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Vardy and van Aanholt suffer from festive rotation as Palace host Leicester

Festive rotation has struck Fantasy Premier League managers as early as the first match of Gameweek 16 as Crystal Palace host Leicester City.

Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) is the biggest name to fall foul of the busy schedule, named on the bench with Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.6m) handed his usual centre-forward role.

The striker, who sits behind only Harry Kane (£11.0m) for most points among forwards this season (106), is joined among the Leicester substitutes by Youri Tielemans (£6.4m) and Çaglar Söyüncü (£5.3m) returning from injury.

However, Vardy is not the only Foxes asset to miss out on Gameweek 16, James Maddison (£7.2m), Wesley Fofana (£5.0m) and Timothy Castagne (£5.7m) all missing out on the matchday squad entirely.

The central midfielder is managing an ongoing knee issue so sits out for precautionary reasons, while Fofana is in a similar position for a knock.

As a result, Harvey Barnes (£6.7m) is the most dangerous Fantasy asset to earn a start at Selhurst Park, involved in five goals this season.

James Justin‘s (£5.0m) impressive powers of recovery earn him yet another start, having already played every minute this season.

Crystal Palace have also undergone necessary Christmas rotation with Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) coming in for his first start since Gameweek 6, pushing Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) back to the bench.

The left-back is joined there by Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) while Jairo Riedewald (£4.4m) comes in for his first start since Gameweek 9.

Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Tomkins, Kouyaté, Clyne; Schlupp, Riedewald, Milivojevic, A Townsend; Zaha, Benteke.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Thomas, Evans, Amartey, Justin; N Mendy, Choudhury; H Barnes, Praet, Pérez; Iheanacho.

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1,982 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Damn KDB,DCL,Dias...hope City get DGW 18 or 19

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

    Live on Prime game off covid reasons

  3. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Yes, sold kdb & benched DCL, now just waiting for soucek to score & ruin my bednarek CS

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

    Wow, my KDB out for Son looking good now!

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      This!

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I gave him one more week. Devastated

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Same. Brewster better match Son.

    3. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Same

  5. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    scenes

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      SCENES

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    everton v city off

    1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Dial up?

  7. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Can everyone please calm down

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      WHAT, WHERE?!

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      .. forgot your exclamation marks Mr. Faulty 🙂

  8. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Damn, KDB killing me every week.

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

    KDB sellers rejoicing!

  10. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Apparently slumber party round kdb’s last week triggered it

  11. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Another kick in the face! Could have done KDB to Mané or Son.

    Gutted

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

      Sorry boss

  12. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Too many matches due to be played. Congested schedule becomes much more horrible.

  13. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Lucky I got rid of Mitchell this week then for Alioski to cover Dias, have to hope the rest of my team plays

  14. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    This reminds of the City game that was cancelled last season and jammy Barnes benchers got a 19-pointer off the bench. Expecting similar jam this time

  15. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Imagine saving your WC for this double gameweek when there are gonna be 100 more

  16. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Well that's me down to 10 men

  17. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Nice rest for City's players after a ridiculous Saturday-Monday scheduling.

    Not that I'm suggesting anything...

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

      They will have a ***** ton of a backlog of fixtures, hardly what they want.

      1. TOLV TUMS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Not to mention CL kicking back in

  18. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Could the game be played on Thursday?

  19. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    THE ONE FKIN TIME MAHREZ WAS GONNA START!!

    Can't even make it up hahaha!!!

    Bye bye Riyad

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

    Don't want to add to the carnage but Chelsea V Man City could also be off.

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

    City have enough players to field two full teams how come this postponement is allowed to happen?

  22. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    New strategy. How to fit City players into DGW19 now ?!?!?!?

  23. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I heard a user discussing the possibility of COVID spreading and that City games could be cancelled. Whoever that was, fair play, you called it.

  24. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Might be a blessing for DCL. Was likely to get rested this week and now he might get a double

  25. Reeker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Can't trust these footballers to stick to their bubbles.

  26. Alex_thekid
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Man city more positive tests wowsers only Cancelo left lucky

  27. Booked4Dissent
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    That completely ruins my game week and approach to 18 19. Have 4 city players and DCL. Now I have 7 playing this week. FFS

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

      Max 3 players of same team are you playing FPL?

      1. JabbaWookiee
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Might have captained one

      2. Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Hahaha....

  28. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    It's done, game is off