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Barnes benched as Leicester rotate for Brighton clash

Rotation struck Fantasy managers once again as Brendan Rodgers benched Harvey Barnes (£6.2m) for Leicester’s Gameweek 31+ meeting with Brighton.

The two sides meet at the King Power Stadium tonight just a few days after their respective Gameweek 30+ matches came to a conclusion – so both managers have shuffled their packs.

After their Saturday lunch-time draw at Watford, Leicester roll out a two-man front-line featuring Jamie Vardy (£9.7m) and Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m), supported by a four-man midfield of James Maddison (£7.5m) and Demarai Gray (£5.0m) either side of Wilfred Ndidi (£5.0m) and Nampalys Mendy (£4.3m)

That leaves no room for Barnes, who will have to make do with a place on the bench.

Meanwhile, Graham Potter has freshened up the Brighton side that beat Arsenal on Saturday afternoon, especially on the flanks of attack.

Neal Maupay (£5.7m) holds onto his place as the spearhead of the front-three but Leandro Trossard (£5.8m) and Pascal Groß (£6.2m) drop to the bench to be replaced by Aaron Connolly (£4.2m) and Alexis Mac Allister (£5.5m).

Budget defender Tariq Lamptey (£4.0m) also comes into the side to play right-back in the place of Ezequiel Schelotto (£4.0m).

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, Justin; Maddison, Mendy, Ndidi, D Gray; Iheanacho, Vardy.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Lamptey; Mooy, D Stephens, Bissouma; Connolly, Maupay, Mac Allister.

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  1. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    is Vardy playing ffs ?

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      only had 1 touch in the entire match so far

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Only needs the defence to lose concentration for a second.

  2. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Leicester in bad evening but Super Barnes is gonna turn it around!

  3. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Vardy! Yes! He has got his second touch of the match

    • NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Anyone else with no players in this game and next?

      Need to share a couch

      1. Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        o/

      2. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Me, although I have Barnes

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Same

      3. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Only Son

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          So not you then

      4. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        None in this but then Son (C) in the next :/

        1. All For One
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Same come on Sonny!

        2. NABIL - FPL otai
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          So not you too

      5. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        o/

        1. Ógie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Sorry i do in the next game but not this one.

    • Monkey Hanger
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Too much hair slowing Vardy down.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Vardy looks thin

    • Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Top 10k captaincy stats:

      Salah -27.2%
      B Fernandes - 21.5%
      Jiménez - 12.6%
      Mané - 8.3%
      Son - 6.7%

      1. Steinburg FC
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        WC none Salah o Mane owner here!!!!!!! 🙂

        1. TomSaints
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Snap, i'm bricking it but just can't see Liverpool getting many returns this game or v city.

      2. HTL
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah I'm bitterly regretting the Fernandes shout, most in my ML are on Salah or Jimenez

        1. The Polymath
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I've captained Fernandes and am confident it was the right choice.

          1. Steinburg FC
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            i think he will do well, my Vice.

      3. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I want auba to score

    • WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Justin is a joke

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Hasn't looked great tonight...

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          That's a very nice way of putting it

      2. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Add Bieber or Timberlake there

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Timberland too?

          1. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            If you want to

      3. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Joke Justin

        1. bench boost for every gamew…
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Well replacing ricardo is a though rask. Lei looks Just not interest ed.

      4. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Thought you were gong to tell one ... Just in!

        Go on anyway

    • Napoleon IV
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      bad night for Adam Webster captainers

    • Victor6359
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Logged in at 16:55 🙁 which would you rather have?

      A: Aurier, Saiss, Mane, Jiminez, DLC

      B: McGuire, Doucoure, Salah, Firmino, Foden/Nketiah

      Cheers

      1. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        A

        1. Victor6359
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Cheers

    • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Leno only out for 6 weeks, will miss the remainder of the season but injury isn’t as bad as first feared, huge relief!

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Source? Will Martinez play the remainder?

        1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Verified Twitter Journos, but yeah can’t see him returning before the end of the season

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah, but would have been an Arsenal CS if he had stayed on the pitch. Arsenal lost a sub period and a better GK.

        Maupay screwed him up.

        1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Initial reports were saying he’d be out for a year so the whole of next season, mightily relieved as a Gooner that it’s not as bad as first feared

        2. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Wasn't really Maupay - he twisted to stay in the pen box and done his knee.

          So he's currently on my bench - I'd keep him there if he's back for the last 2 fixtures; otherwise when I can he'll go for Button and some cash.

    • Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      scrappy game

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Crappy*

      2. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        *scary

    • Cak Juris
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Barnes only score 1 goal 0 assist for 7X playing less than 45 minutes

    • potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lei defence very very suspect today.

      1. iL PiStOlErO
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        True

      2. Steinburg FC
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        not only today...

    • JustPark
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Justin looks shaky. Brighton goal is imminent.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Not with their shooting

    • Monkey Hanger
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Seagulls bossing Foxes.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        the seagulls peck at the foxes for now, but eventually the foxes will catch a sea gull and there will be feathers everywhere!

      2. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Need Barnes

        1. NABIL - FPL otai
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Seagulls and foxes need no barnyards 😉

      3. iL PiStOlErO
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Attenborough material.

    • Cak Juris
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Without perreira, Leicester will lose CL spot

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Get Justin off ffs hes going to ruin the CS

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        No replacement for him. More important, Rogers needs to tweak the tactics to get Maddy on the ball to service Vardy.

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Hasnt Albrighton played RB before?

    • George Agdgdgwngo
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Who wins?

      A. Pope, Ritchie, berg, salah (c), Barnes, Bruno

      B. Martinez, Aurier, son, mane, traore, Bruno (c)

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Your opponent

      2. Victor6359
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        B, just

    • potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      OMG ! this is duuuuuulllll.

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        more exciting to wait for the game to update :p

    • gers23
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      This is chronic.

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Tbf you could fit all the good Prem football played since the restart into one half

        1. Steinburg FC
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          not counting the city games then?

        2. gers23
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Lol true

    • Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not sure if Id rather have Barnes come on or Kiko off the bench

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Barnes on bigger upside

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I'd prefer Kiko. But if I was your opponent I would prefer Barnes.

    • WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Should just be able to end games like this, obviously going to be 0-0 with a red card each

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Wouldn't bet against that!

    • Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Right now Vardy is up there with Auba and kane for the biggest waste of money

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Aguero says hello.

      2. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        He can pop up with a goal at any moment. He's a poacher.

        Saying that I sold for Rashford this week. Don't fancy him against Brighton's deep block.

    • Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Leicester with more possession not suiting Vardy's runs

    • Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Haha worst throw I've ever seen 😀

    • Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ryan adding some spice.

    • g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ryan laughs

    • WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      OMG Ryan

    • Monkey Hanger
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Vardy won't be dragged off for overexertion

    • Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lol Ryan 😀