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Vardy starts as Maguire misses out on Leicester’s trip to Huddersfield

Three Premier League matches take place today, all of which kick off at 15:00 BST.

Bournemouth entertain Burnley, Crystal Palace head north to face Newcastle United and Leicester City make the trip to relegated Huddersfield Town.

Jamie Vardy starts for the Foxes, following concern about his absence from training ground photos on Thursday.

Harvey Barnes, James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Ben Chilwell and Ricardo Pereira all start but there is no place for Harry Maguire, who was available after suspension but who fails to make the match-day squad – the Leicester Mercury claim that Maguire has had a “disrupted week” after the birth of his first child.

Brendan Rodgers’ only change sees Caglar Soyuncu replace the injured Jonny Evans at centre-half. Evans reportedly has an issue with his hip.

Huddersfield Town have only made one change, with Jon Gorenc Stankovic coming into the starting XI at the expense of Juninho Bacuna.

Isaac Mbenza returns after a lengthy lay-off and is among the substitutes.

DeAndre Yedlin and Isaac Hayden have recovered from minor injuries to start for Newcastle but Mohamed Diame misses out, so Ki Sung-yueng takes the place of the Senegalese midfielder.

Fabian Schar is back after a two-game ban and replaces Paul Dummett at centre-half.

Salomon Rondon, Ayoze Perez and Miguel Almiron again form the Magpies’ three-man attack.

Andros Townsend is back in the Crystal Palace team after dropping to the bench in midweek, meanwhile, so Cheikhou Kouyate makes way.

Wilfried Zaha, Michy Batshuayi, Jeffrey Schlupp and Aaron Wan-Bissaka all start.

Adam Smith is fit to return for Bournemouth and replaces the injured Charlie Daniels at left-back but the Cherries are otherwise unchanged.

Asmir Begovic lines up in goal again ahead of Artur Boruc, while David Brooks, Ryan Fraser, Josh King and Callum Wilson are all in Eddie Howe’s starting XI as expected.

Sean Dyche has only made one alteration to his team, with Matthew Lowton replacing the injured Phil Bardsley at right-back.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic, Clyne, Mepham, Ake, Smith, Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Fraser, King, Wilson.

Burnley XI: Heaton, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Cork, Westwood, Hendrick, McNeil, Wood, Barnes.

Huddersfield Town XI: Hamer, Smith, Schindler, Kongolo, Durm, Hogg, Stankovic, Pritchard, Mooy, Löwe, Grant.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Söyüncü, Chilwell, Ndidi, Gray, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Yedlin, Hayden, Ki, Ritchie, Perez, Almiron, Rondon.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Tomkins, van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojević, Schlupp, Townsend, Batshuayi, Zaha.

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  1. MINUS FOUR
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Maddison or Tielemans 50-50 1-week punt. Went for Maddison of course.

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Cue Maddison goal next half

    2. Game&Watch
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Same here mate:/ Still one half to go though!

    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      still think that was a reasonable thing to do with information available

      1. MINUS FOUR
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I think so too, that's why it's annoying. Need to be getting those decisions to go your way at this stage of the season, but lately it's not really happening for me.

    4. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Done the same mate

    5. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I think people were out of Tielemans by the “chasing points” fallacy.

  2. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Surely no one capped Vardy over Hazard/Salah?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Ban

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      11.5% did in the Top 10k.

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Nearly baited me in there, good one!

    4. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A fair few Vardy TCs were posting yesterday. Still 45 mins for them.

    5. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      ;D

    6. Punty McPuntface
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      What's wrong with one goal?

  3. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Checks score. Of course Barnes scores me an own goal. I mean, why not.....

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      At least he hasn’t been sent off as well

      1. HollywoodXI
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Guaranteed in the second half.

        1. Balls of Steel
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          This

      2. Miniboss
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I think something beautiful is on the verge of happening. (I’m Barnes owner)

  4. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    rmwct

    ryan leno
    robbo kola laporte duffy peltier
    sterling mane deulofeu camarasa ward-prose
    kane laca jimi

    playing bb 35 only 2 sgw players (pool)

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      mane > son
      peltier > taa

      then bring back mane/salah before hudds with ft

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        means missing 2 games without any pool attack...... not worth it imo

  5. SkeletONv01
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    My GW score is becoming lower and lower every time i check it, the Barnes effect 😀

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      tell me about it.... and i was considering swapping for tielmans...bah

  6. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    LMS safety score currently 14

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      3 times please

  7. Coaly
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Play Jiménez (SOU), Doherty or JWP (wol)?

    Include Lindelof or Holebas on WC?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      jimenez

  8. SweeSwee
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    79% of Vardy’s hat tricks have been scored in the second half.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      How many hat-tricks has he got and how many of them in the PL?

