point hauls</strong> this weekend and will likely be some of the top scorers over the course of the season. Owning at least one seems like the way forward right now.</p>
<p>I also like the <strong>Bamford</strong> shout here. <strong>Leeds</strong> are about to embark on a <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/"><strong>lovely fixture run</strong></a>, playing <strong>Newcastle (A), West Ham (H), Watford (H), Southampton (A), Wolves (H) and Norwich (A)</strong> in their next six games. <strong>Edouard</strong> and <strong>Saint-Maximin</strong> I would personally avoid for now.</p>
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<h2>Best Antonio Replacements | The Fixtures</h2>
<p>Next, we&#8217;ll consult the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/"><strong>Hub Fixture Ticker</strong></a> to see which teams have the <strong>best attacking fixtures</strong> over the next six weeks, to see if we can identify the most suitable replacements.</p>
<div id="attachment_38469" style="width: 931px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-38469" class="size-full wp-image-38469" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.25.48.jpg" alt="" width="921" height="815" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.25.48.jpg 921w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.25.48-300x265.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.25.48-768x680.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.25.48-610x540.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px" /><p id="caption-attachment-38469" class="wp-caption-text">Hub Fixture Ticker filtered by the best attacking fixtures for the next six weeks</p></div>
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<p>As we can see, <strong>Leeds top the fixture ticker</strong> over the next six weeks when it&#8217;s filtered to the easiest attacking fixtures, with <strong>Wolves, Everton, Arsenal and Watford</strong> making up the top five.</p>
<p>The case for Bamford is strengthened seeing this, with a shoutout for <strong>Raul Jimenez</strong> <strong>(£7.4m) </strong>too. Jimenez, however, doesn&#8217;t look back to his old self just yet, so I&#8217;d class that one as more of a punt.</p>
<p><strong>Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£8.2m) </strong>would be a serious shout here as well. We&#8217;d need to see him play against <strong>Burnley</strong> first and ensure he comes out unscathed.</p>
<p>Rumours of that injury being longer term than we thought pour cold water on him for now. It does potentially open the door for <strong>Richarlison (£7.5m) </strong>or newly signed <strong>Salomon Rondon (£6.0m) </strong>if you fancy a real left-field punt!</p>
<p>I personally wouldn&#8217;t be considering the likes of <strong>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£9.9m) </strong>myself, and I think Watford may have hit a bit of a stumbling block, so it could be a risk to drop down to <strong>Emmanuel Dennis (£5.2m). </strong>However, with a couple of fixtures against Norwich and Newcastle next, he could be worth it.</p>
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<h2>Best Antonio Replacements | The FPL Points Predictor</h2>
<p>Using the same timescale, let&#8217;s see who&#8217;s projected to score the most points across all Forwards according to our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions/"><strong>points prediction tool</strong></a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_38471" style="width: 791px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-38471" class="size-full wp-image-38471" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.38.11.jpg" alt="" width="781" height="969" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.38.11.jpg 781w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.38.11-242x300.jpg 242w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.38.11-768x953.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.38.11-610x757.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px" /><p id="caption-attachment-38471" class="wp-caption-text">All Forwards sorted by Projected Points from Gameweek 5-10</p></div>
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<p>Yet again, we see <strong>Patrick Bamford</strong> at the top &#8211; strengthening his case to enter your team. However, most of these options are potentially way out of budget unless you have plenty in the bank or are happy to take a -4.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s filter by options around <strong>Antonio&#8217;s price</strong>. I&#8217;ve set the maximum price to £8.0m.</p>
<div id="attachment_38472" style="width: 782px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-38472" class="size-full wp-image-38472" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.39.05.jpg" alt="" width="772" height="956" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.39.05.jpg 772w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.39.05-242x300.jpg 242w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.39.05-768x951.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-14.39.05-610x755.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px" /><p id="caption-attachment-38472" class="wp-caption-text">Now the table above but filtered to a maximum price of £8m</p></div>
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<p>This sees Jimenez creep up into second, with <strong>Danny Ings (£8.0m) </strong>predicted to score the third-most points between Gameweek 5 and Gameweek 10. Bamford is looking more and more like the ideal replacement, should you wish to make a transfer.</p>
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<h2>Best Antonio Replacements | The FPL Stats</h2>
<p>We&#8217;ll have a look at the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> so far to see if these help with identifying a suitable replacement.</p>
<div id="attachment_38475" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-38475" class="size-large wp-image-38475" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-15.51.47-1024x688.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="688" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-15.51.47-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-15.51.47-300x201.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-15.51.47-768x516.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-15.51.47-610x410.jpg 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-15.51.47.jpg 1041w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-38475" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">Stats</a> for Forwards £8.3m and under for Gameweeks 1-4 sorted by Shots in the Box</p></div>
<p>For me, this highlights how much of a beast Antonio has been.</p>
<p>Top for almost every metric available. We&#8217;ve already mentioned the likes of <strong>Jimenez, Calvert-Lewin and Bamford</strong>, but eight of <strong>Adam Armstrong&#8217;s (£6.0m) </strong>shots have been in the box, with four shots on target from his 12 in total.</p>
<p>However, he plays <strong>Manchester City and Chelsea</strong> in his next three games, so I&#8217;d rule him out. There isn&#8217;t too much else I like here.</p>
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<h2>Conclusion &#8211; Ranking the Best Antonio Replacements</h2>
<p>I&#8217;ll start off by saying that if you have neither Ronaldo or Lukaku and have an easy route to get to one of those, I&#8217;d recommend one of them first. Failing that, I&#8217;d rank the top three replacements below:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Patrick Bamford (£7.9m)</strong> &#8211; Leeds top the <strong>fixture ticker</strong> over the next six and he is predicted to score the most points of all forwards between now and Gameweek 10. Only one goal so far, but with those fixtures I&#8217;d back him to add to his tally.</li>
<li><strong>Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£8.2m)</strong> &#8211; <strong>Caveat &#8211; It is unclear if Calvert-Lewin is playing vs Burnley and if his injury will keep him out for a while. </strong>Calvert-Lewin (if fit) would be next here. He&#8217;s been earmarked as Everton&#8217;s talisman and everything runs through him. With decent fixtures and being on penalties, I think he&#8217;s a great replacement if you wish to sell Antonio. If he isn&#8217;t fit, a punt on Richarlison might be a good shout.</li>
<li><strong>Raul Jimenez (£7.4m)</strong> &#8211; Jimenez hasn&#8217;t got off of the ground yet, so this one could be a risk. However, the fixtures are there and Wolves have been playing good football. Hopefully it&#8217;s just a matter of time until Jimenez gets off the mark.</li>
<li><strong>Emmanuel Dennis (£5.2m)</strong> &#8211; If you want to take some more cash out of your Forward line, Dennis appears to be the most nailed of the Watford Forwards. However, Watford have stalled somewhat since the opening day, so he might be a better &#8220;First Bench Spot&#8221; option.</li>
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<p>Well there we have it. As always, there is a lot to think about ahead of the deadline. I hope you’ve found this interesting and it would be great to hear your thoughts on it!</p>
<p>I would also love it if you&#8217;d drop me a follow on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/RichP_FPL">@RichP_FPL</a>. Cheers!</p>
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