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Vardy misses out at Norwich as Barnes returns to Leicester starting XI

Jamie Vardy (£9.7m) is absent from the Leicester squad named to face Norwich in Blank Gameweek 28.

There were rumours from on social media circulating roughly an hour before the team news dropped indicating that the striker was out injured.

At 19:00 GMT, those murmurings were revealed to be completely accurate.

It is Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) who has been chosen to lead Leicester’s attack at Carrow Road, while Harvey Barnes (£6.0m) returns to the side to operate on the left flank of an attacking midfield trio.

The Englishman is joined there by James Maddison (£7.4m) and Ayoze Pérez (£6.2m), the latter expected to be on penalties in light of Vardy’s most recent injury-related absence.

Meanwhile, Emi Buendía (£6.0m) returns for Norwich, who shape-up in the usual 4-2-3-1.

Teemu Pukki (£6.5m) leads the line, while Jamal Lewis (£ comes in for the injured Sam Byram (£4.4m).

With Christoph Zimmermann (£4.4m) added to the physio room, Ben Godfrey (£4.4m) is paired with Grant Hanley (£4.0m) at centre-back.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Hanley, Aarons; Tettey, McLean; Cantwell, Duda, Buendía; Pukki.

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

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  1. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    The rule says hand though not glove goal should have stood... 🙂

    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      huh

    2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Superb point

    3. Kun, Ayew Nigerian?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Punctuation marks please

      1. NoName
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        . .

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

    Hanley YC

    CS to go next?

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

      Only if it's Maddison or Pereira

  3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    right come on barnes score please

  4. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Would appreciate a 0-0.
    Hanley, Cantwell and Soy owner.

    1. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Not me 🙂 Barnes, Perez(c) , Nacho owner

      1. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Painful watching for the both of us. 😉

  5. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Perez close

  6. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Perez heads wide

  7. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Damn Ayozeeee

  8. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Why do so many people own Hanley?

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Cheap bench fodder, wasn't he like 4.0?

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

      Cheap defender who gets gametime

    3. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      4.0

    4. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      cheap?

    5. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      4.0 & BGW

    6. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      so many casuals

    7. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      he is like 2.8 million

    8. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Cheap, nailed, bonus magnet and attacking threat

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You make him sound like early season Lundstram. He ain't that good!

        1. sminkypinky
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          This. 😆

      2. Monkey Hanger
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        And 16pts all season.

  9. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes has wasted his chance being a starter again, he's been worse than useless..

  10. Don Van Vliet
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    from on

  11. JBG
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ffs... Would have been a Chilwell assist. Perez you moron.

  12. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Apart from the ruled out goal, Nacho has been really wasteful!

    1. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Also not running behind to create space for midfield...

  13. Agger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lord Farquaad will score a bullet header in the next 10 minutes. You'll see.

  14. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Perez has been way better that Barnes till now

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      True

    2. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      yes

  15. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ayoze winner incoming

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I hope so.

  16. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    If Nacho didnt wear gloves like a wuss his hand would have been just that millimeter smaller and not made contact with the ball.

  17. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lol the flying kick misses but apology saves him!

  18. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Norwich last scored in a second half at home in October.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      They are due then

      1. JabbaWookiee
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah. Due relegation!!

  19. noquarternt
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Unlucky Vardy owners

  20. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy could have got hatrick if he played 🙁

  21. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rival fields 9 as soon as I overtook him. Friday did for him really. Hoping for Perez blank.

  22. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Two notes from this game:
    1) Vardy is pretty essential to Leicester success.
    2) Norwich are sadly not a premier league team. Deserve to get relegated. Now the question is will Pukki stay there?

    1. roscola
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Cantwell more likely than Pukki to be snapped up in the summer

      1. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Agreed

        1. roscola
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Will be interesting to see who goes in for him

          1. sminkypinky
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Meh... 😉
            Don’t think he’ll be a big player, not yet, in a bigger club. Loads of talent but pretty raw still.

            1. roscola
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Very true. He needs a really good manager and a boatload of patience if he wants to make the most of his talent. He could do a lot worse than going to Liverpool and sucking up the benchtime for a few seasons. Not saying they would want him but going to a smaller club to be thrown straight back into the fray with all the pressure and expectation isn’t really what he needs.

  23. SomeoneKnows
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Guaita
    TAA, Soyuncu, Saiss (Stephens, Rico)
    Salah, Mane, KDB, Fleck (Cantwell)
    Jimenez, Ings, DCL

    A) Ings > Auba
    B) DCL + Fleck > Auba + Dendoncker (-4)
    C) Fleck > Fernandes

  24. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wow

  25. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    We ain't getting nothing here today bois.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Double Leicester CS for the weirdos.

    2. NoName
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Certainly feels that way. Traore to Perez here. 🙁

  26. JBG
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Championship defence vs championship attack this...

  27. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Norwich are now in the same position as Leicester were the year before they won the PL. I know who I'm putting my salary on next year...

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Liverpool?

  28. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    YC for the Praet

  29. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Praet YC

  30. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Praet YC