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Vardy back for Leicester as Southampton visit King Power Stadium

Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) is set to make his first Premier League appearance of 2020 after being named in the Leicester line-up to face Southampton.

He comes into Gameweek 22 heavily backed for the captaincy, both among the top 10,000 Fantasy managers and our own community.

Not only has Vardy been in exceptional form when starting this season but today is also his first outing since becoming a father again and it’s his birthday too.

Brendan Rodgers has made some changes to his Leicester side with the injured Wilfred Ndidi (£5.0m) missing out, replaced by Hamza Choudhury (£4.3m), and Youri Tielemans (£6.3m) consigned to the bench by Harvey Barnes (£5.9m) returning to the starting line-up.

Meanwhile, opponents Southampton line-up largely as predicted in our Team News tab, Danny Ings (£6.7m) leading the attack in a week where plenty of owners left him on the bench.

The all-important Fantasy assets start for Manchester United with Anthony Martial (£7.9m) up-front and Marcus Rashford (£9.2m) on the flanks.

They are also boosted by Harry Maguire (£5.2m) coming through his recent injury problems and the fact that Teemu Pukki (£6.5m) is absent for Norwich, replaced by Adam Idah (£4.4m).

Chelsea shape-up in a 4-3-3 system with Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.3m) coming in for the injured Christian Pulisic (£7.0m) on the left flank of attack.

Meanwhile, Fikayo Tomori (£4.7m) misses out for the second match in a row, this time on the bench with Kurt Zouma (£4.7m). Antonio Rüdiger (£6.0m) and Andreas Christensen (£4.9m) are the chosen centre-back pairing.

Sean Dyche has made a rare deviation from his favoured 4-4-2 formation as Burnley prepare to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, lining the Clarets up in a 4-5-1.

Chris Wood (£6.2m) leads the attack with Aaron Lennon (£4.7m) and Dwight McNeil (£6.0m) providing the width from midfield.

Matt Lowton (£4.2m) makes his first start since Gameweek 16, coming in for the benched Phil Bardsley (£4.3m).

Wolves are another team lined-up how we predicted, with Pedro Neto (£5.0m) and Adama Traoré (£5.7m) either side of Raùl Jiménez (£7.5m).

Carlo Ancelotti looks to have gone with a 4-4-2 formation for his fourth Premier League match in charge of Everton with Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.9m) joined up-front by Richarlison (£8.1m).

Bernard (£6.4m) and Theo Walcott (£6.2m) look to be providing the width in midfield which may lead to less advanced roles for Lucas Digne (£5.7m) and Djibril Sidibé (£5.4m).

Brighton hand a first start of the season to Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£5.8m), who starts on the flanks of attack, joined by Neal Maupay (£5.8m) and Leandro Trossard (£5.8m) in a front-three.

Line-ups in Full

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rüdiger, R James; Mount, Jorginho, Barkley; Hudson-Odoi, Abraham, Willian.

Burnley XI: Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, C Taylor; Lennon, Westwood, Cork, McNeil; Hendrick; Wood.

Everton XI: Pickford; Sidibé, Keane, Holgate, Digne; Walcott, Davies, Sigurdsson, Bernard; Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Webster, Duffy, Dunk; Montoya, Pröpper, Stephens, Bernardo; Jahanbakhsh, Maupay, Trossard.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Choudhury; Barnes, Maddison, Praet, Pérez; Vardy.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Cédric, J Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand; Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Redmond; Long, Ings.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Maguire, Williams; Fred, Matic; A Pereira, Mata, Rashford; Martial.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Aarons, Zimmermann, Hanley, Byram; Tettey, Vrancic; Buendía, McLean, Cantwell; Idah.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Dendoncker, Coady, Saïss; Doherty, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny; Traoré, Jiménez, Neto.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Dummett, Fernández, Clark; Hayden, S Longstaff, M Longstaff, Willems; Almirón, Gayle; Joelinton.

2,342 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Will it count?...

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Easily

  2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Captain Jamie we love you

    Two more returns big man

    You got this

  3. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Dendoncker 😯

  4. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Vardy superb assist

    1. Says
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      This

  5. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Donk rooted to my bench 🙁

    1. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Always. He's come off mine about 3 times for a 1, 2, 2.

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

    Spent my FT on Dendo to Hayden (has 2FT). Dendo would’ve been glued to bench otherwise so saved you lot my complaints 😉

    Also yay Vardy party started

  7. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Should have played bench boost Baldock and now Dendoncker!

  8. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Vardy (C) never in doubt

  9. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Donkey first sub 🙁

  10. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Donkey second on the bench. fek

    1. Macam Dave
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Try third on bench here!

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Just saw that Ings missed sitter. Ouch

  12. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    OMG Vardy A

  13. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sold donkey this GW lol

  14. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Dendoncker bench points for everyone then 😀

  15. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Will never forgive myself for playing Martial and Rash over Donkey

  16. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Damn, knew I should have just played it safe and captained Vardy. Congrats captainers!

    1. Macam Dave
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yup I went kdb overlooking vardy hoping for pick rise worried now!

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Same

  17. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Come on D(C)L!

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Oh my god you captained him too...I only did as a jokey punt though.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah I was joking with all the poor choices I made this season

  18. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bloody hell, first attack they had and they score. Come on!

  19. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Of course Ings starts missing sitters when I bring him in

  20. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Dendo always there when you dont need him...

  21. Party time
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Vardy we need more PLEASE. This is your birthday afterall!!!

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        75 minutes left

      2. Woy_is_back
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Im satisfied, stay quiet Pardy

        1. Party time
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Alright buddy but ya know we need more

      3. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Already worried with my late Vardy > KDB captain change 🙁

      4. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        People actually benched Donkey at home to Newcastle?

        1. Niho992
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          casuals

        2. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          FFS with the Saiss pick, after loads of missed headers. Omitting Dendoncker, who has a history of heading in quite a few goals!

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            (Wasn't a header, but still.)

      5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Rumours of Vardy’s demise, it seems, have been greatly exaggerated 🙂

      6. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        another 9-0 incoming ?

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          9-3

          Ings hattrick

          1. Niho992
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            he already wasted his only chance he will get today

          2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            This would be great

      7. Says
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        First Almiron scored, then donker

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          With an Auba red

          Quite the Saturday

      8. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Dendoncker first sub as well.

      9. Macam Dave
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Hehe you have team I do yes. he is a perennial 1 2 pointer 99pc time

      10. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Chelsea’s home form

        😆

      11. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Dendoncker's goal after a corner?