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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. some witty pun
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Leicester single-handedly saving my GW, lol

  2. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Held and held and held and held... and sold

    1. Konstaapeli
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      Same but the last one. Held there.

    2. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      Like most I imagine. Me included

  3. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Wtf is this

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      I believed

    2. CMJC
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      Lol

  4. RealVirg
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Voodoo party!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Johnny Evans deserves a mention in team of the season. Been one of the stand out CBs this year.

  6. Hitmonlee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    My Vardy to Aubameyang worked a treat haha

    Had to be prepared for it tbf

    What a sh*t season

  7. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    All the bonus for vardy too. Easy

  8. CMJC
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Dry those tears...We all knew Vardy would score again this season. Was just whether you had the patience to wait or transferred him out wisely/early enough (sadly I held for too long but not quite long enough)

  9. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Do a hat trick now

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Maddison 1st to celebrate again, so consistent.

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      Lol

  11. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Damn Vardy to Auba for a hit costing me big

  12. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Imagine selling Vardy before AVL at home

  13. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Vardy 2 G 3 bps

  14. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Vardy straight to 3 bonus.

  15. Utopsis
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  16. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Vardy sellers punished

  17. Amey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Sell Vardy ???
    Nahhhhhh 😉

  18. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Held back from doing Ings & Vardy > Long & Auba(c) -4. Went with Salah(c). Yes!

    1. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      Nailed it

  19. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    One more Jamie

  20. luk46
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Oh Vardy... Barnes gets me a nice green arrow, no assist there, but a joy to watch!

  21. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    3 bps locked for Vardy too 🙂

  22. Plant Based FPLer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    It's hat trick time.

  23. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Aston Villa should have signed the Beach Ball on loan

  24. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Vardy or Ings to Jota?

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      Ha ha

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 19 days ago

        Just checking 😉

  25. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Vardy punishment delieverd

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      It’s been a while in waiting!

  26. Will Kane
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Aston Villa are so far out of their depth in this league it's ridiculous

  27. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    Absolute cretin that keeps on saying Perez is coming on for Albrighton.

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      I hope to god he don’t come on.

      You reckon he will?

    2. Tsssst
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      The jinx worked 🙂

  28. Marmalade Forest
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 19 days ago

    F me I needed this.

    So many bad decisions this week but keeping Vardy over DCL wasn’t one of them.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 19 days ago

      That probably depends on when you made that choice actually..... but I’m happy to be a party member tonight.