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Leicester unchanged as FPL managers lump on the Foxes’ in-form players

Four of the five most-bought Fantasy Premier League assets of Gameweek 11 were Leicester City players, with over one million transfers alone used on Jamie Vardy (£9.4m) and Youri Tielemans (£6.5m).

Ayoze Perez (£6.1m) and Ben Chilwell (£5.6m) were part of this popular quartet, with the Foxes by some distance the most in-demand team in the Fantasy community following their 9-0 win over Southampton.

Almost 1.9 million transfers were spent on Leicester players in the eight days between the Gameweek 10 and 11 deadlines.

Brendan Rodgers’ side are in action this afternoon, in the first of two Premier League fixtures to take place on Sunday.

The Foxes are the visitors to Selhurst Park, where Crystal Palace have been a tough nut to crack this season.

The Eagles’ total of three clean sheets and three goals conceded in home league games can’t be bettered by any other top-flight club in 2019/20.

Rodgers’ troops, of course, come into this game off the back of plundering nine goals at St. Mary’s but before that rout of Southampton, they had only scored on four occasions in as many league fixtures on the road.

A run of away games against Chelsea, Sheffield United, Manchester United and Liverpool can perhaps partly explain that and, more encouragingly, Leicester have won all five of their league meetings – home and away – against clubs who finished outside of last season’s top seven.

Vardy has himself banked 11 attacking returns in those five fixtures against the “also-rans” of the Premier League.

In the least surprising team news of Gameweek 11, Leicester are unchanged from the starting XI that hammered Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side just over a week ago.

Roy Hodgson has made two alterations, one of which is enforced.

The injured Andros Townsend‘s (£5.6m) place has been filled by Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m), while the fit-again Vicente Guaita (£5.0m) is back between the posts after a brief two-game stint for Wayne Hennessey (£4.4m).

Martin Kelly (£4.1m), by some distance the most-owned Palace player and still in one in four FPL squads, is only among the substitutes.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Cahill, van Aanholt, Zaha, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Schlupp, Ayew.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Evans, Soyuncu, Pereira, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy, Perez.

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  1. Klip Klopp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Tomori to Soyuncu for free?

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

      Not ahead of next week

  2. No_Mo_Salah?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Clearly went wrong way... Tomori over Soyu

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

      Both, plus Rico, Lundstram and TAA looks like the defence to have.

      1. Regin
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Or Robbo. I also benched soyuncu. Damn

  3. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soy Montoya Lund Rico Taa... Should have played 5 at the back this week...

  4. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KANE DID NOT TRAVELLED WITH THE SQUAD!
    Son BIG GAME incoming...

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Why are you shouting?

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

      * Moura

    3. Evil Greg
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Baby shark du du du du do do

  5. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Needs a Palace goal

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No we don't

  6. LIARS POKER
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    CHO 7 minute cameo blocking my Soyuncu points. Worst transfer ever

  7. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Of course Otamendi takes away my Soyuncu points

  8. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Why on earth did I play CHO over soy...

  9. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    TAA, Soy and Lundy. The holy trinity.

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

      Soy Lundy Montoya, don’t you mean?

  10. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    How is that an assist? Soy would not reach it without the deflection

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Intended area.

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I'm not buying that Mark

    2. Vlad Tepes
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      That can not be an assist lol, that wall would have gone to the keeper or out haha, seriously FPL wake the **** up...

      1. Vlad Tepes
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Ball*

  11. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    First time

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

      Awkward..
      First time a really good weekend!*

  12. FPL DONKEY
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    There were people on here warning that Pereira was a trap.

    I wish I listened...

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

      He is overpriced but good chance creator

  13. SweepaKeepa
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ha. Bought Söyüncü on wc yesterday and was annoyed at myself for settling for a boring non-attacking defender.
    (Yes, I know I don’t get today’s points.)

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

    Söyüncü (39)
    Maddison (33)
    Chilwell (23)

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      bollocks. 15pter first sub with dross like Connolly and Mount in the starting XI

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Otamendi 1 pointer even funnier now 😀

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

      It's becoming pretty obvious that Pep browses FFS and trolls us all.

  16. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ota to Mendy genius move then!:wink: Soy 1st sub

  17. Dannyb
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    My defence this week is Montoya Lundstram and Soy lol

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Well done on tactically picking Mendy.

  18. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Oh well my bad thinking Ota would play or not come on

  19. Cruz88
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soyuncu and Lundstrum on my bench, what a week

  20. Better Call Raul
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    come on Palace

  21. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Shrek has left the chat

  22. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    That Soy goal softens the Ota over Montoya decision

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

    Badly need a Zaha goal now

  24. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soy bean on my bench, but I won't be the only one.

    There's a price to pay in starting Lundstram.

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

      No regrets

  25. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soy first sub. Ota played 1 minute. I dont want to live anymore

  26. Vlad Tepes
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Why have they given Maddison the assist? It clearly touched PVA as he tried to clear it lol...

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      they pity us last week

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Intended area.

  27. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What is Vardy’s EO?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      72

  28. Regin
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Oh crap. Benched soyuncu.

  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Benching headache again between Rico Lundstram Soyuncu next week - benched SOyuncu wrongly twice in a row

    1. Kun Tozser
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Play all 3

  30. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Where’s Foo Fighter?

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Asking if he should put Soy in.