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One enforced change apiece from Bielsa and Rodgers as Perez again fills in for Vardy

Leicester City can leapfrog Manchester United into second place in the Premier League table with a win over Leeds United this afternoon.

This is the second of four fixtures in the English top flight to take place on Sunday, with kick-off at the King Power Stadium at 14:00 GMT.

The two sides’ respective frontlines are a good place to start from a Fantasy perspective.

Leicester are still without the injured Jamie Vardy (£10.0m), so manager Brendan Rodgers again turns to Ayoze Perez (£6.0m) to lead the line against the Whites.

As for Leeds, Patrick Bamford (£6.6m) keeps up his ever-present record and will be aiming to find the back of the net for the first time in 2021.

Bamford is the most-owned Fantasy Premier League asset on show in this match, although he was the second most-sold player of Gameweek 21 and his three-game run without a goal or assist is his longest ‘drought’ of the season.

Both managers have been forced into a change apiece from their midweek games.

The hosts’ Wilfred Ndidi (£4.8m) is sidelined and is replaced by Nampalys Mendy (£4.3m) in central midfield, while budget FPL defender Pascal Struijk (£3.9m) fills in for Diego Llorente (£4.4m) for the visitors.

Goals are often guaranteed when Leeds are on the road, with an average of four per match scored when Marcelo Bielsa’s troops are on their travels.

No side has conceded more away goals than Leeds in 2020/21 but they have still managed to rack up four clean sheets away from Elland Road.


Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Fofana, Evans, Justin, Mendy, Tielemans, Albrighton, Maddison, Barnes, Perez.

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Alioski, Phillips, Raphinha, Dallas, Rodrigo, Harrison, Bamford.

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

    Harvey just one more cheeky goal or assist please

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

      Nvm will take take the 18 points and run

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

        *16

  2. Party time
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Bamford appreciation post please!

    • Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      So, so glad to see Bamford firing and cruelly punishing all his sellers and benchers after another TEXTBOOK false out of nowhere hype around DCL and Everton. It's a textbook example when this site decides to make a story from nothing. Bamford blanked 3 times before this, match and he is bad all of the sudden, but DCL is a good option even he scored his last goal in GW 11. Madness, pure madness this is...

      1. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        DCL wasn't a bad option. He had a strong supporting cast and Newcastle + Leeds alongside him. It was an acceptable risk with the dearth of striker options currently.

        1. Railwayman
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          He was only an option if you still had Vardy, Kane, Welbeck, or another injured striker, but not if you decide to sell Bamford because someone starts writing articles about it. I just don't understand the logic tbh.

        2. F_Ivanovic
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Correct that DCL wasn't a bad option but I think people were overstating Bamfords bad form given that it was only 2 games. (ignore the Spurs game as didn't expect anything out of that one anyway)

          I had Kane so swapped him for DCL but I'm pretty confident I wouldn't have sold Bamford just yet unless I had 2 FT's and nothing else to do. There were people taking hits to get rid of him though.

      2. Spab
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Imagine how many points a good striker would get playing for Leeds.

      3. OneDennisBergkamp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        i've achieved my best ranks on this game by avoiding the comment section on this site, says it all

      4. Party time
          3 years, 3 months ago

          It is so beautiful

      5. Boom XhakaLacaSaka
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Maddison is such a disappointment to have

        1. Im New Here
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Swap for Barnes?

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

        Bamford limping 🙁

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

          Good.

        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Points weighing him down

          • Ode
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Cramp. Good for owners, casuals won’t buy him next week thinking he’s injured

        3. C_G
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          38 with Antonio, Soucek and Son to go.

          Not bad considering 2 of my bench players are injured and I only have 9 players playing this week.

        4. thegaffer82
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          I sold Soucek and Bamford for a hit in last two weeks. Soucek cost me 17 points, Bamford looks like he’s gunna cost me about the same unless Antonio does something.

          Could beat myself up over it. Could now go on a streak of stubbornly keeping underperforming players lest they start scoring braces all of a sudden.

