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Leicester City v Arsenal gets Gameweek 10 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) underway, with kick-off at the King Power Stadium at 12:30 BST. See our Matchday Live if you want to watch along with Gianni!

There were injury and illness concerns for both sides heading into the Saturday lunchtime fixture but in the end, there is only one change across either team from Gameweek 9.

It’s Brendan Rodgers who makes it, as Luke Thomas replaces the injured Ricardo Pereira.

Mikel Arteta, therefore, sticks with the Arsenal side that started the Gunners’ 3-1 victory over Aston Villa eight days ago.

Ben White has been passed fit to start, while Martin Odegaard makes the bench after recovering from injury.

There is still no Kieran Tierney, however, who has been absent with an ankle problem.

Jamie Vardy was passed fit by Rodgers in midweek and is part of a two-pronged strike force alongside Kelechi Iheanacho.

Vardy has 11 goals and one assist in his 13 previous Premier League meetings with the Gunners, averaging a round 7.0 points per match.

The veteran striker, owned by almost one-third of all FPL managers and just over 50% of the top 10,000, is the most popular player on show in this fixture.

GAMEWEEK 10 LINE-UPS

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Amartey, Evans, Soyuncu, Thomas, Tielemans, Soumare, Maddison, Iheanacho, Vardy.

Subs: Ward, Bertrand, Barnes, Choudhury, Dewsbury-Hall, Vestergaard, Ndidi, Daka, Lookman

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tavares, Partey, Lokonga, Saka, Smith Rowe, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Subs: Leno, Odegaard, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Soares, Pepe, Elneny, Kolasinac, Martinelli

LEICESTER V ARSENAL WATCHALONG

  1. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Arsenal fan.
    Ramsdale owner.
    Only skull on FPLlive is Vardy.

    LET'S DO THIS

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Be shocked if Leicester don't score tbf

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy brace incoming

    3. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I'm expecting a Leicester goal but an Arsenal win, and I'll gladly take that.

    4. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Forget about the cleansheet points. Arsenal will definitely concede

  2. BrockLanders
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Had planned Docoure to ESR for a few weeks now, but had so many other fires to put out. Can't avoid now though..

  3. JPSpurs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I had a feeling White + ESR to TAA + McArthur was the wrong move…

    1. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Just wrong timing

    2. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not in he long term it won't..

      1. JPSpurs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks for the reassurance, I’ll save my breakdown until the end of the game week….

  4. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    The sheep boarded the Vardy train after it left the station.

    Unsurprising, deserved outcome!

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He’ll get a brace in GW12 vs. Chelsea after everyone has sold him and he’s fallen 0.2m in price
      Such is Vardy

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        This, so this….

    2. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Another genius without a link figuring out everyone else's mistakes. Love it

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        If I had provided my link, people would've avoided Vardy... how does that help me?

        1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Ah. Narcissism at it's best. No hope of anything constructive here then. Go on

          1. Cok3y5murf
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            You don't need my link. I'm at 75k and don't have Vardy. Not a high enough rank for someone to lie about, so you know I'm telling the truth

            1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              If you say so sir

        2. Warblers
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Sure, LOL!

        3. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          He's still smarting that Liverpool's luck on the injury front ran out last season and people weren't nice about his team.

          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 16 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            And his GW1 lock Daka has let him down badly these first 10 gameweeks too - tough times

            1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              No link. Cant have said it.

              1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 16 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Of course there’s a link 🙂

                “He is a lock in my team from the moment the price was released. If he starts he will stay for at least 3 games. If he blanks but looks threatening then I will back myself and keep him.

                I did the same with Salah and Werner to be fair. Many did not start with Salah in his first season due to failing at Chelsea. They were wrong and they never caught those points back up from me as the best they could do was match me after correcting their error.”

                https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/01/the-best-mid-price-fpl-midfielders-for-2021-22/?hc_page=1&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23870198

                1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  You forgot the part where I say unless Rodgers changes my mind.

                  It's in there and you know it

                  1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                    • 16 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    😆 GW1 lock 😆

                    Hopefully he catches all those points back up though, it mightn’t be a total write-off 😉

                    1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      "I know I am playing daka from week 1. Only one guy can change my mind and his name is Brendan."

                      see I can provide context. I dont just quote to support my view. Your view is in this quote as well as mine.

                      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                        • 16 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Your post was 99.99999% “IM PICKING DAKA, HES A JOKE, LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL, AAAARRRGGGHHH”

                        And 0.00001% quietly whispered late breaking caveat after about a hundred people had explained to you why the 99.99999% was bollocks

                        You’ll understand why the 99.9999% is what sticks 😉

                      2. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Noise

          2. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Smarting lol. We are doing fine thanks

            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Enjoy.

              Lol and let last season go?

              1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 16 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Liverpool had 8 centrebacks injured last season don’t you know?

                What made that stat even more incredible was that they only went into it with 3 centrebacks

                1. Rassi
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Zzzzzzzz, this bs again. You two, MBP and Mark.S, get a room.

                  1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                    • 16 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    Love these posts - wouldn’t be FFS without someone white-knighting instead of minding their own fcking business & getting involved in other people’s conversations 😆

                    1. Rassi
                      • 11 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      "Conversations"

                    2. ‘Tis the Season
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      You are link master MBP…not sure it’s a compliment though

                  2. ‘Tis the Season
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    hand bags, entertainment on here. Soosh

              2. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Klopps best work. Took a relegation team to 3rd in the league. Bloody miracle is what happenned

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

      baaahhhh

    4. Gunneryank
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hand up. Arsenal are vastly improved in defense but Leicester will still slice up lesser teams.

