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Jamie Vardy (£10.2m) is part of a two-man strike force again as Leicester travel to face Brighton.

Recent injuries to Harvey Barnes (£6.9m) and James Maddison (£7.2m) have forced Brendan Rodgers’ hand which has proved good news for Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.6m).

The Nigerian international has now started three Premier League matches in a row, Vardy still waiting to reward his 20.2% ownership since he earned a strike partner.

Timothy Castagne (£5.7m) and Ricardo Pereira (£5.9m) provide the width as the wing-backs either side of a central-midfield trio comprising Youri Tielemans (£6.4m), Sidnei Tavares (£4.5m) and Wilfred Ndidi (£4.8m).

A recent calf injury for Jonny Evans (£5.5m) means another start in defence for Daniel Amartey (£3.9m), who is joined by Caglar Söyüncü (£5.3m) and Wesley Fofana (£5.0m) as part of a back-three.

Brighton remain a team of differentials, Lewis Dunk (£4.9m) their most popular asset on 5.8% ownership.

He starts in what looks to be a back-four tonight, which also potentially features Dan Burn (£4.2m) and Joël Veltman (£4.3m) in traditional full-back roles, although it is always hard to tell with Graham Potter.

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez (£4.5m) sits in 3.0% of teams while Neal Maupay (£6.1m) ploughs a lone furrow for Brighton and 2.7% of Fantasy managers.

Double Gameweek 27 Line-ups

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-1-4-1): R Sánchez; Burn, Dunk, White, Veltman; Bissouma; Trossard, Mac Allister, Lallana, Groß; Maupay.

Leicester City XI (3-5-2): Schmeichel; Söyüncü, Fofana, Amartey; Castagne, Tielemans, Tavares, Ndidi, R Pereira; Vardy, Iheanacho.

Double Gameweek 27 so far…

Emiliano Martínez (£5.3m) was at it again as Aston Villa drew 0-0 with Wolves.

The Villa Park side were on the back-foot for most of the second half, which is usually the perfect scenario for owners of their goalkeeper.

In keeping a 14th clean sheet of 2020/21, he produced two saves and claimed two one point.

The woodwork was arguably the man of the match in this midlands rivalry match on Saturday evening though.

None felt that more keenly than Ollie Watkins (£6.6m) and his owners as he struck the crossbar in the opening exchanges, the seventh time he has done so this season.

Ezri Konsa (£4.6m) also hit the post during the opening period while Martínez owners could thank the woodwork for Conor Coady‘s (£4.8m) second-half effort somehow not ending up in the back of the net – before Romain Saïss (£4.9m) skied the even easier rebound.

Provisional bonus points

  • 3 – Conor Coady
  • 2 – Ahmed El Mohamady
  • 1 – Jonny, Emiliano Martínez

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  1. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I was happy for all of 5 minutes. Time to log off

    1. Kermit Special
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Will not make a major difference as almost everyone owns Martinez. So majority suffers the reductions lol

      1. moment
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Makes it easier for my Ederson DDGW strategy to pay off.

  2. Rash
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What happened to martinez save point?

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The third "save" was a bit crossish.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Falsely added.

      1. Supertrooper
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Lol? He 100% saved it

        1. Brehmeren
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          This. Would have gone in if he had let it go.

  3. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Villa without grealish are a championship team.

    1. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      They're not though, they're on the Premier League.

      1. denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        In

  4. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hopefullly will be on 0 from 1 when scores finalised.

  5. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    As a Martinez owner I'm just happy with the clean sheet. Wolves were a little unlucky not to score.

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      In all honesty had I not known about the BAP drama and I would have seen the Saiss chance and just thanked the lucky stars Villla got a CS.

    2. Londongeezaa
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This. Wolves were very unfortunate not to score. Will take the clean sheet as 4bps

    3. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Only a little unlucky?

  6. StayoutheSpiceZone
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I don’t understand how that Martinez save wasn’t a save? It was a free kick on the edge of the box - he may or may not have been shooting - what did they do? Ask Neto?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It always a grey area with certain shot come crosses...

      Wolves player running may have indicated an inswinging shot/cross.

      All to do with Opta.

