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Leicester unchanged as Everton switch to three at the back

The final two matches of Gameweek 14 take place simultaneously this afternoon, with kick-off at 16:30 GMT.

Manchester United host Aston Villa at Old Trafford, while third-placed Leicester City take on Everton at the King Power Stadium.

The Foxes can move back to within eight points of league leaders Liverpool with a victory over the Toffees this afternoon.

With his side on a five-match winning run, Brendan Rodgers has unsurprisingly named an unchanged team for the sixth game in a row.

Jamie Vardy (£9.8m), the most-captained player overall and in the top 10k in Gameweek 14, keeps up his ever-present record under his manager.

The Leicester striker hasn’t blanked since Gameweek 8 and averages 8.67 points per match in home games this season.

The Foxes come into this game having not conceded a league goal since Gameweek 9.

Marco Silva makes three changes to the side that was beaten by Norwich City last weekend.

Michael Keane (£5.4m) joins Yerry Mina (£5.3m) and Mason Holgate (£4.4m) in a back three, while Alex Iwobi (£5.7m) replaces the injured Theo Walcott (£6.2m) further forward.

The other change sees Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.8m) oust Cenk Tosun (£5.7m) up front.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes one change from Gameweek 13, with Juan Mata (£6.2m) replacing Phil Jones (£4.8m).

That alteration would seem to indicate that Solskjaer has moved back to a 4-2-3-1, with Mata joining Daniel James (£6.2m) and Marcus Rashford (£8.7m) in the attacking trident behind Anthony Martial (£7.8m).

Budget FPL defender Brandon Williams (£4.1m) is again preferred at left-back, with positional rivals Ashley Young and Luke Shaw (both £5.4m) on the bench.

Dean Smith names the same Aston Villa side that beat Newcastle on Monday, so there is no place for Marvelous Nakamba (£4.4m) in midfield.


Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Evans, Söyüncü, Chilwell, Ndidi, Ayoze Pérez, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.

Everton XI: Pickford, Digne, Holgate, Keane, Mina, Sidibe, Davies, Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Maguire, Williams, Andreas Pereira, Fred, James, Mata, Rashford, Martial.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Konsa, Mings, Targett, McGinn, Luiz, Hourihane, El Ghazi, Wesley, Grealish.

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  1. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    WHAT A GOAL FROM GRELISHHHH

  2. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Brilliant from Grealish

  3. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Watching baines again reminds u of the fpl days when real experts were truly rewarded. Feels like decades ago now

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

      Youre an expert?

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

      Everyone and their dog had Baines back in the day. What you on about?

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah - the dog had him (c) too.

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

      Chimbonda when at Wigan was good in FPL.

  4. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    England's best player.

  5. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Oo-er as if

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

    Mount to Grealish - why not?

  7. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Please bring an end to Ole

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

      How was that Ole's fault?

      1. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        He isn’t the man for the job - so I’ll take any defeat that ends his term

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

          So playing hot potato with managers over the past 5 years and beyond is going to fix United? Doubt that

          1. Eat my goal!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Mourinho should have had the investment to keep him happy. Bringing in an old player as caretaker was a good move but he should never have been a permanent appointment

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

              Mourinho brought the club and players into depression... way too negative for a United manager. Ole's streak as caretaker was incredible so wouldn't have made sense to sign someone else at the time. We all bought into the Ole hype, sacking him now will just delay our rebuild another 12 months.

              1. Eat my goal!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                I didn’t I wanted to wait to the end of the season to see what happened after the new manager bounce - it was a fantastic bounce tho

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

    McGinn crocked?

  9. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What the hell was that goal? Damn!

    1. HNI
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It was amazing. Really tempted to get him for Mount

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

        Haha yep, as above. Means not Chelsea for me right now, but also gives me about 2.6m ITB - can be used for Madds to Son among other things!

  10. HNI
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Looks like better to get Grealish over Mcginn for their post cheldea matches

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

      Just get him for Chelsea. We're dire at the back.

      1. HNI
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Have pope to replace

  11. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    As I only have Vardy (not my captain) and Soy in the Leicester game, it makes sense to hope for a goal less draw right? So many with Vardy (C) and one of Maddi/Tielemans/Perez/Barnes

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

      Hope what you want man

      1. FC Hakkebøf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        LOL...

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

      Hope for a goal for your defender of course

      1. FC Hakkebøf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Of course! But was trying to bea bit realistic 😀

    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy still only 45% ownership tbf so probably want him to haul

      1. FC Hakkebøf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Depends on your current rank I guess. Im in top 80k rn...

        1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Nice, I've dropped to about 135k after a terrible week, Cantwell goal earlier may help me a bit

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        The 55% are behind him.

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

    Perez close. Just wide.

  13. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Perez close

  14. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pereira goal and a Vardy blank

    ta

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

    Party starting imminently

  16. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Is Grealish on pens?

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      That is sick!!!!

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

    England have a lot of attacking central midfielders (e.g. Maddison, Mount, Grealish). Shame what England really need is a mobile defensive midfielder in the mould of Kante, Ndidi, Gbamin etc.

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

      Harsh to leave out Lingard.

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

      Agree. However, attacking wise that's promising for the future given the 3 you mentioned are all still fairly young

    3. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      According bookies they are favorites

    4. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      McTominay?

    5. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Harry kane?

  18. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    A lot of so called pundits criticised Man City for not signing Harry Maguire

    I like many City fans were glad we didn’t and we have been proven correct

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He's an improvement on otamendi and stones

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

        Nowhere near an 80 mill improvement.

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Like it matters to city

      2. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        No he’s not

      3. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Dog slow, easy caught on the counter.

  19. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    DDG is soooooo overrated

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nobody thinks hes good now. But he was the best a few seasons back

      Thats like calling suarez overrated based on last 2 years

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

        Still probably rated top 5 even though he has so many weaknesses

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

    Ole sacked in the morning if they lose this

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

      That would be poch

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

        Would be good for both

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

      No chance

  21. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    El Ghazi hurt again, looks like he is coming off

  22. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    El Ghazi look like injured. Too bad for the lad, in great form

  23. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What to do this season? It’s just so damn hard it’s untrue

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Accept failure is part and parcel in everything we do.

      1. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        And success as well of course.

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        True, but this season is hysterical

        1. ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          I think VAR has also been a big let down, and made matters worse. But it is what it is.

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

      be a casual

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Casual or not makes no difference

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

      I'll simplify the players you should have as a minimum:

      Guaita
      TAA, Lundstram, Leicester defender
      Mane, KDB
      Vardy

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Got em, still not moving anyway much

      2. FC Hakkebøf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Son* Abraham* Jim*

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

    "Following that early strike, the game settled down into a more sedate pace, before Henderson was extended to make a fine save to deny Raul Jimenez, whose header from a Matt Doherty cross was looping goalwards."

    That combo could've been even better today.

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

      Hehehe nty

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

      Was a great, save brw

  25. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    United looks uninterested

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      sacked in the morning

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

      Ole looks young

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    XG 1-0 Vardy

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

    Perez denied clear pen...

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

      Lol

  28. Sif
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Schmeichel turning KDB like provider...