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Leicester unchanged as FPL managers lump on the Foxes’ in-form players

Four of the five most-bought Fantasy Premier League assets of Gameweek 11 were Leicester City players, with over one million transfers alone used on Jamie Vardy (£9.4m) and Youri Tielemans (£6.5m).

Ayoze Perez (£6.1m) and Ben Chilwell (£5.6m) were part of this popular quartet, with the Foxes by some distance the most in-demand team in the Fantasy community following their 9-0 win over Southampton.

Almost 1.9 million transfers were spent on Leicester players in the eight days between the Gameweek 10 and 11 deadlines.

Brendan Rodgers’ side are in action this afternoon, in the first of two Premier League fixtures to take place on Sunday.

The Foxes are the visitors to Selhurst Park, where Crystal Palace have been a tough nut to crack this season.

The Eagles’ total of three clean sheets and three goals conceded in home league games can’t be bettered by any other top-flight club in 2019/20.

Rodgers’ troops, of course, come into this game off the back of plundering nine goals at St. Mary’s but before that rout of Southampton, they had only scored on four occasions in as many league fixtures on the road.

A run of away games against Chelsea, Sheffield United, Manchester United and Liverpool can perhaps partly explain that and, more encouragingly, Leicester have won all five of their league meetings – home and away – against clubs who finished outside of last season’s top seven.

Vardy has himself banked 11 attacking returns in those five fixtures against the “also-rans” of the Premier League.

In the least surprising team news of Gameweek 11, Leicester are unchanged from the starting XI that hammered Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side just over a week ago.

Roy Hodgson has made two alterations, one of which is enforced.

The injured Andros Townsend‘s (£5.6m) place has been filled by Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m), while the fit-again Vicente Guaita (£5.0m) is back between the posts after a brief two-game stint for Wayne Hennessey (£4.4m).

Martin Kelly (£4.1m), by some distance the most-owned Palace player and still in one in four FPL squads, is only among the substitutes.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Cahill, van Aanholt, Zaha, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Schlupp, Ayew.

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

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  1. Lev Yashin
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    A nice bore draw in the EVETOT game will calm us all down.

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      a 0-0- would be lovely!

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

    Opted to field mount over maddison.. points wise looks a bad move but mount was really unlucky yesterday.

  3. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Feels good to be back on the Vardy train, despite the pain of benching Soy. JV standout captain choice next GW.

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

    2FTs --- King, KDB, Otamendi > Vardy, Tielemans, Chilwell (-4)

    Too much Leicester?
    Arsenal up next is not ideal, but can I afford to go without LEI any longer?

  5. pablo discobar
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Never been more disappointed with 70 points. 2 guys in the work league who have never heard of FFS have over 100. Overthinking it this season clearly.

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

      All fantasy sports work that way for some reason. Newbies crush it somehow, some way.

      Not overthinking it?

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      This is casual season didn't you know?

  6. Klip Klopp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I have KDB, so should i do Sterling + Greenwood --> David Silva + Vardy for free?

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

      I'd find another way to get vardy

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

    geez how bad are Palace if Soy can score

  8. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soyu first on my bench, cant really complain as played Lundy ahead of him but the other two defenders were TAA and VVD. Who'd have thunk it.

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You are allowed to play 4 defs 😉

      1. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I know. My other outfielders had better fixtures on paper though. Swings and round abouts.

    2. Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I picked Tomori instead of Soyu for the second week in a row, Rico also on my bench. These cheap defenders are a real pain in the ass.

  9. Podge
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Maddy 3 baps 😯
    I’ll take it 🙂

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

      Probably won’t hold.

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Soy winning goal. Will Maddi keep 3?

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy - no European football, no international football, nailed, on pens, in an attacking team, clinical finisher.

    Yeah, he is a snake, but you can't have it all

    1. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      How is he a snake?

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Look at his performances before and after Ranieri, Shakespeare and Puel got sacked.

  11. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Those who are still without Vardy should wait, that shot had a really low xG

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      😆

  12. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy - definition of essential

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

    SUPER SOY 🙂

  14. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soyu OGl would be nice now...

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      if only

  15. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Lol @ me for benching Soyuncu for Connolly.

    Why the hell did I do that

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

      It wasn't a particularly bad decision.

      It only looks that way with hindsight

    2. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      was an easy decision before the GW...hindsight is great though haha!

    3. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I would have done the same

    4. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Correct decision.

  16. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Spare a thought for my defenders PVA 1, Pieters 0, Janmaat 0

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Ooof

  17. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy hates stats hehe

  18. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    As a Soyuncu and Vardy owner, I am happy with that!

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      obvi

    2. Evil Greg
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Same. Great Sunday!

  19. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    20 points from soyuncu and Vardy combined has saved my gw

  20. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Where are all of the Vardy haters from last week?

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      still here. im joining the party at FT

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        His luck will run out soon... stay strong without!

    2. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Guess they own him now!

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Here 🙁

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

      You come across as a bit of troll from what I can see mate. Calm down. 🙂

    5. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I took a -8 to get an invite this week!

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Best team in the league, currently.

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

    68 all out after my -4, Not bad I will take it 🙂

  23. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    FT. Thank you Vardy and Soy woooo

  24. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    87 pts with a captain fail (KdB). I’ll take it.

  25. Vlad Tepes
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Still pissed, madddison should not have had an assist..

    1. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      k

  26. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Should I be selling Hudson Odoi?

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

      Trying to work out the same! I have enough good cover to keep benching him but it's the value that I'm worried about

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Mount, Maddison, Tielemans, Martial better options for now imo. Maybe Pulisic too

  27. Evil Greg
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Will Soy jump back to 3bps for getting the 'winning' goal?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hopefully, plus a few Maddison dispossesions.

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

    Who to drop to accommodate Vardy?

    Sterling
    KDB

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling probably

  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero to Vardy FT done. 6.2m ITB, 1FT left to play with.

  30. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soy and Pereira double up woohoo