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Vardy back for Leicester as Southampton visit King Power Stadium

Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) is set to make his first Premier League appearance of 2020 after being named in the Leicester line-up to face Southampton.

He comes into Gameweek 22 heavily backed for the captaincy, both among the top 10,000 Fantasy managers and our own community.

Not only has Vardy been in exceptional form when starting this season but today is also his first outing since becoming a father again and it’s his birthday too.

Brendan Rodgers has made some changes to his Leicester side with the injured Wilfred Ndidi (£5.0m) missing out, replaced by Hamza Choudhury (£4.3m), and Youri Tielemans (£6.3m) consigned to the bench by Harvey Barnes (£5.9m) returning to the starting line-up.

Meanwhile, opponents Southampton line-up largely as predicted in our Team News tab, Danny Ings (£6.7m) leading the attack in a week where plenty of owners left him on the bench.

The all-important Fantasy assets start for Manchester United with Anthony Martial (£7.9m) up-front and Marcus Rashford (£9.2m) on the flanks.

They are also boosted by Harry Maguire (£5.2m) coming through his recent injury problems and the fact that Teemu Pukki (£6.5m) is absent for Norwich, replaced by Adam Idah (£4.4m).

Chelsea shape-up in a 4-3-3 system with Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.3m) coming in for the injured Christian Pulisic (£7.0m) on the left flank of attack.

Meanwhile, Fikayo Tomori (£4.7m) misses out for the second match in a row, this time on the bench with Kurt Zouma (£4.7m). Antonio Rüdiger (£6.0m) and Andreas Christensen (£4.9m) are the chosen centre-back pairing.

Sean Dyche has made a rare deviation from his favoured 4-4-2 formation as Burnley prepare to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, lining the Clarets up in a 4-5-1.

Chris Wood (£6.2m) leads the attack with Aaron Lennon (£4.7m) and Dwight McNeil (£6.0m) providing the width from midfield.

Matt Lowton (£4.2m) makes his first start since Gameweek 16, coming in for the benched Phil Bardsley (£4.3m).

Wolves are another team lined-up how we predicted, with Pedro Neto (£5.0m) and Adama Traoré (£5.7m) either side of Raùl Jiménez (£7.5m).

Carlo Ancelotti looks to have gone with a 4-4-2 formation for his fourth Premier League match in charge of Everton with Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.9m) joined up-front by Richarlison (£8.1m).

Bernard (£6.4m) and Theo Walcott (£6.2m) look to be providing the width in midfield which may lead to less advanced roles for Lucas Digne (£5.7m) and Djibril Sidibé (£5.4m).

Brighton hand a first start of the season to Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£5.8m), who starts on the flanks of attack, joined by Neal Maupay (£5.8m) and Leandro Trossard (£5.8m) in a front-three.

Line-ups in Full

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rüdiger, R James; Mount, Jorginho, Barkley; Hudson-Odoi, Abraham, Willian.

Burnley XI: Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, C Taylor; Lennon, Westwood, Cork, McNeil; Hendrick; Wood.

Everton XI: Pickford; Sidibé, Keane, Holgate, Digne; Walcott, Davies, Sigurdsson, Bernard; Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Webster, Duffy, Dunk; Montoya, Pröpper, Stephens, Bernardo; Jahanbakhsh, Maupay, Trossard.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Choudhury; Barnes, Maddison, Praet, Pérez; Vardy.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Cédric, J Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand; Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Redmond; Long, Ings.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Maguire, Williams; Fred, Matic; A Pereira, Mata, Rashford; Martial.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Aarons, Zimmermann, Hanley, Byram; Tettey, Vrancic; Buendía, McLean, Cantwell; Idah.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Dendoncker, Coady, Saïss; Doherty, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny; Traoré, Jiménez, Neto.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Dummett, Fernández, Clark; Hayden, S Longstaff, M Longstaff, Willems; Almirón, Gayle; Joelinton.

2,342 Comments Post a Comment
  1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    OMG Ings

  2. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ings again but YC incoming too

  3. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Every week I think Ings isn't going to score so I don't buy him

    Every week he scores

    1. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Do you think he scores next week?

    2. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I got him in gw14 as a short term punt. Now never selling him

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

    Ings does it again!!!!!

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

    Ings juhuuuuu . You beauty

  6. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Are you kidding!!! How is he still scoring!!!

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

    Oh ffs. Soyuncu on 0, Ings scores, Madderz limping and Vardy pish.

    Bad game this one

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      woe is you

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

    That's so harsh. WTH is DCL supposed to do there?

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      DCL, my captain goes from G to a booking.

      Correct decision. The booking I mean, captaining, not so much.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        🙁

    2. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yc for protecting your face from a kick

  9. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    No Ings has killed me

  10. Party time
      4 years, 3 months ago

      INGS I Love Ya

    • Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Always nice to see Rodgers losing game.

    • Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Jimmy time, let´s goooo!!!

    • Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      DANNNYYYY I LOVE YOU

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

      He took off his shirt. Oh my

    • tm245
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      FPL gold, he is!

    • Sif
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      God damn Ings again, biggest regret of the season not taking him on the fixture swing.

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

      Rashford to Ings confirmed after FT

    • TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Get the hell in.

      1. TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Benched Soy as well. Love it

    • George Agdgdgwngo
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Rashford > Ings

      Getting done tonight

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Leicester were never gonna challenge Pool.

      City is the only team that can.

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

      Now we need Vardy goal

    • HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      fookin Ings again...this is final nail to my FPL coffin

    • Captain_Shirokov
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Alli to CHO instead of Grealish/Traore looking good

      Always go with your gut

    • Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Ingssssssssssssss

    • Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      DANNYY KING OF THE SCUMMERSSSS

    • SB8
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Do Ings owners love his celebration? 😀

    • Elfozzie 42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Hoping KDB doesn't punish the VCapping too much!

    • dvdguy
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Vardy is just an expensive Ings

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

      Ings with his fifth goal of the game

    • bialk
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Only 8 points for Ings then.

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        7