          But, best to just keep playing my game and accept that this is the dark side of a game based on probability and luck.

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 3 months ago

              You have to be careful not to go full lateriser and find a random defence or justification for every single move you make

            • Pat Bonner
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              It’s what fpl is about, getting on and off players depending on form. It’s just one of those weeks so def can’t beat yourself up about it. I still think Bamford/Wilson to DCL made total sense even if it’s backfired

              1. F_Ivanovic
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 3 months ago

                Sorry but taking a hit for a player that has been out of form for only 2 weeks in a stupidly small sample size is not a good decision. Bring in DCL for Bamford - fine, if that's your only move and you have no other obvious moves. Doing it for a hit is asking to get punished

          2. MoSalad
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            BamBam limping at the end

          3. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Time to sell Bamford.

            1. Spab
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              The cook kids sold him last week.

            2. CRO KLOPP
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              For a hit?

          4. DA Minnion (Former great)
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Bambi injured.

          5. Patio Kev
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Was Bamford limping at the end of the game then ?

            1. DandyDon
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              seemed to shake it off.

          6. Aidan269
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Robertson should get the same ban as Tripper. Transferred out Mane twice this year knowing he wasnt starting

            1. Tempestic
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              ahahha the dirty cheat 😆

          7. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            So far my grealish captain isnt looking so bad, see what Salah says about that though

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

            Big Bammy hurt?

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

            Who to bench here?

            Salah Gundogan Grealish Fernandes Son
            Antonio DCL Bamford

            1. My heart goes Salalalalah
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Bench boost

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

                Used it already

            2. thegaffer82
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Bamford 🙂

            3. El Presidente
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Good luck

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

                🙁

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

            Cup opponent has Bamford and Harrison with Silva and Konsa clean sheets off the bench. F off

          11. elchilangles
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            anyone else bench Bamford buy play DCL and Antonio?!

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

              Yep, brought in DCL for Kane and played Antonio whilst benching Bamford.

            2. Crunchie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Yep me.

              Killed my rank from 400 , be lucky to stay in the top 1k now.

              1. OneDennisBergkamp
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 3 months ago

                same, 1.5k down to 3k at the moment, huge drop

            3. George Sillett
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Some marvelously unsubtle bragging as a consequence of this comment . Poor insecure people needing to mention their OR. Must have small willys.

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

            Dallas asked for whistle - ref blew it. GOAT

          13. el polako
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Let's be honest some of you only kept Bamford because Kane got injured... 😉

          14. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Bamford sellers the real winners with that limp.

            1. el polako
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Really ? I take my 15 points and then sell if have to.

            2. JELLYFISH
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Keep telling yourself that

            3. dunas_dog
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Happy with the 15 points !

            4. The Polymath
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Sounds like a comment a Qanon would say. 😀

          15. HonestBlatter
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Did BAMFORD to DCL -4....please shoot me!

            1. The Polymath
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              OK, revolver or AK 47?

          16. Warby84
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Took out Bamford and Wilson for a -8

            1. jam
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              OUCH

            2. Pat Bonner
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Ouch! That’s worst one yet I think. Unlucky it’s backfired

          17. Paqueta Rice
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Son is next to punish me

            1. Oggle22
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Hope so captained him over Salah and my mini league rivals gone Salah

          18. Taff
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Just realized with horror that first sub Bamford won’t come off my bench as need 3 defenders

            1. The Polymath
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Yep, those are the rules.

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

            Love that Robbo's FPL team name is Show Me The Mane 😆

          20. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Bamford and Holding off the bench, u love to see it 😆

            1. jam
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Same here! Such a relief

            2. Paqueta Rice
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              I get Justin and Decordova Reid

          21. Coys96
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            I'll take 8 from Barnes (c) and Raphinha 5

            22 points from 2 on bench tho 🙁

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

            Many sold Bamford but i benched him!!

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

              Same, made sense at the time.

          23. Party time
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Salah hat trick needed tonight!!!

            • Forgetmeknot
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              I see I picked a good week to bench Bamford