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27 February 2016 1889 comments
James Barnes James Barnes
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The truncated nature of Gameweek 30 means there are just four three o’clock kick-offs for Fantasy managers to consider this afternoon. Given their conflicting form heading into the Gameweek, Leicester City’s home tie against Norwich City looks like a one-sided affair and potentially our main source of returns on offer.

The Foxes thrived in the final third over the last four Gameweeks, placing joint-second for goals (nine) and joint-top for big chances (11). Furthermore, they ranked top in terms of shot accuracy (42.9%) and second for shot-conversion rate (18.4%). As for the Canaries, they shipped two more goals (12) than any side around the league. Nonetheless, they posted the third-best shot-conversion rate (14%), which hints that the hosts won’t have it all their own way – all the more so, given that Leicester have conceded more shots inside the box (44) than any side from Gameweek 23 onwards.

Southampton seek a seventh clean sheet on the bounce when Chelsea visit St Mary’s Stadium. Although the Saints’ rearguard wasn’t breached across the previous four Gameweeks, the Blues will draw encouragement from the fact that Ronald Koeman’s men ranked sixth for shots inside the box conceded (39) and joint-seventh for big chances conceded (seven). Allied to that, Chelsea charted joint-fourth for goals (seven) and shots on target (21) during that period.

Having arrested their losing streak with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth, Stoke City search for consecutive wins when Aston Villa roll up at Britannia Stadium. Considering that they placed joint-second-bottom for attempts (36) and bottom for shots inside the box (15) over the last four Gameweeks, the Potters clearly need to establish some consistency on the attacking front. The Villains, meanwhile, bagged just two goals and the joint-least big chances (two) – pointing towards a possible stalemate.

Fresh from a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace, Watford lock horns with a Bournemouth outfit that’s suffered successive defeats. Although the Hornets notched just four goals across the past four Gameweeks, their regimented defence was bested on only three occasions. Even though the Cherries allowed 20 fewer shots inside the box (23 compared to 43) than Watford, Eddie Howe’s charges saw their net ripple seven times.

  1. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Refferes hate Costa. That first wasn't foul. Second one no contact at all and he gives yellow?? Fe*ck it

    1. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Everyone hates Costa

      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        😎

      2. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        http://www.futhead.com/16/players/94/diego-costa/

        Look at the comments. 😆

        1. Venom Snake
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Haha

        2. internal error
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          What do the numbers by the usernames, represent?

          1. Wilshere Knowledge
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            A thumbs up. 😀

            +1's

            1. internal error
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Lol. Someones well over 1000 +1's for repeating one word.....

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Too much passion

    3. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Everyone hates Costa

    4. DROP IT LIKE IT'S HART
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Who doesn't hate Costa?

    5. Evs
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      There's a reason for that Danny boy !!

    6. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      What goes around comes around.

    7. GAMBIT
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Costa should be the last one to complain about unfair treatment

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Just watch the game. Totally nothing from Costa and he gets whistled 2 times and even gets booked

        1. Fitzy.
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Anyone you can blame for getting him?

    8. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      He has a reputation , he thoroughly deserves it and it catches up with players. He is getting the same treatment as Suarez

    9. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      The angel that is Diego Costa?!

      No way...

    10. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Some of the stuff he's got away with before, he's got no complaints.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        I think referees shouldn't be bias that's all. Grade game by game, foul by foul. Contact by contact.

        THEY SHOULDN'T REFEREE WITH THE HISTORICAL METHOD

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          That's fine once we start using robots to referee games. While we're using humans, reputations are going to play a part.

  2. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Arnie hatrick almost

    1. In Bale We Trust
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      It was you haha. Great call mate.

    2. Evs
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Oooooh 'almost' points 😆

  3. In Bale We Trust
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Fair play to whoever was going on about captaining Arnie earlier. Great call.

    1. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Thanks 🙂

    2. Mr. Blonde
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Look one comment above!

  4. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Lukaku in next week?

