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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 (ยฃ9.8m) and Lucas Digne (ยฃ5.9m) 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 (ยฃ5.1m), James Maddison (ยฃ7.3m) and Ben Chilwell (ยฃ5.5m) for the visit of the Blades, while Caglar Soyuncu (ยฃ4.9m) 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 (ยฃ5.7m) and Christian Fuchs (ยฃ4.2m) also drop out, with Wes Morgan (ยฃ4.1m), Ryan Bennett (ยฃ4.8m), Harvey Barnes (ยฃ5.9m) 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 (ยฃ4.6m) is again only a substitute, while the fit-again John Fleck (ยฃ4.7m) also makes the bench.

The most-bought FPL defender of Gameweek 36+, John Egan (ยฃ4.7m), 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 (ยฃ4.2m) ruled out with a hamstring injury, Matt Targett (ยฃ4.3m) 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 (ยฃ8.2m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (ยฃ6.2m) aren’t among the alterations and they start again in attack.

The injured Yerry Mina (ยฃ5.3m) is replaced by Mason Holgate (ยฃ4.3m), while Alex Iwobi (ยฃ5.6m), Bernard (ยฃ6.4m), Andre Gomes (ยฃ5.2m) and Seamus Coleman (ยฃ5.3m) also return at the expense of Gylfi Sigurdsson (ยฃ7.3m), Theo Walcott (ยฃ6.2m), Leighton Baines (ยฃ4.9m) and Anthony Gordon (ยฃ4.5m).


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; Pรฉrez, Vardy, Barnes.

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

FPL Lessons Learned From Gameweek 36+

  1. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Come on Enda, score an equaliser

  2. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Perez almost

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Just missed the bar there... In a different stadium.

  3. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Vardy stop passing it. You need to beat everyone yourself and score to get any points tonight.

    1. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Exactly. Too unselfish

  4. Rt505
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Which BB gets more points, GW37 or 38:

    37) Ramsdale (sou), Foden (wat), Pieters (nor) Egan (eve)

    38) Ramsdale (shu), Saka (way), Garcia (nor), Saiss (che)

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      37

  5. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Vardy, can you just forget about passing your teammates now. They will only disappoint

    1. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      This

  6. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Why isn't Vardy racking up bps for chances created? Two of those must have been big chances (the two Barnes ones)

    1. DandyDon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Both huge chances

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Its not a big chance if its Harvey Barnes

  7. The Senate
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Fosu-Mensah to get a 15 point haul without even being available in FPL?

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Thomas did it first

  8. Don Kloppeone
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Honestly how many chances can Vardy have to score or assist!! Come on Jamie!!!!

  9. _Make
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Vardy owners knowing how Willian cappers felt the other night...

    1. DandyDon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Not really I don’t remember Willian being that good! Vardy created two massive chances and would have fancied him to score before that to.

  10. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Vardy has to do the passing. Because if he leaves it to his teammates, they never get the ball to him.

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Case and point that horrible attempt of a pass from Perez just then.

  11. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Please sub off Digne,don’t want a red card in this hellish GW...

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      He needs to score. No CS now

  12. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    I wanted to punt on DCL. Given it a miss now.

  13. umerlfc
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Not watching the games but is there even a remote chance that DCL can score?
    He's coming from the bench for KDB

  14. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Jammy Digne owners should have gotten a red card against Wolves, maybe justice this game week...

  15. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Can’t wait for this season to end!!!

  16. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    VAR pending

  17. JBG
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Villa goal?

  18. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Villa goal

  19. BNMC
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Konsa G

  20. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Says a lot about the Everton players that Ancelotti asks for a reaction and the best they can do is this vs Villa.

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Digne fail. Everton on the beach

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Davis hand so close

  23. Duke Silver โ˜‘
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    G'wan the Villa! ๐Ÿ˜€

  24. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    I think am benching Digne next week. Everton are so lazy.

    This was painful

  25. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Get in Villa!!!

    Beautiful CS bust.

  26. Champions united
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Bhak digne
    Mood kharab kr diya

  27. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    eVARton?

  28. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Digne you waste of space

  29. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    C'mon Vardy son, give us a goal!

  30. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Rich off