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Leicester v Chelsea team news: James and Chilwell start, Azpilicueta benched

There’s a busy Saturday of Premier League football ahead of us, with Leicester City v Chelsea the first of eight matches.

Kick-off at the King Power Stadium is at 12:30 GMT.

Thomas Tuchel and Brendan Rodgers have both made two changes for the lunchtime game.

Daniel Amartey and Marc Albrighton are brought in to replace injured pair Youri Tielemans and Ricardo Pereira, which could mean that the Foxes are turning to a wing-back system – as Rodgers has done in the past when facing the Blues.

Jamie Vardy, the most-owned Fantasy Premier League (FPL) player in this fixture, starts.

Mason Mount is back in the Chelsea starting XI after his recent teething problems, while Trevoh Chalobah starts as the right-sided centre-half.

Ross Barkley and Andreas Christensen are the men to make way from the 1-1 draw with Burnley, while there is a fourth successive league benching for Cesar Azpilicueta.

The fit-again Timo Werner is also among the substitutes.

All of that means that there are further starts for Reece James and Ben Chilwell, with the former now the most-owned Chelsea asset in FPL overall (24.2%) and within the top 10,000 (60.1%).

The ownership figures of Vardy and Antonio Rudiger have taken a bit of a tumble in the top 10k (see below), which is often a better gauge of active Fantasy managers than the ‘selected by’ numbers we see on the FPL site.

Vardy and Rudiger had top 10k ownership figures of 52.7% and 35.0% in Gameweek 11.

GAMEWEEK 12 LINE-UPS

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Amartey, Evans, Soyuncu, Albrighton, Ndidi, Soumare, Castagne, Lookman, Vardy, Barnes.

Subs: Ward, Bertrand, Vestergaard, Dewsbury-Hall, Choudhury, Maddison, Perez, Iheanacho, Daka.

Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, Havertz.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Alonso, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Loftus-Cheek, Barkley, Ziyech, Pulisic, Werner.

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989 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ah yes

    That Jorginho ball over the top is baaaaaaaack

  2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Tony is a season keeper

  3. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Havertz so bad ....just pass the ball to Reece he could score for fun

  4. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    great call at 1059 sarr plays rudiger benched ,awful rumour

  5. Traction Engine Foot
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Benched Rudiger, played James, don't have Chilwell. Got to laugh

    1. Baron Penguin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I decided I didn’t need double Chelsea defence any more so sold Rudi for Reguilon. Although I’d probably have benched him which would be even more frustrating!

  6. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Leicester ripe for a hammering...

  7. 1314
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Chelsea defenders are their strikers

  8. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Kante should be able to loft that over Schmeichel

  9. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Rudiger >> Cancelo (-4)! Ouch 🙂

  10. delux
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    need Dias diarrhea to get Rudi off th bench

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Anyone have xDiarrhea stats?

      1. Philosopher's Stones
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Depends on npxFoodPoisoning

  11. MikeS
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Defence of the season:

    Taa-james-chilly-rudigier-cancelo

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      What move can Livra do?

      1. MikeS
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        He's up there too, ofcourse

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Still prefer Gallagher + ≤ 4.6 D to Rudiger + ≤ 4.6 M

  12. Muscout
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Took out Rud for TAA :@

    1. Oggle22
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I'm sure itll work out I know who id rather have even if rudi has scored

  13. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    CHO wins James ranger...

  14. F4L
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    FK...James time

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      go away Mount

  15. Athletico Underachieving
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    You spend all week waiting for FPL to return and then bench Rudiger

  16. fusen
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I'm playing Chilwell and benched Rudiger.

    I can't complain too much I suppose, just luck of the game

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Did the same in Draft. Plethora of choices there though 😀

    2. DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Benched him to play Vardy!

  17. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    As a Christensen starter, I just have to take my medicine and pray he doesn't come on for a 10min cameo

    1. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah me too. I always knew he wouldn’t play every game and have cover but getting fed up of his unreliable starts

  18. LE CHARO
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Initially planned to bench Rüdiger and start Vardy, decided to switch them after seeing the set pieces stats of both teams. Thanks Opta.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nice bait

    2. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Who owns an Irish journalist?

  19. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Chilwell to Rudiger!? Is this real life?? GET IN

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Dial up?

  20. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Watching Mount taking free kicks is like pulling teeth

  21. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Offside Leicester … Lookman ruled out.

    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Surname fails to check out

  22. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Albrighton having a Danny Rose here.

    Bertrand needed at LWB & Castagne switching sides...

  23. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Nice offside trap from Chalobah there.

  24. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mount just getting in the way

  25. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Looked offside

  26. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Can only afford one

    A) White > James (own Chilwell)

    B) Raphinha > Foden

  27. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Any chance of a cancelo benching ?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      50/50

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      He's due one but probably not.

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      might need his creativity with KDB/Grealish out

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nope. Unbenchable this season.

  28. Gross Blank Point
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Was going to swap Rudi for Chilwell but kept him after much deliberation only because I felt more minutes = more points, however explosive Chilwell will be.
    Still might rue the decision, but it's not a bad dilemma to have, the way they're both playing.

    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Points all round for the Chelsea def

  29. Gross Blank Point
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    James assist