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1 January 2019 1451 comments
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Richarlison (£7.0m) has been deployed on the left-wing for Everton as they host Leicester City in the opening Premier League fixture of 2019.

That has allowed Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.3m) to come back into the side to operate as the centre-forward, Bernard (£5.9m) dropping to the bench.

Also named among the substitutes is Seamus Coleman (£5.2m), as Jonjoe Kenny (£4.2m) returns for his first start since Everton’s last meeting with Leicester on October 6.

After being benched for the Gameweek 20 trip to Brighton, Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.3m) comes back in to skipper the Toffees, who line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Brazilian international Richarlison may enjoy his outing at Goodison Park today as he goes up against Danny Simpson (£4.2m), who has been deployed at right-back for the first time since Gameweek 15 today. The former title-winner is making just his third league start of the campaign.

Meanwhile, James Maddison (£6.8m) finds himself on the Leicester bench, while Hamza Choudhury (£4.3m) makes his third start in four matches. The 21-year-old was excellent in recent wins over Chelsea and Manchester City but was rested for the Gameweek 20 defeat to Cardiff.

Wes Morgan (£4.5m) fails to recover from illness which sees Jonny Evans (£4.8m) come in, while Rachid Ghezzal (£5.1m) gets back into the Leicester starting line-up since Gameweek 12.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Zouma, Keane, Kenny; Gomes, Gueye; Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Walcott; Calvert-Lewin.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Maguire, Evans, Simpson; Ndidi, Mendy, Choudhury; Ghezzal, Vardy, R Pereira.

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  1. N00B
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    1-1 with no involvement from Digne and Richarlison would be great!

  2. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Nice one Vardy, nuke that Everton clean sheet!

    1. Ruth_NZ
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      That's like bombing a bomb crater.

  3. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    That’s the problem with Digne, Everton can’t defend and nearly all his team mates are crap

  4. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    How stupid are Walcott and Keane. Seriously.

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Never understood what people saw in Keane.

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        This saw so many recommendations for him made me puke

  5. fr3d
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Goal of the year?

  6. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    duh

  7. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    If Pereira nails this RW position down he is an essential.

    1. Bring the Cavalry
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      No he isn’t, calm down

      1. BENOIT
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        He's defo coming in for me if that's the case

        1. Bring the Cavalry
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          I understand he is far more appealing but a Leicester defender with quite poor fixtures is definitely not essential

    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      first on my bench today !
      also on bench for goal v city, and cs v chel
      when ive played him previously think i got 1 cs.
      bit of a frustrating player to own for me
      Southampton next, after that
      wolves (a) pool (A) utd (H) spurs (A)

  8. Ligdon
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Benched ricardo fook

  9. Debauchy
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Pushes couch back. Digne assist insignificant now

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Digne winning goal yet

  10. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    vardddddddddddddy

  11. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Digne should piss off.

    1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Every year I say to myself NO everton players as they always let me down. This season I started with richarlison and then got rid before his quiet spell. Why the hell did I get digne last week. I should have just got out while I was in front.

    2. Jafoole_88
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Richarlilolol?

  12. Bring the Cavalry
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    The standard of this game is hilarious

  13. Tsparkes10
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Really dont know how I feel about Rich

    1. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Better as a forward I think

  14. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    For crying out loud. Shambolic

  15. Jealous Viper
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy essential.

  16. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy owners?

    UNITE 😎

    1. Jealous Viper
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Probably still sell after Soton though

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Absoulutely

        Got him in for these 3 games.

    2. BENOIT
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      🙂

    3. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Don’t think those exist

    4. _Gunner
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      YESSSSS

  17. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy repaying the idiots who captained him last week

    1. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Easy there.

      Would have scored the pen if on the pitch.

      1. Yozzer
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        How do you know that?

    2. BENOIT
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      'Idiot's' for trying something different.

      Comments like this are everything that's wrong with this site. Sheep everywhere.

      1. ‘Tis the Season
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        question is why are you taking the time then to reply

      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        It was pretty idiotic to be fair

      3. Yozzer
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        No cundit of punts is everything that is wrong with this site. Let's get it right

      4. Ask Yourself
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        I am very open to punts. This was a terrible one that I saw burning for a while on here I did warn people

  18. COLLIN QUANER
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Hope Everton get relegated useless club and players

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Their fans are amongst the most angry and abusive in the country too. Believe me I know.

      1. A.T
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Lol

  19. Godfrey
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Already happy that I transfered out Laporte for Pereira 🙂

  20. The 5% Team
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Ahh...started Digne and I put Pereira first on the bench

    1. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      What? He's played OOP so many times this season.

      1. The 5% Team
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        yes I know...thought with Digne at home and his goal threat that he would be a better choice, pretty logical but in hindsight not that great of course

    2. Ligdon
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I did the same lol

  21. JJO
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Why is he choosing to play Keane instead of Mina again?
    He is awfull this season

    1. Fantastisk
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      He's not Yerry good.

  22. Fantastisk
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Richarlison owners still happy he's playing wide rather than through the middle?

  23. Kavorka
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Bernard can't play RW?

    1. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Bernard can't play.

      1. Kavorka
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        and Walcott?

  24. FDMS All Starz
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Richarlison and Digne better combine and score 2 goals

  25. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Walcott really is the weak link in this Everton team. Should be benched for Bernard. A tired Bernard is better than a fully fit Walcott

  26. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Really, is there any team except for Liverpool that can reliably keep clean sheets this year?

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Fulham?

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Nope

    3. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Chelsea been unlucky with their goals tbh

    4. Fantastisk
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      19 teams have yet to concede this year.

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        😆

  27. Numb
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Should have sold Digne after his haul, was never going to live up to his hype after that

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      He is still a very good pick.

    2. The 5% Team
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      well, for his price and fixtures, you might as well keep for a few more GWs....at worst he'll be great first bench option

  28. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Schmeichel with a shocking kick, Walcott with an outrageously useless flick on and Keane with Lukaku's first touch.

    At least Vardy took it well.

  29. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Why are the crowd saluting the players?

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Keane lost the ball and then just watched and admired his handy work