      1. SweeSwee
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        89% of Vardy’s hat tricks have been scored in the Ryman’s Stationery 3rd conference division south.

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        He has 1 PL hat-trick. Scored against Man City in December 2016. 2 goals in the first half, 1 goal late in the second half.

        1. SweeSwee
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          If you adjust for the weighted average life of the goals, take off the expected credit loss and multiply by the recovery rate, you’ll get to the 79%

          1. Eddie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Love a good start.

    2. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time he scores every time.

  9. Pras (FPL)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Some HT thoughts on this WC draft?

    Ryan/Foster
    TAA/Kola/Duffy/Doherty/Valery
    Mane/Son/Sterling/Jota/JWP
    Kane/Kun/Jimi

    1. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Can you afford Ryan/Leno?

      1. Pras (FPL)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Nope - but do I really want 2x Ars def?

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          much rather have Foster myself

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      prefer double spurs midfield for the next 3 with double liverpool defence, higher ceiling. then bring mane/salah back in for 36 and TC if you still have it

    3. jimmy.floyd
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Nice

    4. Mattdrid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Looks like a great team to me. I’m similar rank to you, but about 3mill poorer. This would be my team if I could afford.

  10. Darth_Krid
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Need to sacrifice a few goats to the FPL gods to ensure one of Hazard, Higuain or Anderson don't start. Westwood on my bench!

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Higuain might not start, but could easily come off the bench.

      1. Darth_Krid
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah, I'm not hopeful but who knows. 2.25% owned 4.5 mid hauls are the stuff of dreams. Talk about a rank booster!

      2. Andrew
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I can't believe my luck, from 12k to 7k thanks to Westwood, who I considered selling for a hit.

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hig the only one I want to start 😆

  11. Mattdrid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Camarasa or Tielemans next gw?

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      id go cam purely for the double...

  12. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Anything thinking about Auba AND Laca on their Wildcard?

    Arsenal have nice fixtures (albeit mostly away) all the way until the end.

    1. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      How many times will they actually play together though? Otherwise it’s like getting 1 player for 20m

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Laca with Auba on the left could play most of the games.

        1. Pras (FPL)
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Recently that’s not how Emery has played. 3 out of Ramsey/Iwobi/Ozil/Mkhi and 1 out of Auba/Laca.

    2. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Just Laca for me, want Kane and Deeney.

    3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      3 spots tho with consideration for
      aguero, laca, auba, jimi, deeney, kane....

    4. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Meh, has that double up earlier in the season. Was a disaster

    5. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Good way to get red arrows.

    6. kalmoffit
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      See how they go tomorrow.

    7. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not even thinking of owning any of them. Prefer Rashford + the money

  13. kime67
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    you better score in the 2nd half barnes omg

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      This

    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      have a +1

    3. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Harvey Barnes

  14. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is Vardy playing today??

    1. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yea, he’s on for a hat trick, only 3 goals left to complete.

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      yeah

  15. dvdguy
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Etheridge/ for next week than go Gunn/Foster/Leno/ BBGW35? Don;t trust Brighton defence at all

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      not sure why you'd go cardiff over brighton given fixtures

    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      dont really trust cardiff either

    3. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I think Ryan makes sense if you’re benchboosting. Play him 34, get him off the bench 35. Hard to argue with 4 fixtures in 2 weeks.

  16. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A or B any changes needed?

    A,
    Lloris, Ryan,
    Kola, TAA, Dunk, Doherty, Valery
    Sterling, Son, Mane, Decoure, JWP
    Jimmy, Kun, Kane

    B
    Lloris, Ryan
    Laporte, Kola, TAA, Robbo, Duffy,
    Mane, Pogba, Sterling, Son, Hojbjerg
    Deeney, Jimmy, Kane

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      prefer double liverpool defence and double spurs midfield then bringing in mane/salah in 36

    2. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A looks great!

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers.

    3. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A but are you playing Ryan Or Lloris next week?

  17. Trilly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    ML rival literally five points behind and has double palace defenders. I also have Ashley Barnes.

    This is brutal.

  18. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    come on Vardy score please you GOAT

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Plez

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Barnes is still impossible to ignore

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Barnes over Rondon and Higuain over Vardy weeks ago really made a big difference 🙁

    2. kime67
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      shocking

  20. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Party time!

  21. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    The party has started.

  22. MINUS FOUR
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Yay to triple Leicester and zero goal involvements. What a nightmare.

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Maddison, Pereira and?

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not now surely.

    3. MINUS FOUR
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Oh wonderful, now Chilwell can lose his CS too.

  23. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    VAAAARDDDDYYY

  24. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    YESSSS VARDY

  25. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Party

  26. LSP
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Party time

  27. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    No party for me as I don't own him. RIP rank

  28. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pereira assist?

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I think so

  29. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    VARDY PARTY!!!!