    2. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      FRAUD..FPL towers I'm coming to get you

      1. StayoutheSpiceZone
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Just seems so subjective. I’d get it if it was from a ‘definite’ crossing position but you see players shooting from there all the time

    3. I Must Break You
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If it's going on target (which that ball clearly was), it's objectively a shot not a cross. I can't believe anyone is even arguing this.

    4. Supertrooper
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If it is goalbound it is a save.

      Free kick was goalbound so therefore it should be a save

  7. N00B
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Watkins looked good tonight.
    Would you captain him or Martinez in gw 28 (vs Newcastle) ?

    1. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No

    2. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      no

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Watkins due a hatty!

    4. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

    5. acidicleo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He has looked good in many matches now..

  8. HonestBlatter
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Why they removed Emi's third save? FRAUD

  9. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    LMS safety score currently 4

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      High level of competition these days

  10. el polako
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Coady 3rd on my bench, oh well he was always buy for the future fixtures run.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Villa couldn't score vs Sheffield Utd.

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Played my double City and Vestergard ahead of Coast but fair point probably should have think bit longer about bench order.

        1. el polako
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          *Coady

  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Where did Coady's BPS boost at the very end come from?

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He got the save point from Neto's cross

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Haha

    2. Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe his baps were always there but nobody was looking

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        He was on about 20 in the 88th minute lol

  12. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Brighton 1 goal from 66 shots in the last 3 games.Some going.

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Just showed it on sky.

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Who knew Glen Murray would be so badly missed

  13. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Can't work out how I feel about hits in GW29.

    On the one hand, if a player's not playing, hitting him out for -4 is more likely a -2 net.
    On the other hand, it'll be a low scoring week so why go backwards.

    Can get to 10 without hits, so think I'll probably stick with that.

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You're playing against players with FH. Some will save the FH for later, some will not. Your call without FH is to cover what you see as the prime assets for that gw between now and then.

  14. Christina.
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    wolves will beat livp next gw

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Would be surprising if they didn’t.

  15. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Did he not save it from it going in the back of the net.

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He should have just let it in seeing as it wasn't a shot.

  16. michaelington
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    How did Watkins look? Worth holding for Newcastle?

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Started off good. Ended bad.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Probably as they’re so bad.

      Going LW when half chasing a goal isn’t a good sign.

    3. acidicleo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Dont sell dont buy..

  17. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    If Patricio had have taken a long free from outside his box and Martinez caught it in front of his goal, would people want that to count as a save?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If it’s on target then yes of course

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ball just has to be heading towards the goal not necessarily be an intended shot

        1. onceuponatyne
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          This. I don't know why you're struggling with the concept tbf.

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Just because you thought it should have been a cross doesn’t mean he didn’t shoot right at the center of the goal

      Just because you expected a cross doesn’t mean it was one.

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It doesn’t matter what I think, I’m going off the rules and of similar cross/shots in the past.

        It’s all on Opta and their ruling as has been with FPL, you might need to give them a read.

        1. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          It wasn’t a “high ball in the box” that was caught by the keeper.

          It was directly at him, he stood on his line and caught it in his midsection. SOT

    3. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Also. If neto put a cross in and it bumped of the back of say traore's heal without him knowing and martinez stops it going into the net......is that not a save?

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hopefully we get that in Villa/Newcastle on Friday to make it exciting 😉

        Not sure, would imagine it would count as a save.

        1. potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I'd say so too.
          It's not martinez fault net's cross-eyed. He stopped a goal.

    4. Guru Mediation
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The fact that he catches it seems to be what you're stuck on here. But that is solely due to where the goalkeeper is standing when the ball is travelling toward the goal.

    5. Supertrooper
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Of course....

      What mental gymnastics are going on here?

      There was a shot on goal that Martinez saved, if he had not done that it would've been a goal = he saved a goal = save

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It wasn't deemed a shot by Opta.

        1. Supertrooper
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          So a free kick that is goalbound is not a shot?

          That is simply the wrong decision, anyone watching the game saw that it was a save.

        2. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          The only possible way to “judge” that would be to guess his original intent.. the flight of the ball speaks for itself

  18. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Elmo 2 BAPs locked in?

    1. Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yep

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nice thanks

    2. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Looks like it.

  19. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    You guys here wondering about the difference between a cross and a shot and I'm still wondering how getting a ball kicked at you gets you 3bps

    1. Feloh
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Salty Emi non- owner.

      1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Had him since he signed for Villa, I'm a salty Auba owner though!

