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Injured Maddison misses out as Perez starts against his old club

The only Gameweek 7 match to take place this Sunday kicks off at 16:30 BST, as Leicester City welcome Newcastle United to the King Power Stadium.

The headline team news surrounds the unavailability of James Maddison (£7.1m), who misses out with the ankle knock that he picked up against Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.

Brendan Rodgers said ahead of kick-off:

We wanted to give him every chance but it was always going to be unlikely that he could [play]. But he’s back working now and hopefully next week he’ll be fine.

Maddison is the only player on either side who is currently owned by more than 10% of Fantasy Premier League managers.

Dennis Praet (£5.3m) fills in for his sidelined teammate and makes only his second Premier League start since his summer move from Sampdoria.

Other than that enforced change, Leicester City are otherwise unchanged from the side that defeated Spurs.

That means that Ayoze Perez (£6.0m), who is yet to register an attacking return in 2019/20, gets a start against his old club.

Perez scored the only goal of the game in this corresponding fixture last season, while still on Newcastle’s books.

Steve Bruce has made three changes from the side that drew 0-0 with Brighton, one of which sees Sean Longstaff (£5.0m) replace the injured Jonjo Shelvey (£5.0m) in midfield.

Sweden international Emil Krafth (£4.5m) replaces Javier Manquillo (£4.4m) in a like-for-like swap at right-back, while Yoshinori Muto (£5.3m) gets his first start of the season at the expense of Jetro Willems (£4.5m) – which means a system change to a back four for the Magpies.

Bruce said before the game:

Jetro [Willems] picked up an injury in the week with his knee and with Matt Ritchie being out too, we haven’t got anybody natural in that left wing-back position.

Andy Carroll (£5.4m) is once again on the bench, along with Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m).

Isaac Hayden (£4.5m) is the most-owned Newcastle asset on show but has been benched by over 75% of his owners, which perhaps says all there is to know about the Fantasy community’s faith in the Magpies.

Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) has been handed the armband by 78,089 FPL managers in Gameweek 7.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell; Ndidi, Tielemans, Praet; Barnes, Perez, Vardy.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Krafth, Schar, Lascelles, Dummett; Atsu, Hayden, Longstaff Almiron; Muto, Joelinton.

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  1. rodragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Tielemans to mount? His price might rise today....

    1. Lets jump straight into it.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      yup

  2. Bob_the_builder
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Does beg the question as to how Leicester lost to United?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Penalty United FC.

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Huh? We're miles above leicester.

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        You know you cant just copy the trolling efforts of every other troll, it becomes too obvious...

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Could have just linked to last page.

  3. Critical Observer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Up to OR 567 if LiveFPL is to be trusted.

    Cue a massive goal fest tomorrow as I have no one left.

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Fantastic!

      1. Critical Observer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers TM. Five greens in a row is not how I roll, usually, so this warranted a mention.

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Congrats! 🙂

    3. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Nice, whatever you're well in mate

    4. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Well done!

      My greatest achievement was getting to about 250 about a half way through last season but I got bored and blew it like I always do

    5. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      brilliant!

    6. Magic Zico
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      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Impressive!

    7. Artemis Titans
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Round of applause

    8. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Great man

  4. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Maddison or pereira?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Both?

      1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Sure is tempting but only have the money to go for one with my current setup.

  5. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    My ML rival has Evans.. swear he didn’t even touch it? Flickered his hair for 5pts !

    1. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      One angle showed a really clear touch

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Oh thanks, I’ll take a Soy 6 pointer tho 🙂

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      McAuley 2.0.

      Something about that Northern Irish hair...

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Ha, must be expensive to have a trim there or something

    3. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Decent deflection.

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Oh fair enough

  6. Baked baines
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    People with Aurier.....are you keeping and playing 1 of Lund/Kelly, banking the 1ft for int break or getting rid?

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Getting rid

    2. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Banking and playing Lundstram

    3. Lets jump straight into it.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He's only out for one game.

      However against him are:

      Poch rotation &

      he's a confirmed hothead.

      For: Crosses to Sir Harold

      You choose

  7. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Soy, I'm proud of you son. Don't listen to the haters on here.

    1. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Can't fathom the backlash. He's a 100 nailed 4.5 for a good team. Not the best, not the worst.

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Posted this before the deadline:

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/09/27/who-is-the-best-captain-for-fpl-gameweek-7/?hc_page=11&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_20926302

    C. Wilson scored
    Barnes didn't score
    Abraham didn't score
    Aguero didn't score

    4 from 4. Well done BBC.

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Would have been more impressive if it predicted Aguero to be benched.

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Didn't predict vardy would punish non owners

    3. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      'Reading into stats like this is akin to reading horoscopes'

    4. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      look at all those Abraham and Aguero owners who were in denial about those stats 😀

  9. jtreble
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    LIVLEI is going to be a interesting one.

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Soy to score and be benched by most on here.

      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I can almost guarantee this, as someone who will be benching Soyuncu next week and has successfully benched both double digit Lundstram hauls this season already

        1. TheDragon
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I see your double Lund benching and raise you benching both Lundstram hauls and Robinson’s 11 pointer

        2. WVA
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Same here!

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      4-2

    3. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Can see liverpool putting them to the sword. Leicester will go to play and could get punished.

      1. Artemis Titans
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Not with Adrian they wont. First loss for 'Pool I reckon

    4. SweepaKeepa
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Currently have Vardy on my bench for that one!

  10. rodragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Tielemans to Mount? Mount price may rise tomorrow... Thanks

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mount may play midweek.

      1. rodragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Oh ok... Let's wait n see then... I want to remove tielemans tho...

