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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. Dannyb
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gtfo of my team Soy

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

      Reported for stealing my thoughts

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

    Stupid Soy boy get out of my team, fuming

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

    Grab a goal tekkerz you muppet

  4. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bruh, that spurs bench is dier

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

      lol

  5. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Which one for the final playing spot

    A. Maddison
    B. Jimenez

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      B just for me

    2. Shearer & Sutton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      B

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

    For Soy, please Rodgers!

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

    Sky commentator,

    ‘It’s situations like these that Benteke was brought to Palace for’.

    When they’re losing 1-0, and are happy about it.

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

    SO many bench points subbed in this week, must be a record

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

      I’ve got Matt Lowton coming in for Kane.

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

    Plenty jam still coming for Kane owners too from bench. Probably have Mané or Tammy VC too...

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

      KDB VC and Rico first sub for my mini league rival who's such a Spurs fan he only ever captains Kane – even at times he knows Kane is injured/out.

      Of course he's usually doing better than me…

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

    Never captaining Soy again

  11. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soy make me proud by grabbing one more goal...

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Or one more YC.

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

        even better

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

    Wes Morgan coming on to specifically deal with Benteke it seems

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

      you need a big jamaican sometimes

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

      idk wtf i was trying to say there, that came out weird lol

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

        😀

      2. TAT
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Haha!

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

    Maddison G inc?

  14. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Yellow bean sauce

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Making me want to eat soy and chew right now

  15. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Which one for next 3 (price doesn't matter):

    Vardy (ARS, bha, EVE)
    Kane (SHU, whu, BOU)
    Auba (lei, SOU, nor)

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

      Kane

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

      Party

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

      Kane in theory, but probably Auba

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

      Lacazette.

  16. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Best cheap Otamendi replacement?

    A) Tomori
    B) Zouma
    C) Janmaat
    D) Willems
    E) Saiss

    Thanks

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

      A or D

    2. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      E

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      AE

    4. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      A

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

    Leicester asking to concede now.

    Soyuncu fail inc 🙁

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

      Fingers toes eyes and cojones crossed

  18. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Would rather fancy some Pereira - Vardy linkup please and thank you.

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Inject it.

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

    If Tielemans scores, or even if Vardy scores, I think I sneak my FFS HU match. The dead team is getting 24 off the bench :/ probably 27 after bonuses.

  20. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soy has a higher effective ownership than Tomori this GW... not good for us Soy benchers 🙁

  21. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Soy boy my first sub - glad Harry is sick (presumably for international break)

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

      jam sandwich

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

      He'll play every international minute possible.

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

    Maddison 7 chances created today! Guess he is the Lei mid to go for after all. Too bad he doesnt shoot much...

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

      wish he would score

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Too bad I removed this week thinking he was playing deeper.. for Martial of all people

  23. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Surely Leicester will keep their CS

  24. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy loves a goal when the defenders are tired and pass it straight to him, well done owners may aswell count your points now

  25. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Just turned on radio to find Soyuncu scored.

    My 1st sub.

    Started Otamendi.

    Thanks Pep.

  26. Jolly Good
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    To everyone who benched Söyüncü for Tomori ... and to everyone with Otamendi 1min cameo

    You now feel the pain of the lundstram benchers !!!

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

      And well done to everyone who played both!

  27. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    All about the cheap defence:

    Pope - Button
    TAA - Lundstram - Soyuncu - Tomori - Rico

    Just need Dyche to start playing defensive football again so Pope starts racking up those points.

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

      Benching headaches and points on bench but that will be my backline next GW. Soyuncu already on bench this week.

  28. FPL_DON
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Right then, who picked Tomori over soyuncu

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yes sir

  29. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Don't worry lads, Soy CS is guaranteed

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

    Vardy 90th minute goals are iconic in FPL.