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Maddison makes third successive start as Leicester visit Southampton

Leicester City are unchanged as they travel to Southampton for Gameweek 34’s Friday-night opener.

That means James Maddison (£7.3m) retains his starting berth for the third Premier League match in a row since returning from injury.

While we do not have the benefit of the clubs’ official team reveals for Gameweek 34, the midfielder is likely to operate in the number 10 role behind Kelechi Iheanacho (£6.2m) and Jamie Vardy (£10.3m) tonight.

A lot of eyes will be on the later at St. Mary’s Stadium considering he lost approximately 90,000 owners for Gameweek 34, with Harry Kane (£11.8m) returning from his ankle problem ahead of facing Sheffield United.

Youri Tielemans (£6.4m) and Wilfred Ndidi (£4.8m) form the central-midfield pairing tonight with Luke Thomas (£4.1m) and Timothy Castagne (£5.8m) operating as wing-backs once again.

Wesley Fofana (£5.0m), Caglar Söyüncü (£5.3m) and Jonny Evans (£5.6m) are the back-three.

Danny Ings (£8.4m) is absent for Southampton while Alex McCarthy (£4.4m) has managed to hold onto his starting berth from the 2-1 defeat to Spurs.

Fraser Forster (£4.0m) is on the bench for the second Gameweek in a row.

Nathan Tella (£4.3m) and Che Adams (£5.7m) lead Saints’ attack with Takumi Minamino (£6.0m) and Nathan Redmond (£6.4m) either side of Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) and James Ward-Prowse (£5.8m).

With no updates on social media this weekend, we will bring you live updates on all goals and assists from Southampton, which you can follow below.

Gameweek 34 Line-ups

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Vestergaard, Stephens, Bednarek, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Redmond, Minamino, Tella, Adams.

Substitutes: Forster, Djenepo, Salisu, Diallo, Ramsay, Walcott, N’Lundulu, Ferry, Jankewitz.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Fofana, Soyuncu, Evans; L Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Castagne; Maddison; Iheanacho, Vardy.

Substitutes: Ward, Albrighton, Perez, Amartey, Under, Choudhury, Pereira, Mendy, Praet.

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702 Comments Post a Comment
  1. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 days ago

    So when i dont own Leicester players they win 9-0 and now with 3players they cant even keep a CS against 10men
    Thank luck

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 days ago

      Fofana sub was a big mistake

  2. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 days ago

    They still haven't fixed these buggy tweet articles that keep jumping up and down in the comment section. Just stop writing them if there's no fix. Very annoying!

  3. My neck my back my Saed Kol…
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 days ago

    So what’s the best strategy with these doubles? Ditch doublers that blank? Ditch single gameweekers? Do nothing and hope for the best. Currently have 5 that double then blank plus a non playing bench fodder

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

      FH 😉

      1. My neck my back my Saed Kol…
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 days ago

        Tears in my eyes, if only

    2. Guba
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 days ago

      Have as many DGW's as possible while still being able to field 11 players in 36, in my opinion. Will have 2 x FT lined up myself in preparation.

    3. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 days ago

      I have Kane, Salah, TAA, and Lingard out of the SGW teams, 7 players are from the blanking teams, and I got 3 free transfers for the 2 concerning gameweeks.

      For one hit, I get to bench boost with 4 SGWs and field a complete eleven on the 36th.

      1. My neck my back my Saed Kol…
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 days ago

        Decent options. Problem is I just can’t seem to work out who to switch. Wanna shift Maddison for zaha but just seems odd selling a player with a double

        1. Pariße
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 days ago

          I'm selling Rudiger and Mount, probably both of them before the DGW

  4. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 days ago

    FHing this week is going to be fun

  5. Bob_the_builder
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 days ago

    Odds of both Kane and Son blanking against SHU? 😛

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 days ago

      If Kane is rested then maybe.