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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, 2 months ago

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

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

      huh

    2. SEXY SON
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Superb point

    3. Kun, Ayew Nigerian?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Punctuation marks please

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

        . .

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

    Hanley YC

    CS to go next?

    1. SEXY SON
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Only if it's Maddison or Pereira

  3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    right come on barnes score please

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

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

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

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

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

        Painful watching for the both of us. 😉

  5. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Perez close

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

    Perez heads wide

  7. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Damn Ayozeeee

  8. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Why do so many people own Hanley?

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

      Cheap bench fodder, wasn't he like 4.0?

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

      Cheap defender who gets gametime

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

      4.0

    4. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      cheap?

    5. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      4.0 & BGW

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

      so many casuals

    7. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      he is like 2.8 million

    8. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cheap, nailed, bonus magnet and attacking threat

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

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

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

          This. 😆

      2. Monkey Hanger
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        And 16pts all season.

  9. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

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

  10. Don Van Vliet
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    from on

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

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

  12. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

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

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

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

  13. Agger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

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

  14. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Perez has been way better that Barnes till now

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      True

    2. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      yes

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

    Ayoze winner incoming

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I hope so.

  16. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

    Lol the flying kick misses but apology saves him!

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

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

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

      They are due then

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

        Yeah. Due relegation!!

  19. noquarternt
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Unlucky Vardy owners

  20. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Vardy could have got hatrick if he played 🙁

  21. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

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

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

        Agreed

        1. roscola
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Will be interesting to see who goes in for him

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

    Wow

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

    We ain't getting nothing here today bois.

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

      Double Leicester CS for the weirdos.

    2. NoName
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Certainly feels that way. Traore to Perez here. 🙁

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

    Championship defence vs championship attack this...

  27. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

      Liverpool?

  28. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    YC for the Praet

  29. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Praet YC

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

    Praet YC