  20. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    El Mohamady

    Legend. 😀

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Just the goal missing in the end!

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Big miss that

  21. Gooner Kebab
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Plenty wrong with my team, any immediate fixes?

    Martinez, Forster
    Dias, Cancelo, Dallas, Mee, Dawson
    Bruno, Salah, Gundo, Lingard, Raphina
    Bam, Kane, DCL

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I don't see anything wrong!

      1. Gooner Kebab
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Salah, Bam, Raph, DCL been blanking.
        Mee & Dawson has terrible fixtures.

        1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Almost everybody has those 4. Bam, Raph, Dawson play 29. Get Antonio for DCL in 29. West Ham has great fixtures starting 29. The only issue is Mee who you can transfer out for Tierney with the DCL to Antonio money.

          1. Gooner Kebab
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Good advice, i'm thinking of getting Rudinger / Targett.

    2. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Think that team looks totally fine.

      Got a few players for GW29 too.

  22. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So just a 1 point difference between Forster and Martinez. Although Martinez was super lucky to get a CS there.

    1. Gooner Kebab
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Played Forster, hopefully he wont get a negative pts against MCI!

      1. I Must Break You
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        He will catch 3 crosses and get -3 points

      2. WE GO FOR IT
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Unless he scores an OG/gets a RC, you're safe.

      3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Played Forster too. But expected Wolves to score. And they should have. Villa was lucky.

  23. tom220222
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    William Hill paid out my bet on Neto over 1 shot on target so... FPL please advise where you are taking your stats from?

  24. Firminooooo
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Please rate my decision on playing Johnstone over Martinez.
    A) Maverick
    B) Idiot

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      C) Have you not learned anything over the past 27 gameweeks

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Maverickly idiotic? Or Idiotically maverick?

  25. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Martinez must be close to the keeper record points for a season surely

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure, but 100% signing of the season

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Unbelievable season, got him on GW2 WC, started off with a pen save, clean sheet and BAPs vs Sheff!
        I sold him on the early blank though 🙁

    2. Volley127
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      187 Friedel in 2002/03.

      149 already, should beat it comfortably. Incredible singing and bargain in both real life and FPL!

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Wow Friedel is a bit random! Was that for Blackburn?

        1. Volley127
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Yep! A decent 6th place finish

  26. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Brighton 100% guaranteed to break their goal drought tonight

    Pereira in my team

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Only a matter of time before they score, think so too

  27. Plagued by indecision
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I’d like to thank Roman Saiss for not ruining my Villa defensive double-up.

    1. Gooner Kebab
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sweet

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Thank Nuno

    3. acidicleo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Same here...

  28. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hopefully Brighton and Leicester can serve up another 0-0

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You got defenders in this one?

      1. Scots Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        White and Pereira.

        Both attacks have been pretty poor lately, so thought a 0-0 wasn't out of the question.

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Smells to me like a 1-1

      1. Scots Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hopefully White and Pereira with one each then : )

  29. Plagued by indecision
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    All these goalless draws making me think five at the back might not be a bad shout. Stressful though.

  30. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    A goalkeeper preventing the ball from entering the goal with any part of his body when facing an intentional attempt from an opposition player.

    Saves have the following attributes:

    Body part – Hands/Feet/Body
    Save type – Caught/Collected/Parried Safe/Parried Danger area/Fingertip
    Goalkeeper position – Diving/Standing/Reaching/Stooping

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Catch: A high ball played into the penalty area that is caught by the goalkeeper.

      1. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Where are you getting these definitions. Don't sound convulsive.

        Can you, for instance, not "catch" a low ball.

        1. potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Conclusive

        2. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          These are the opta definitions

          https://www.statsperform.com/opta-event-definitions/

          1. potatoace
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Well just shows they're clueless. According to them there's no such thing as catching a low cross....and while I'm thinking. At what height does a low cross become a high cross. Stupid arbitrary definitions

            1. The Suspended One
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              There is no way that was a “high ball into the area” and he didn’t come to collect it.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      'an intentional attempt' ... hmm did not know that

      1. The Suspended One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        You can’t guess his intent, it could be a wayward cross or he could be trying to catch the keeper out. Such a BS decision

    3. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It’s clearly a “caught save” and not a “catch of a highball played into the area”