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Premier League survival and European qualification places are on the line in this evening’s two 18:00 BST kick-offs.

Everton take on an Aston Villa side who are four points adrift of safety, while fourth plays eighth as Leicester City welcome Sheffield United to the King Power Stadium.

There is plenty of Fantasy interest in these games, too, with Jamie Vardy (£9.8m) and Lucas Digne (£5.9m) each sitting in more than 20% of the top 10,000 Fantasy Premier League sides and enjoying double-digit ownership overall.

Both players start this evening in their respective games.

Leicester are without the injured Marc Albrighton (£5.1m), James Maddison (£7.3m) and Ben Chilwell (£5.5m) for the visit of the Blades, while Caglar Soyuncu (£4.9m) begins a three-match ban.

Albrighton and Soyuncu’s absences have led to two of four changes that Brendan Rodgers has made to his starting XI following the 4-1 thrashing by Bournemouth.

Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) and Christian Fuchs (£4.2m) also drop out, with Wes Morgan (£4.1m), Ryan Bennett (£4.8m), Harvey Barnes (£5.9m) and 19-year-old defender Luke Thomas handed starts.

This is Thomas’s first-team debut and he is yet to even be given a price by FPL.

Sheffield United’s team news is much more straightforward, with Chris Wilder naming an unchanged side.

John Lundstram (£4.6m) is again only a substitute, while the fit-again John Fleck (£4.7m) also makes the bench.

The most-bought FPL defender of Gameweek 36+, John Egan (£4.7m), starts again at centre-half, having plundered 31 points in his last three matches.

Dean Smith’s only change from the side that beat Crystal Palace on Sunday is an enforced one.

With Neil Taylor (£4.2m) ruled out with a hamstring injury, Matt Targett (£4.3m) returns to play at left-back in a like-for-like swap.

Carlo Ancelotti has rung the changes following the dismal 3-0 defeat at Wolves but Richarlison (£8.2m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.2m) aren’t among the alterations and they start again in attack.

The injured Yerry Mina (£5.3m) is replaced by Mason Holgate (£4.3m), while Alex Iwobi (£5.6m), Bernard (£6.4m), Andre Gomes (£5.2m) and Seamus Coleman (£5.3m) also return at the expense of Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.3m), Theo Walcott (£6.2m), Leighton Baines (£4.9m) and Anthony Gordon (£4.5m).


Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Keane, Holgate, Coleman; Bernard, Davies, Gomes, Iwobi; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Aston Villa XI: Reina; Elmohamady, Konsa, Mings, Targett; McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Hourihane; Trezeguet, Samatta, Grealish.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Bennett, Morgan, Evans; Justin, Ndidi, Tielemans, Thomas; Pérez, Vardy, Barnes.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Osborn, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.

FPL Lessons Learned From Gameweek 36+

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  1. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Villa goal given?

  2. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Dinge cleanie gone 🙂

  3. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Epic Fail about to open a bottle of champagne

  4. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    TAA > Digne for free = 1 point net gain. Yay...

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Jury is still out on that

  5. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Vardy creates another chance - this time for Tielemans

  6. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Another vardy assist wasted.

  7. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    You knew it was coming, Digne owners. Let's be honest.

    1. Digital-Real
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      agree, Everton have been trash

  8. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Good goal for non FHere

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Freehitters*

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      and freehitters. Don't club us all in together!

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 7 days ago

        Surprised you didnt get Digne on FH!

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 17 Years
          6 years, 7 days ago

          They lost 3-0 to Wolves last week!

    3. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Haha, is that the best we got. 38 has so much to live upto.m

  9. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Anyone to post the Southampton lineup?

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      bbc?

    2. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Ings starts, Armstrong, Adams benched,

  10. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    They were always going to concede without Holgate

  11. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Vardy xA sky high tonight.

  12. Right In The Stanchion
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Richarlison you plum.

  13. FreddyP3
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    It’s INSANE Vardy is not in the points

    1. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      It's not, this is my season in a nutshell.

      1. FreddyP3
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 7 days ago

        Let me next time who you got so I won’t bring em in

  14. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Digne fail on FH.

    Why am I no longer surprised at any of this anymore?

  15. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Aaaand is gone...
    Another assist squandered

  16. JBG
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Why has Vardy suddenly turned in to Kdb?

  17. Party time
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Konsa for President!

  18. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Azpi and Digne either haul or get 1pt

  19. DandyDon
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Get in villa! Digne CS gone. Not pressing the FH button not a huge mistake still.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Celebrating that you didnt get someone?

      1. Lucy2019
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 7 days ago

        You were celebrating Chelsea beating Norwich 1-0. That is worse.

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 17 Years
          6 years, 7 days ago

          I am die hard Chelsea fan. So incomparable

  20. HashAttack
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Would make a lot more sense if his team mates were setting up Vardy and not the other way around ... what a waste 🙁

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Help lads.

    Which 3 defenders next week:

    TAA VVD Doherty Digne Eagan.

    Yeah, i love to invest in defense. I've ripped benefits till now

  22. Stormbringer22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Digne you plonker

  23. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Richa snuck off before the goal was registered so gets CS points right?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      No lol

    2. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      No

    3. Right In The Stanchion
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Don’t think so

  24. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    FH is a good audition for the players I've realised I don't want 😆

  25. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    eventually there will be a goal with Vardy not involved

  26. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Anyone in favour of a jammy Mousset goal?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Would make me feel about dumping Justin for the FH!

  27. Firminooooo
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Just joined the party. How many goal for mye big diff Vardy? All the other suckers in my minileague played crocked Greenwood.

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Should have 18 points. On 2.

  28. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Barnes off Vardys next pass might be scored.

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Gray on. Unlikely.

      1. FreddyP3
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 7 days ago

        Aged well

  29. FPL Pillars
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Villa win would be awesome, keep the league interesting

  30. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 days ago

    Should I reverse Digne to TAA for -4?

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 days ago

      Robertson. TAA is already on the beach