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Vardy the most-owned asset on show as Leicester take on newly promoted West Brom

The first of two Premier League matches to take place on Sunday sees newly promoted West Bromwich Albion entertain last season’s fifth-place side, Leicester City.

Kick-off at the Hawthorns is at 14:00 BST.

Much of the Fantasy interest in this fixture, unsurprisingly, is in the visitors.

Four of the Foxes’ assets boast double-digit Fantasy Premier League ownerships at the time of writing.

By contrast, just one of Albion’s starting XI, Matheus Pereira (£6.0m), features in more than 1% of FPL squads.

There were no huge shocks upon the release of the teamsheets, with James Maddison (£7.0m) only match-fit enough for a place among the substitutes.

Jamie Vardy (£10.0m), the most-owned player in today’s game, leads the line for Brendan Rodgers’ side.

A whopping 80% of his attacking returns last season arrived against sides who finished 10th or below.

Timothy Castagne (£5.5m) is handed his Premier League debut, while James Justin (£4.5m) also gets a start at the back.

Pereira is joined by Grady Diangana (£5.5m) and Callum Robinson (£5.5m) in the hosts’ attack, with all three players hooking up with the Baggies again after successful loan spells in 2019/20.

Just five of West Brom’s 14 Championship clean sheets last season came at the Hawthorns – the first not arriving until February.


West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone, O’Shea, Ajayi, Bartley, Furlong, Livermore, Sawyers, Gibbs, Pereira, Diangana, Robinson.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Justin, Ndidi, Soyuncu, Castagne, Mendy, Praet, Tielemans, Perez, Barnes, Vardy.


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  1. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Justin with a goal saving block

  2. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    (Lost on last page amongst all the goal celebrations...) 🙂

    Those who were intending on downgrading Salah to a United mid. still going with that plan...??

    1. HippY
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ship abandoned 🙂

    2. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not yet

    3. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yes lol? In fact after this game I'm probably even more likely to switch to Bruno. It's pens galore this season

    4. BobbyV
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      yes

  3. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno is gonna be top scorer in the game

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yup. VAR has really changed the game

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        how does this have anything to do with VAR? Pretty sure VAR didnt make the defenders make stupid tackles in the box

      2. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Leicester pens won today were pretty clear cut mind

    2. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      In the leicester game?

    3. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      united awarded 27 pens this season

  4. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Justin with the block! Legend!

    1. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He's saving his own bonus point

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        what a guy

  5. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Jammy vardy owners

    Unbelievable....33 year old has been getting 13 points now

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      How is it jammy?

    2. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Out of nowhere just like salah yesterday

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Salah scoring goals in the PL is not out of nowhere lol

        1. ivantys
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Yeah sure 2 cheap penalties. I know he played well but the penalties are really dumb to have so much impact.

          1. Visionaries
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            I assume you don't have Salah

    3. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Players don't self-combust after turning 30

    4. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      That's why you pick penalty takers

  6. Giorgi89
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Very impressive 2nd half from Justin (considering 1st half chaos)

  7. Sharkytect
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    "Harvey barnes causing chaos'.

    Don't care; no attacking returns.

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Dear diary

  8. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Forgot to even consider Vardy even knowing how good Leicester fixtures are... Rookie mistake by me, especially with Martial on the bench

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Vardy is way overpriced

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Good placeholder for Martial, Werner

        GW3 - GW7 he's going to be top 3 striker in the game those fixtures are amazing

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

        LOL

  9. Tiki-Taka
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy and Justin, of course hindsight 20/20 but saw Vardy in hardly any teams, strange

  10. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Come on WBA ruin that cleansheet

    1. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not gonna happen.. CS is locked in 🙂

  11. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Justin gome from deserving a red to potentoal 10 pointer. Disgusting

    Jammy owners

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

      🙂

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      guranteed starter against a championship side that cant score consistently. What did you expect

      1. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        It wasn’t clear that he was a guaranteed starter

    3. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      🙂

    4. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Will only be 9 but yeah taking him out on Friday night stings. At least he’s going to be dropped for thomas next game like everyone said earlier

    5. DontPiqueTooSoon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not jammy. He was a highly rated pick. Stats post restart indicated he was very attacking. Not a red too. Fully deserving of his points.

    6. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      last minute switch for saliba

    7. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Are you going to complain all season?

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

        Only when the jam is too much

        1. Annie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Every week someone you hasn’t got might get some points whilst not playing amazingly. Get used to it.

