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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. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    FPL has it as a Armstrong goal.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      At the moment. Will be being reviewed.

    2. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Has to be own goal

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

    Wan very advanced today.

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

      He's so rubbish going forward

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

        He’s not that good.

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

          He makes tackles though

      2. Camino Aleatorio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        He’s great at 4.0 playing for Palace, but a donkey at 5.5 playing for a Top-6

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

      Shame he is shite when advanced

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

    Does Mark have Maddison?

    1. BNMC
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I think Andy does.

    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Beyond boring

    3. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not watching, at work, should it have been an own goal?

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

    United having trouble opening up Norwich.

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

    Will Rashford atleast get BPS for all these successful tricks?

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

      Successful dribbles = +BPS

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

      Will get a treat

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

    Who has possessed Marcus Rashford today? Looks absolute class

    1. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Captain

    2. FPLGeezer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Need an end up product for the captainers but only a matter of time I'm sure!

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

      Hope he scores as my (C)!

      1. FPLGeezer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        There we go!! Coke Rashford get that hat trick now!!

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

    Maddison owners in the Towers?

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

      Hopefully!

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

      *Basement

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

        😀

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

      Beyond boring

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        😀

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

      he will get that assist i'm sure

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

      Probably changed later, like the Grealish assist last week

  8. Camino Aleatorio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Why is America broadcasting Chelsea Burnley today?

    Chelsea is garbage - like watching MLS “soccer”

    1. SB8
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Pulisic

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

      One word *Pulisic*

      1. Camino Aleatorio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I am afraid that Pulisic is not the chosen one - he’s probably a Fulham player in a couple of years. He’ll be a Championship star

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

    Cedric continues to camp high up the pitch with Jamie Vardy behind him.

    God help us.

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

    The real question is, does the guy at OPTA who decides if its an own goal or not own Maddison?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not really. It is not OPTA. It is the Goal Decisions Review panel.

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

        Ok, who does that guy own then

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

    Here's the Maddison goal.

    https://streamable.com/9pdnv

    Unfortunately not the angle we need.

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

      Similar to Ayew.

  12. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pen Chelsea

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

    Chelsea pen

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

    Pen to chelsea

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

      Rashford goal

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

    Chelsea Pen - Willian Assist

  16. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pen Chelsea

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Georginio G

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

    Chelsea pen

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

    What's all this talk about Maddison OG?
    Trolls?

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

      Southampton goal deflected off Maddison.

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

      big deflection

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Was the shot on target? Yes or no? Irrespective of size of deflection

        1. tisza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Not a clear picture so far. Looked like it was going wide from behind the goal but it was curling in a fair bit

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

      Was a big deflection of him, but could not see if it was on target.

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

    Willian brought down

    Jorginho taking pen

  20. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Willian wins pen

  21. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Not had to many soy cs since I got him in a while back, kept for the good upcoming fixtures

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

    Pope save it come onnnn

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

    OMG Jorginho

  24. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Rashford Goal Mata Assist

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

    RASHY G
    Mata A

  26. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    G Jorginho

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

    Class peno by Jorginho

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

    RASH G
    Mata A

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

    Rashford Goal

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

    OMG Rashford