    1. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I'm very very tempted, maybe even jammy Barkley in for Payet

  5. Venom Snake
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Fuchs on for 3 baps 😎

    1. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Delicious

    2. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yes, and I picked Huth to save a little cash for Alli to Eriksen in the future. Fuchs the more reliable point scorer.

    3. Mr. Blonde
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      At least a bit of a reprieve on doing Simpson to Fuchs rather than Firmino to Arnie

    4. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      He'll have to settle for two once Vardy starts scoring...

    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      😎

  6. Mark-O
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    I'm surprised at the 0-0 in King Power and Vicarage Road now. 🙁

  7. Jolly Good
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Had firmino to Arnie pencilled in all week
    And last minute switched to siggy

    Why oh why 🙁

    1. Scoredelario
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Me too. Made the mistake of believing hype about him being unsettled. Oops

  8. Hakuna Juan Mata
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Cmon Norwich

  9. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    I need those Bournemouth and Soton cs disapear

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Close your eyes

    2. Chinu
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      This

    3. For Fuchs Sake
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      The latter yes!!

  10. BrockLanders
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Is the Vardy party over yet?

    1. Evs
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      About to start 😉

    2. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I got him this week so it never really started

    3. JogaSemmedo
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I'm going to have a Jamie Vardy party to get over not taking out Silva for Arnie!

  11. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Any chance of an assist at least for once off my captain please. Becoming a joke! Come on Jamie!!!

  12. Coaly
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    almost did sanchez to arnie 🙁

    1. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I think Sanchez will still score well

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yeah me too, but got to fancy Sanchez tomorrow!

  13. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Ighalo misses a huuuge chance

  14. Evs
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Here we go...

    Cmon then Jamie - nows the time to score 🙂 !!

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Time for a party 😉

  15. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Vardy's party is over?

    1. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      He's getting a shipment in next week. Should be fine after that.

  16. Mark-O
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    I'll leave this here.

    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12754329

  17. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    A Daniels penalty goal and a late Vardy goal assisted by Mahrez

    Too much to ask for?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Spot on

    2. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yes you greedy sod!

    3. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yes

    4. BenjaniMwaruwari
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      ??? You actually lose points since Vahrez effective ownership is over 100%. So why on earth do you want that?

      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Because my Arnie (C) will allow for the minor losses at the expense of catching those in my ML that either don't have Vardy and/or Mahrez, or at least didn't (C) them

        1. BenjaniMwaruwari
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I guess it's okay if your playing for mini league instead of overall rank. As you were!

  18. Dempsey
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    please score chelsea

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      *Costa

  19. Greenbackbøøg…
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    meanwhile Ake has fallen in a hole https://twitter.com/xDuoMax/status/703606555908939778

    1. Reedy
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Another defender gone 🙁 Two reds last week...and now a plunge into a pit! Ridiculous

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      That will Ake in the morning.

  20. Scotty B
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Did Firmino > Arny this morning and benched Azpi 🙂 🙂 🙂

    1. Juventino4life
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Same here.

  21. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Top 10K average up to 23.9

    1. Slam
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Oh my goodness I'm bang on average then

    2. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      With or without baps?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        with

        1. Venom Snake
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I'm on 24 without, very good!

    3. Mr. Blonde
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Benching ****ers to change that

  22. tm245
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    King and Schlupp on
    Kante and Okazaki off

  23. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Rival playing 5-4-1 the week when pretty much no goals are scored 🙄

  24. Villan14
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    they just said on SSN, he thinks theyre moving mahrez closer to vardy

  25. Sif
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    More clean sheets than a Daz commercial.

    1. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      But none for me 😎

  26. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    The Long goal was hardly mentioned ?

  27. HP.
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Leicester have bottled it.

  28. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Long hammy injury?

  29. Mickey Tyrion™
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Any chance Bellerin doesn't play tomorrow? Have Targett 1st otb

  30. Jay_
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Wolly and Bardsley neck and neck for 2 baps