  12. Wild Card this!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    WBA is as bad as Fulham.

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Much worse

    2. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      They have a couple of good flair players, but they going down for sure

      1. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Well maybe with Button in goal they’ll get better...

  13. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone with Vardy, Kane and Salah?

    1. seewhyaxe
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I have the latter 2

    2. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Have Vardy and Salah captain 🙂

    3. noahzark22
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      me

      1. noahzark22
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        with salah captain

        1. noahzark22
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          and auba

    4. Shteve
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Me, but I captained Auba so still not happy

    5. Tiki-Taka
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Vardy, Werner, Salah (C), Auba

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Nice

    6. Our Man Charlie
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      got the first 2

  14. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    If only vardy was still 9m

    1. Visionaries
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Agreed, still not worth 10 for me

      1. Shteve
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Great value today and good fixtures.. Well worth 10m

  15. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Keeping Barnes surely

  16. billysupertramp
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I'm watching Tour de France. Is there any attacking threat from Justin?

    1. Visionaries
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Assist

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A lot

    3. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Got a FPL assist

      1. billysupertramp
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Perfection. Thank you.

  17. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    a consolation goal from WBA would be nice

  18. Dr. Rog
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Just would like to point out that Arsenal are still top of the league based on the alphabet

  19. Ghost Ship
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Considering getting rid of either TAA or Robertson to free up funds. Bad idea?

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No, you just need one of them.

    2. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      calm down

    3. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nah. One of them is enough.

    4. Ser Davos
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Once TAA is sharp and up and running he'll be back to his best

    5. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I also have both and think it's a bad idea. You obviously choose both as they'd be a good pick to bring in points over the long term, not short or medium term. Its only half way through gameweek 1.

      Sure Liverpool didn't look great defensively yesterday, but we all know what they are capable of. We also know what TAA and Robertson are capable of.

      I'd keep them.

  20. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    So much trash talking here during games, no constructive discussions. Feels like ffs has been overtaken by annoying kids and betting partners.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Keep your eyes on the train tracks.

    2. riot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Been like that for 5 years

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

      Can't believe the penalty takers in each team take penalties and score goals. It's so unfair.

    4. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Your post didnt help things

    5. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Always been like this...

    6. Indpush
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Links to several constructive discussions you have started or greatly stimulated please. I could go for an informative read.

  21. Ser Davos
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    LEI ended terribly but WBA ended even worse

    Brentford now losing losing yesterday and without Watkins and Benrahma

  22. Clintymints
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    If Leicester keep the CS I absolutely pulled a fast one this week with a defense of Justin, Mitchell and... Trenty. no subs 😮

  23. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I assume everyone else is in a position to captain JV against the Hammers GW4 with Ings against WBA

    😀

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Raz vs Leeds

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Good luck with that mate - Pep will go all terrified. Should be a cracking match.

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Yup

    2. Hairy Potter
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Aguero or Sterling vs Leeds if they are still defending like yesterday.

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I’ll have Sterling or KdB as cover but how many chances did Liverpool really create? Delete two flukey pens and what do you get in clear chances?

        It’ll be a cracker for sure.

        1. Hairy Potter
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          22 shots according to the stats.

          1. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Try checking XG - the game was a 1-1 that got out of control. Leeds can defend - they just do it in the opposition last third

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    If you read the stats you would have seen vardy scores all the time v West Brom

    Can’t call yourself an expert if you didnt see that

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I saw it but I predict Kane will be gifted 3 penalties instead

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Cilson with WHM too

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Cheers for the laugh

    4. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      😆

    5. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I wanted him but couldnt believe it when I saw he was more expensive than Werner. If he was same price I probably owuld have had him instead of Werner.

      1. Visionaries
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        This is it right here.
        No one can deny he's a good pick.
        But is still overpriced for me

  25. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Robson-Kanu you Clown

    1. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Deserves to be benches permanently :angry:

  26. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    West Brom are repugnant

  27. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy 2 shots, 2 pens, 2 goals. Always gets the fpl points doing the bare minimum...

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sounds efficient to me.

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

      Correct

    3. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Class player - all he needs is service. Some people dislike him but we love him here in/near Leicester.

  28. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Picked Ings and Havertz over Bowen and Pardy

    Damn :/

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Won’t complain with Salah captain tho lol

    2. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Havertz still to go

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Already complaining when Havertz hasn't even played yet wow

  29. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    So who thinks justin will be benched next game? Fuchs to replace him or maybe thomas.

    1. Giorgi89
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      nope, too good during 2nd half

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Why would he? Played a good game

    3. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Don't think he'd be dropped after this performance?

      Terrible start but very good end