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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. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Who is Tanganga?

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Academy product. Centre back. Highly promising.

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

    Delph on. Boos from the whole stadium 😆

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

      Reason?

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

    Greenwood goal

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

    Greenwood G

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

    What a goal by greenwood

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

      No assist

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

    Jimi late goal incoming

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

    Greenwood goal

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

    O knew this Traore guy was a big and enorme mistake.

    Trapped, as he is always attached to the right wing and far from the goal. Only works on counter vs. Top six.

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

      Also feeling this too.

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

      yeah. majority of his pts are from the 2 city wins

  9. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Greenwood first on my bench

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

      Same

  10. Podge
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Nice greenwood goal

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

    Greenwood G

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

    Greenwood G

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

    Greenwood 1st on bench

  14. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Salah vs some Tangaga guy

    Go Go Mo!

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

    Greenwood Goal!

  16. gonzalocampos
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    James from Chelsea its going to be my 1st signing next season #top,

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

    No assist.

  18. aborg
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    If not for VAR who would have scored for Leicester?

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

      Would make it 3-1 with a South Pen to be determined.

  19. j.m
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Greenwooooooddddddd

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

    Benches on fire this week.

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Exactly and quite a few one pointers blocking them id imagine

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

        Aye.

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

      Yep 12pts so far with TAA first sub to come... 🙂

  21. aborg
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Greenwood goal

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

    Brought in Greenwood and Williams on WC. Shame you can’t BB the same week 😀

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

      Shame

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

    Sign the thing OLE!!!!!

    4 more years.

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

    Soyuncu is turkish Lovren

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

    Sick of my bench players scoring when I don’t get them coming in! The game is so harsh at times

  26. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Need Salah to run riot.

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

    Greenwood has 9 goals this season.

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

      Almost as much as Rash best season before this one (with way less mins)

  28. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    VAR is a massive case of 'be careful what you wish for'. Fans and pundits have been moaning for years about how the game needed to introduce technology to fix the human error element of refereeing. Personally, I was quite happy with it as it was. The referee is part of the game and makes mistakes just like players miss open goals, score own goals, mis-time tackles, fumble the ball in their hands, etc. Now we've got a situation where the technology isn't completely compatible with the rules of the game and people have belatedly realised that just as it's impossible to determine exactly where the meridian is, or whether noon and midnight are a.m. or p.m. (they're neither), it's impossible to precisely determine whether an armpit, boot or hair is offside or onside, at least not to the accuracy of the technology or human eye.

    1. turd ferguson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I like it. If it’s not a goal by the rules then it is not a goal. Change the rules & keep VAR.

    2. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      The problem started the year replays was introduced

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

    Why was Rashford out on 59th?

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

      Why not keep him for 60 Ole? Arrrhhh

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

      Possible injury.

    3. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Injured, probably just a precaution, it was won and we have a lot of games to come this month.

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

        Thanks lads

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

    Greenwood? That's not Vardy. 🙁

    Fair play to the young lad though.