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Vardy starts as Maguire misses out on Leicester’s trip to Huddersfield

Three Premier League matches take place today, all of which kick off at 15:00 BST.

Bournemouth entertain Burnley, Crystal Palace head north to face Newcastle United and Leicester City make the trip to relegated Huddersfield Town.

Jamie Vardy starts for the Foxes, following concern about his absence from training ground photos on Thursday.

Harvey Barnes, James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Ben Chilwell and Ricardo Pereira all start but there is no place for Harry Maguire, who was available after suspension but who fails to make the match-day squad – the Leicester Mercury claim that Maguire has had a “disrupted week” after the birth of his first child.

Brendan Rodgers’ only change sees Caglar Soyuncu replace the injured Jonny Evans at centre-half. Evans reportedly has an issue with his hip.

Huddersfield Town have only made one change, with Jon Gorenc Stankovic coming into the starting XI at the expense of Juninho Bacuna.

Isaac Mbenza returns after a lengthy lay-off and is among the substitutes.

DeAndre Yedlin and Isaac Hayden have recovered from minor injuries to start for Newcastle but Mohamed Diame misses out, so Ki Sung-yueng takes the place of the Senegalese midfielder.

Fabian Schar is back after a two-game ban and replaces Paul Dummett at centre-half.

Salomon Rondon, Ayoze Perez and Miguel Almiron again form the Magpies’ three-man attack.

Andros Townsend is back in the Crystal Palace team after dropping to the bench in midweek, meanwhile, so Cheikhou Kouyate makes way.

Wilfried Zaha, Michy Batshuayi, Jeffrey Schlupp and Aaron Wan-Bissaka all start.

Adam Smith is fit to return for Bournemouth and replaces the injured Charlie Daniels at left-back but the Cherries are otherwise unchanged.

Asmir Begovic lines up in goal again ahead of Artur Boruc, while David Brooks, Ryan Fraser, Josh King and Callum Wilson are all in Eddie Howe’s starting XI as expected.

Sean Dyche has only made one alteration to his team, with Matthew Lowton replacing the injured Phil Bardsley at right-back.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic, Clyne, Mepham, Ake, Smith, Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Fraser, King, Wilson.

Burnley XI: Heaton, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Cork, Westwood, Hendrick, McNeil, Wood, Barnes.

Huddersfield Town XI: Hamer, Smith, Schindler, Kongolo, Durm, Hogg, Stankovic, Pritchard, Mooy, Löwe, Grant.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Söyüncü, Chilwell, Ndidi, Gray, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Yedlin, Hayden, Ki, Ritchie, Perez, Almiron, Rondon.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Tomkins, van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojević, Schlupp, Townsend, Batshuayi, Zaha.

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  1. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Booo Barnes ruining his chance of getting the record low

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

      Haha

      People are gonna login and assume he just did nothing with his 2 points.

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ikr 😆

        Well, will be 3 @ 60 min

  2. MINUS FOUR
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes to Maddison, chance for my 2 Leicester mids to combine for a goal. Inches wide. Salah (C) pass to Mane who missed clear header yesterday. So many possible points.

  3. F_Ivanovic
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes on for a mega haul now.

  4. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    begovic is such rubbish.....

  5. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes heavily involved, FPL wise

  6. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    HOORAY!
    doing his best to make up for his og....

  7. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Again, no McNeil involvement arghh.

  8. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Captained Vardy, got Pereira and the OR's gone to 6k, get in 😀

  9. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes is a changed man

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

    Begovic, seriously?!

  11. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thank God Barnes redeemed that own goal

  12. Ode
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes actual goal.

  13. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes on for a hattrick now

    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      And just needs a missed pen and RC for Bingo.

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

        FPL hitting for the cycle

  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wilson and Fraser.... where ya at???

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This...

    2. kalmoffit
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Negotiating transfers

  15. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    More shite keeping from Begovic

  16. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    ASHLEY. I say ASHLEY

  17. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes back on for a 2 pointer yay

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

      But at least it’s an eventful 2pter

  18. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ashley Barnes is flesh embodiment of Arsenal

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

    So my team that did terribly in BGW31 now does the business in BGW33. You need a very stoic personality for this game.

  20. Unfathomable Ruination
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    WTF are Bournemouth doing? Still waiting for Wilson and Fraser to do ... anything ...

  21. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Begovic not justifying Howe's faith. Boruc will be back next week, save for injury.

  22. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Rondon and maddy score yah noobs

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

    These dodgy adverts have happened before on FFS and mark immediately blocked.

    Can we get an answer because this is very frustrating.

    1. Geoff
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I've flagged it to tech, and they're working on it. Hopefully we get something soon.

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

        Cheers Geoff. Much appreciated !

        It’s causing mayhem on my phone 🙂

        1. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Clear history & browser then get fresh link to site.

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Can you get the URL and screenshot the image?

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

        I can mate. What email ?

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

          support or geoff @ fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

        2. Geoff
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah do geoff@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

          Screenshots should help thanks

    3. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sodding redirects for days, not had any today.

      1. Geoff
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        This wasn't happening before was it? Relatively new?

        1. POLSKA GOLA
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I’ve been getting these for about a week now, haven’t had one yesterday or today but will email the screenshots if they re-appear

  24. tafrère
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Begovic... Lmao.

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

      Boruc will be back when everyone who needed him couldn’t rely on him.

      The -4 I did a month ago didn’t even repay. But when I benched him he consistently got 6 points.

  25. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Why do I own Tarkowski. Thought he was good for an old assist

    1. kalmoffit
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      We were suckered in with those easy clean sheets at Fulham and Cardiff

  26. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bournemouth lost the plot?

  27. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thats what Howe gets for benching Boruc.

  28. mitro
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Do something Rondon(key)!!!

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Brilliant

  29. bhh
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Not even mad Fraser is doing nothing. I got Westwood, Tielemans and Vardy(C) in my squad!!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Oh dear....

      1. bhh
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        What do you mean?

  30. 007 [RoboKlopp]
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Wilson!!