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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. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Huge challenge from Tompkins to start the party

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

      Stop* fs

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

    Anyone (Ragabolly, TM?) got stats on % Soyuncu autosubs?

  3. Lets Talk About 19 Baby
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Rate my team tool said bench Cantwell Soyuncu Rico. I changed order to Soyuncu Rico Cantwell. Didn’t help either way, points stuck on the bench. Very frustrating.

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      make your own decisions

    2. dark91
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Well done 😀

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

      Wouldn't trust a computer over mind

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

    Big Tomkins!

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

      jamie tommy ftw

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

    Vardy G

  6. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Start the Vardy Party!

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

    Jizz

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

      Im curious. Does ur heart still go salalalalah?

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

        Team linked. It does not at the moment

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

    Vardyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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

    Vardy & Soy double up 😀

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Bravo

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    OMG vardy

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

    Vardehhh partehhh

  12. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Varddyyyyyyyyy

  13. Cookie Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    VARDDDDY

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

    Gray assist

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

    WHAT A GOAL!

  16. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Party

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

    VARDDDDDddddddddyyyyyyy

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

    Sweet 8) 8)

  19. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Love this game.

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

    Oh ffs.... that's just awful

    1. Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      ly good.

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

      Lol. I was thinking since I saw your posts earlier, a Vardy goal today will kill you. Get him in mate

  21. Lev Yashin
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ain't no party without no Vardy.

  22. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    BASED VARDY

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

    VARDINHO!!!!!!

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

    VARDDDYY

  25. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    VARDINHOOOOO!!!

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

    Well Kun to Vardy guaranteed as soon as FT now

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

    Where is that Irbox guy who keeps hating on Vardy?

  28. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Wow, Vardy delivers. Average must be about 80 points now!

  29. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy Vs xG

    • MiLK2018
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy!!! Get in!!!