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Chilwell misses out as much-captained Vardy aims to continue fine away form

Gameweek 23’s second-most-popular captaincy option is in action this afternoon as Burnley entertain Leicester City.

Kick-off at Turf Moor is at 14:00 GMT.

Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) was handed the armband by over 1.3 million Fantasy Premier League managers for this weekend’s set of fixtures, with 32.12% of the top 10,000 doing likewise.

Only Kevin De Bruyne (£10.7m), who blanked yesterday, was a more popular captaincy candidate in this current Gameweek.

Vardy starts this afternoon and is aiming to maintain his excellent run of form against the also-rans of the Premier League: the Leicester striker has (when fit) yet to blank in a fixture against a side ranked ninth or below.

He has amassed 60 FPL points in his last five away appearances, too.

While well-owned FPL options such as Vardy, James Maddison (£7.7m), Caglar Soyuncu (£5.1m) and Ricardo Pereira (£6.4m) all start, there is no place in the visitors’ starting XI for Ben Chilwell (£5.7m).

Still owned by 10.4% of Fantasy bosses, the out-of-form Leicester left-back isn’t even in Brendan Rodgers’ matchday squad – the reason for which is still to be officially confirmed but reportedly because he hasn’t completed a full week of training.

Chilwell is replaced by Christian Fuchs (£4.3m) in defence, while Nampalys Mendy (£4.3m) is in for Hamza Choudhury (£4.3m) in the middle of the park.

Youri Tielemans (£6.3m) is once again among the substitutes.

Sean Dyche has also made two changes to his Burnley side.

Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m) has shaken off an illness to return to the hosts’ line-up, while Phil Bardsley (£4.3m) is back in the team at right-back.

Aaron Lennon (£4.6m) and Matthew Lowton (£4.2m) are the men to make way.

Ashley Barnes (£6.2m) is missing from the Clarets’ squad, of course, as he recovers from hernia surgery.

Only two members of the Burnley starting XI are owned by more than 1% of FPL bosses: Nick Pope (£4.6m) and James Tarkowski (£5.1m).

Pope has shipped 18 goals in six fixtures against the current top five of the Premier League and has yet to keep a clean sheet in any of those matches.

Burnley XI: Pope, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Wood, Rodriguez.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Fuchs, Söyüncü, Evans, Pereira, Mendy, Praet, Barnes, Maddison, Perez, Vardy.

1,558 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Ozzy smith
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Final nail in the coffin of my FPL season. WC full of differentials let’s go.

  2. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Things that co go wrong went so wrong this week!

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

    The one round Kdb doesn't do anything, Vardy just has to miss a pen.. Ffs.

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

    Does my Traore 1st on bench come on for Vardy (C), 0?

    *rage*

  5. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    The next 20 minutes will define my season.

  6. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    11 from 7 LOL

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

    Oh screw yourself Vardy

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

    Itchy nachos coming on

  9. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Yessssssss Pope!!!!!

  10. Sid1891
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Mo to the rescue ple

  11. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    This gameweek just keeps on giving. Fuming!!
    14 points...

  12. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who's off bench for Vardy for the cappers?

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

      ???

  13. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Amazing... that penally miss has increased provisional rank even as a Vardy owner (non-captainer).

    1. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      This

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

    Cracking week so far 11 from 6, anyone beat that 😉

    1. Pinturicchio10
        4 years, 2 months ago

        10 from 7

      • Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        16 from 9...

      • Kip
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        17 from 9 including captain

      • BrutalLogiC
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        11 from 6 yesterday.. I can't bare to look today

      • g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Keeping good company ranks taken a huge drop 🙁

      • Quackadoodz
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        9 from 7

    2. FreddyP3
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      As a Vardy owner non capper, that was good right?

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yes

      2. 1zverGGadeM
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Not a bad scenario for overall rank I think..

      3. Jamb0
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yup

      4. beetlejuice
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Wondering the same for top 10K

    3. 1zverGGadeM
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Well deserved points for Pope believers. Sold him last week for Ramsdale

      1. PascalCygan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Ha, yeah, I sold him about four or five weeks ago for Ramsdale, now I’m on Ryan. I made a mistake.

    4. Kip
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      On 17pts for the GW...
      Thx Vardy(c)!

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

      Sold Pope2weeks ago

    6. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      That's it.. I'm done.. vardy capt.. total points 13 from 8.
      Martial taa salah left.

      1. buggyball
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        14 from 7 TAA,martial,mane and rashford to go

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

      No Bruno for United.

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

      That’s just typical tbh

    9. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Ha! I warned you all that Vardy would regress! I just had to miss out on 3543573029753085735738 points before it happened 😎

    10. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Maupay (C) not feeling so bad now.

    11. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Maddison going

    12. Am sorry to say again it�…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Seeing Vardy in your team with 0 points as your captain is disgusting to look at.

    13. Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      What a nightmare... When you need him the most he does this 🙁

    14. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      only thing that's going well for me this GW is that Vardy miss. means that I won't drop that much in rank

    15. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Pope > Fabianski 2 weeks ago worked out really well then!!

    16. tm245
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Pope and Gazinga getting penalty saves in the same week as negative sales, that is just brutal.

    17. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I've got 10 points so far this week.