      Question though: it's a deserved outcome that he blanks because i wanted an in form striker for an attacking side?

      (Plus he may not blank. We'll see how the 2nd half goes)

    5. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      To be honest, this post makes you come across as a complete tool.

      So you knew Vardy would be injured last week and then blank in first half v Arsenal did you?

      Yeah, sure you did pal!

      1. Gunneryank
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        You took the words right out of my mouth.

      2. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Brentford and Arsenal are difficult fixtures

        1. ‘Tis the Season
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Come on Vard’s..,how I would love this guy to cocky on his cocky words

  5. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Arsenal getting top 4 instead of United would be hilarious

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 4 months ago

        No reason they can't, more points after harder fixtures and lots of injuries

      • thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Utd will be rocking again in a few weeks once Ole has lost to Spurs and Conte/Zidane have come in to replace him. Utd's squad is way better than Arsenal, they just need to get rid of the PE teacher as their coach

      • Fulchester's New Centr…
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Agreed.
        Hope they don't do what they did with Moyes and wait until Top 4 is mathematically impossible before dumping OGS

      • Amsterhammer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        West Ham fan here. I could live with that happily.

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I'm not sure what's more ridiculous, the fact that Vardy always does naff all whenever I buy him - which stretches back over multiple seasons - or Vardy's headwear in the photo for this article.

      1. Dannyb
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I hear that, he looks like a complete melt.

      2. Neevesy
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I'm with you lol

      3. Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        He looks like a NPC that's going to offer you a sidequest in that photo

      4. Fulchester's New Centr…
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Straight from a Brueghel painiting

    3. Free Hat
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Played vardy, benched Ramsdale.
      Dear god, please no penalty miss vardy/ save ramsdale...

      1. Firminooooo
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        +1. This would kill me.

    4. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Reckon Auba will do something?

      1. Gunneryank
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Totally possible. Leicester are all at sea at the back.

      2. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        He will do as much as Vardy 🙁

      3. jack88
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Possible

      4. Fulchester's New Centr…
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight

      5. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Doubtful

    5. jason_ni
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      4th week as a ramsdale owner, and now I decide to bench him.

      Just know he's on his way to double digits..

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        It is definitely looking like one of those games where Ramsdale does a Martinez of last season

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Imagine the scenes with a Vardy penalty save

      3. GE
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Same

    6. jack88
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy off?

      1. Dannyb
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Nacho

    7. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      This game is so unpredictable 🙂

    8. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nacho wagon, dead, buried and out of action for the season.

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Nacho off btw

      2. Fulchester's New Centr…
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Glad I didn't have the courage of my convictions and skipped Nacho now

        1. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          😀

    9. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy survives the half time half subbings

    10. Goodfeathers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Gonna be a very different game this half me thinks..

    11. Original Sin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Will be interesting if Salah is benched this week. I think I would prefer it even. So many have Vardy as VC, rank might even get a nice push

      1. jack88
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Against Brighton salah will never be benched.. Norwich may be

      2. Kun Tozser
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Who’s your vice captain?

        1. Original Sin
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Foden

    12. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nacho punters in the mud

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Amartey 3.9 realisers too

          1. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            😆

            At least he had a shot on target, should have buried that chance

      2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        When will the party start?

        1. jack88
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          After he gets the red

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

        If lookman can do something here then I’ll have a look man before Leeds

      4. Slartibartfast
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Kaku + Sarr ➡ ESR + Kane off to an ok start...could still bite me, though.

      5. Gunneryank
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        C'mon Jamie damnit! You don't have to beat us...just scare us. Equalize so the late winner feels so so good.

      6. Butcher
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Why am I so unlucky. Had a choice between Vardy and Toney. Guess who I went with.

        1. Steve The Spud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Name checks out

        2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          There's still a half to go and Toney has blanked in his last 3 games

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

          Maybe change your user name?

        4. Butcher
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          WTF has a username got to do with anything you numbwits.

          1. Goodfeathers
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            It has the word flop in it.. Was just a joke..

          2. It's a Wookie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            55 minutes into the game week and some numbwit is moaning about being so unlucky….

            1. Butcher
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              The luck was in reference to Vardy. Not the GW. Did I say anything about the GW?

      7. jack88
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Disgusting sideway pass at the back by soyuncu and evans and then they loss the ball

      8. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Armar ‘No’ party…..hooked at HT

      9. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Benched ESR and Ramsdale- oh dear!

        1. thegaffer82
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Ouch that's painful. The pitfalls of having a decent bench I guess.

          But always a chance of a no-show in the following games, so you never know

      10. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Why so much hate for Amartey? 3.9m 3rd bench player. Who else would u get at the price if u can't afford anyone else?

        1. Andy_Social
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          No crime in owning him. The crime would be in starting him.

      11. Scots Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Every year I do it to myself.

        Hate owning Vardy. Does nothing every time I own him, scores consistently when I don't.

        King Troll

      12. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        This is the season of points on the bench

      13. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        ESR IN but for who?
        A Gray or
        B Benrahma ?

        1. Andy_Social
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Er, let them play first?

      14. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Oof so close