    2. Lets jump straight into it.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Do it now before price rise.

      Tielemans is superb in real football but in fantasy always assisting the assister

  11. Bobby
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I feel a little like Steve bruce right now. The only slight positive to cling onto is that Andy Carroll isn't in it.

    1. Gnu
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Not at all.
      He's been well imbursed over the years for an average at best skill set.

    2. Bobby
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Isn't in my team. Just in case.

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      so what you're really trying to say is you started Hayden this week?

  12. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    This 2 Soy BAPS would have put me top of my ML

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Even if it ended at 4-0, he was only getting 1.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Ah fair one!

      2. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Still 0? Chilli on 1.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Think Chilwell went from 31 to 32 for a key ‘pass’ to Evans for the goal. So depends on the situation.

  13. Baked baines
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Why has Mark kept Martial for the last month?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      To give everyone else a chance.

    2. Tommy J
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Link?

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Because he mistakenly listened to the weekly injury news which suggested that he'd be back. I had a decision too after GW3 whether to keep, and ditching him for Cantwell was one of the best decisions I made this season.

    4. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Many held, the best err

  14. St Pauli Walnuts
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I have had a decent start (current OR 2190 with Auba only one left this GW) and have 2 FT. With the fixtures coming up I'm considering going without Liverpool attack for a while and swapping Mane and Pukki out for McGinn/Yarmolenko and Aguero. Would also leave enough cash to do Rico to Tomori the week after if desired. The midfield would be looking light on paper (though not in form and fixtures) but I expect Aguero to start the next 3 or 4 City league and go to town, the flip side is Pukki could do well against Villa and has high ownership. What d'ya reckon, madness or genius?

    Currently have the below:

    Pope
    TAA / Ota / Soy
    Mane* / KDB / Son / Mount
    Auba / Tammy / Pukki*

    Button / Cant / Lund / Rico

    TV 103.1 with 0.1 ITB. WC gone but have the rest of the chips.

    1. Lets jump straight into it.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Team looks fine.

      Template and the envy of most on here.

      If you downgrade TAA you can get Salah instead of Mane?

      Otherwise Cantwell > someone with good fixtures/ in form

      1. St Pauli Walnuts
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Thx for your thoughts. Could do depending on who I dropped to but I think TAA is great value and probably one of only 3 players (KDB and maybe Mount) in my squad that I wouldn't get rid of.

        I've got a week for machinations! Who knows what the end result will be ha.

  15. Holmes
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Periera to get 2BPs?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      1

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        3BAPS for winning goal to be added? Or its already added?

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          GWG +3
          Tackled -3

          1. Holmes
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Oh ok

  16. Tommy J
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Nice when transfers work out-swapped Digne to Pereira..

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Wow great move, I went Soy to afford Abraham

  17. Astonvanilla
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Best move is to make no moves and burn the transfer?

    Pope (Button)
    TAA, Tomori, Lundstram (Soyuncu, Rico)
    KDB, Son, Mane, Mount (Cantwell)
    Aguero(c), Abraham, Pukki

    0itb 2ft

    1. Lets jump straight into it.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Would love to help you out mate but it seems you're a villa fan

  18. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Newcastle vs us next week is gonna be complete dross, can't wait.

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Expect Toon win.

  19. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    It's a great feeling to have your worst start to the season and then hit a several hundred thousand rank rise over a couple of weeks

    What's the site you can check your predicted on?

  20. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Happy for Leic. Thought they would do well before the season started. I can see them causing lots of problems for many teams. Time to get hold of Vardy in my team.

    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Who is he coming in for?

      1. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        no idea.

        Maybe Kun.

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Brave

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Genuine chance of top 4 for them
      This year

  21. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    i lead 55 all out- 30
    rival had
    vardy 12
    evans 11
    tilemans 3

    #wow

  22. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Haha where's the guy who I told to upgrade Dummet at? Keeping because he reckons they'll keep a cleansheet against United and nice fixtures. Hmmmm

  23. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Got talked out of Haller > Vardy for -4 on here during the week. Fuming.

    1. Bob B
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      It was always your call

      1. Bob B
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Also, it's 3 points. Stop crying.

    2. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      You cannot possibly go blaming others for your own decisions.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        No blame here

    3. Poseidon.
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Maybe try making your own decisions

      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Quite correct brother Poseidon.

    4. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      u lost out on 3 points? #season changing

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Can’t afford Vardy now 🙁

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I would get Wilson or King, much better value. King for the big differential

    5. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Should have listened to me.

  24. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Have 2FTs and 0itb. Not entirely sure how to use them in this squad.
    Salah, Sterling, King > Mane, Son, Vardy (-4)? All I can really think of with nothing in the bank.
    Open to ideas.

    Pope, Button
    TAA, Ota, Lundstrom, Lowton, Rico
    Salah, Sterling, KDB, Mount, Cantwell
    Pukki, Tammy, King

  25. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Aguero or Auba?

    Have KDB, Otamendi

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Auba

    2. cravencottage
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Auba -more assured of minutes

  26. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thats why you pay extra for Evans

  27. menunited
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Mount or Jorginho ?

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mount unless you think Chelsea will get a penalty every other game

  28. ALegendJ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Would you use a FT on a bench a player who is dropping just to save a 0.1?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Only if I had 2 FTs and was rolling the 2nd.

  29. rodragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Tielemans replacement under 6.7

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mount after midweek.

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yarmo, McGinn? Who else, hmmm Mount you must have already

      1. rodragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I don't have mount... Which is the best option of these three

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Mount for sure, then Yarmo probably. McGinn is good but the worst fixtures after the next 2

    3. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mount