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Vardy and Pérez benched as Iheanacho leads Leicester line again

A large number of Fantasy Premier League managers who held onto Leicester assets for Double Gameweek 29 have been frustrated by Brendan Rodgers once again.

Despite the manager’s assurances that Jamie Vardy (£9.6m) would be ready for Monday night’s meeting with Aston Villa, he has been named on the bench.

Meanwhile, Ayoze Pérez (£6.2m) has also been selected among the substitutes, with Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) leading the line and Marc Albrighton (£5.1m) coming into midfield.

Only those who have decided to cover the Leicester attack with James Maddison (£7.5m) and Harvey Barnes (£6.1m) can breathe a sigh of relief, as both players held onto their starting berths.

But there has been a change in defence, with Ben Chilwell (£5.6m) absent from the matchday squad entirely following a recent hamstring injury.

He has been replaced at left-back by James Justin (£4.7m), who makes only his second start of the season.

Meanwhile, the main interest in Aston Villa’s line-up revolves around Jack Grealish (£6.6m) starting in the front-three once again, although he was sold by over 140,000 managers for Double Gameweek 29.

Interestingly, FPL defender Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.2m) flanks Mbwana Samatta (£5.9m) on the other side of the front-three, so there will be keen interest in the performance of this experienced out-of-position asset.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Justin, Soyuncu, Evans, R Pereira; Ndidi, Praet; Barnes, Maddison, Albrighton; Iheanacho.

Aston Villa XI: Reina; Targett, Mings, Engels, Guilbert; Hourihane, Nakamba, Luiz; Grealish, Samatta, El Mohamady.

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  1. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy and Perez rage sellers, Watford-Leicester is early kickoff next gw.

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Not if they sell for Deeney and Sarr

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Sarr could be the one.... hmm....

    2. some witty pun
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      What does that even mean

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        We're likely to get early team news

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I really don't care tbh. Got Perez for a risky hit last GW and he's done bugger all, including me riskily (and stupidly) benching Martial for him this week based on fixture

  2. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Need to pull the plug on Vardyman tonight. Every 0.1 is going to kill me without WC available.

  3. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Villa should be up by two! Pathetic finishing

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

    Engels + CBI

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

    Rodgers' tweak is to put in someone more defensive (Albrighton) for Perez to allow Maddison to get forward into the box. Let's see if it works.

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

    Maddy xA

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

      xA King!

  7. M00N
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Mings sweep the leg!
    Nachos ankle will give way eventually.

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

    Maddi +xA 😉

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      lol sick of him doing well on xA charts only....

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

    Out me out of my misery early please Ricardo.

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

      Close to an assist 😉

  10. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wow how did that not go in, Evans?

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

      Didn’t cross the line mate.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Evans knows 😉

  11. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Any good replacements for Perez 6.5m and below? Or do I need to either go up a price bracket or downgrade to (preferably playing) cheapie and spread the funds?

    Salah Mane KDB Martial the rest of my midfield, with Jimenez DCL Ings up top

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

      Sarr?

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Could be the one, yeah. Gets me to 7 BGW31 with another FT spare

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

      Willian

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Should have said, preferable if they play in 31... have FH available but is that the best time to play it? Got 6 BGW as it stands

    3. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I’d be tempted to downgrade and use elsewhere, rest of mid is strong

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        What I'm thinking, yeah. Just hard to drop one from Ings/DCL/Jimenez potentially, then. Defence of TAA Lascelles Taylor Boly Rico is okay

  12. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Pepe owners, what to do with him?
    Have other more pressing needs, like Ryan

    1. Bob B
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Keeping until 32 and then wildcarding in 33.

      Ryan out for Pope this week.

      1. AD2110
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Pope playing city though?

        1. Bob B
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Correct, but thinking for the long-term in terms of fixtures and in the short-term I save 0.2 for my wildcard

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hold for the Brighton and Norwich games if you can.

      1. Silecro
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I can, just asking because im afraid he could get benched for Laca, dunno

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

      Keep for BHA

  13. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Leicester trying hard to lose out on champions league

  14. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Villa to win this one. Leicester not good.

  15. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Soy so so close

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      But yet soy far

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

    Soyuncu header over the bar from a Maddison corner

  17. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Disgusting header 🙁

    1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Evening mate, Need your help for GW31.
      Ings out for Woods or Deeney
      AND
      Cantwell out for McNeil or Sarr or Antonio ??

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Wood & Sarr probably mate. Antonio looks a good option too though

  18. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Villa deserves to be relegated with that kind of defence... a complete joke 😆

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

    Maddi could have had double digits!

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

      He's not the xA King for nothing.

  20. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Simpson likely to start for BOU in the BGW? Came on for an injured player this week I believe... could be my Rico replacement to get me to 8 players that week

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ndidi Hammer!

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      assist?

  22. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Maddison should have 2 assists already

  23. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Grealish kicked where shinpads should be.

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Round his ring

  24. Kno
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Current thoughts on when you are gonna use that sweet sweet FH?

    Looking at 31 I can get to 9 for free or 10 with a -4 if I feel like it. Guess in that case it makes sense to just save it?

    1. Dreaming of glory
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yup

    2. Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same - part of me wishes I had enough GW31 blankers to justify using the FH then but I can get 10 for free so no point I guess. All it means is my team is bad enough to have that many active GW31 players!

      No idea when I'm going to use it!

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I currently only have 5 for GW31 but can get to 7 with 2 FT. However the FH allows me to get more of the players I like and I reckon it should gain me about 18 points so I will deploy it. If you can have 9 players you are happy with for free I would save it.

  25. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy would of had three by now, get him on Brendan.

  26. Cak Juris
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Please choose one for bench:
    A. Traore (whu)
    B. DCL (LIV)
    C. Cantwell (SOT)

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

      Cantwell or Traore. Eyes on Europa League though.

  27. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Best 5th mid option for under 5.0 (as cheap as possible but I'll set that as a threshold)

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

      Saka

  28. King Carlos
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    9 players for bgw31 for -4 is ok, right?

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      That's probably what I'm going with. Seems fine to me as long as it includes triple Liverpool and Wolves.

      1. King Carlos
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It does... thanks mate!

    2. fc_skrald
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      8 would be better then

      1. King Carlos
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Well it really is -2 so I like to take a chance with a hit

  29. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wish I'd bothered to watch Barnes in some games rather than just going on stats. He's like a fairly priced Sterling.

    1. RealVirg
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Is that a compliment?

    2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      C'mon Villa!

      Sucker punch 'em.

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

    Justin streetwise or dive?