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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. Samwise the Brave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Does Soy have his YC caulked off?

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

      Yes

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

      Yep. Can't be booked for something that's already offside. Lucky boy, could have been a red.

    3. ‘Tis the Season
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yip

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Calvert lewin misses a sitter

    1. Jolly Good
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      🙁

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

      Trap

    3. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lol, not a sitter by any means.

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

      F sake

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

      My transfer in this week. Really thinking I should have gone Ings instead after his efforts today

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

    Where my points at?

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

    Martial going off 🙁

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

      Survives for now. Pereira off instead

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

      He isn't.

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

    DCL wastes a very good chance. Arrrrhgh!

  6. Super Nashwan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    How is Sidibé playing?

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

      In defence

    2. Jolly Good
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Just as should after I bring him in for Digne

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

        Ha. I did the same.

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

    Greenwood inc
    Likely rest for Martial.

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

      Andreas!

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

      Pereira

  8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Abraham misses a sitter from 6 yards

    1. bialk
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Nice

  9. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Finally caved and brought Ings in. Definitely blanking now

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

      Thank you, taking one for the team!

    2. Gimli son of Gloin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Benching him for the first time in 7 weeks. Behind the couch for the last 20

  10. Sancidino
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone watching DCL wasting like 5 goals?

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

    Pope got save point at least

  12. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Abraham close

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

    Well in the lads and lasses at Old Trafford! The anti glazer and Woodward chants are back and Ole being supported!

    1. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      All the Utd fans I know here in the US want Ole gone

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

      lol. Ole is fraud. He has lower percentage of winining in United than in Cardiff.

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

    CMOON JAMIE...I need your goal to win cup

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

    Martial likely will stay for the full 90 now?

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Still got another sub to use.

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

    Weeks where there are a number of decent captain choices are always more interesting.

    Not going my way right now but still time for Jimi hopefully

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

      Really frustrating owning him, he was doing before.I owned him.

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

        well*

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

    Rashford a similar spleen injury to Tammy?

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

    DCL vs. Maupay

    😆

  19. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Was rashford injured?

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

      Looked like it.

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

      Went straight to tunnel, could be

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

      Not injured in the game, but maybe just nursing a pre-game niggle and some rest with the game done.

  20. Locolo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Played soy over den. Oh well..

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Get out of my team soy and ings

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

    Scenes?

  23. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    This game is rigged. How the fook is the top 10k average 35.

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

      Jeez. On 20 here.

    2. Halftime
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I have 35, not uncommon.

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lund, Vardy, Rash, Abraham, Martial

    4. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Bonus points

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

    Cold rainy day in Manchestet

  25. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Kanganga starts

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

      Sounds like a disease

  26. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Did rashford go off,

    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes at '59

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

      yes 59th minute

  27. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Reece James is a baller.

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

    Tangana starts at CB for Spurs

  29. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Assume there is no point hoping that Williams will become a permanent feature for Man.U...?

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

    YES, full house! Alli to punish sellers and reward buyers! (me)

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

      Madness to buy

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

        I fancy Spurs to do well with no Kane and 3 of next 4 at home. My little differential pick!

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

          fair, GL!

    2. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Alli to Rich for me, would have to do a lot to punish me.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        This

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

      ALLI HAUL incoming...