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Vardy starts as Leicester continue their push for a Champions League place

The last of four Premier League matches to take place on Sunday sees Leicester City head south to take on relegation-threatened Bournemouth.

Kick-off at the Vitality Stadium is at 19:00 BST.

Jamie Vardy (£9.8m) was the second-most-bought Fantasy Premier League asset of Gameweek 35+ and he starts this evening, with his non-involvement in training on Friday proving to be a lot of fuss about nothing.

Vardy has three goals in his last two starts and comes up against a Bournemouth side who had the worst post-restart defensive record before this weekend.

The Cherries did register their first clean sheet of 2020 on Thursday evening, however, holding Spurs to a goalless draw.

It’s wins and not draws that Howe’s troops need, with the south coast club six points adrift of safety with just four matches to play.

The Foxes sit fourth in the Premier League table, meanwhile, with only two points separating the two sides immediately above and below then.

Brendan Rodgers has made one change to his starting XI that featured in the midweek draw with Arsenal, with defender Christian Fuchs (£4.2m) brought in to replace Ryan Bennett (£4.8m).

Harvey Barnes (£5.9m) is once again among the substitutes.

Bournemouth have made three changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Tottenham, with Arnaut Danjuma (£5.8m), Dominic Solanke (£5.1m) and Jack Stacey coming into Howe’s starting XI.

Junior Stanislas (£5.8m) drops to the bench, while Joshua King (£6.1m) and Adam Smith (£4.3m) miss out through injury.

The reverse fixture between these two sides ended 3-1 to Leicester back in Gameweek 4, with Vardy involved in all three of his club’s goals and emerging with a 16-point haul.


Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Stacey, Ake, Kelly, Rico, Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Danjuma, Solanke, C Wilson.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Fuchs, Soyuncu, Evans, Justin, Albrighton, Tielemans, Ndidi, Perez, Iheanacho, Vardy.

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  1. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Could of been 5!

  2. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    At least try to help Vardy get the golden boot, Leicester.

  3. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Come on Vardy, get a 2nd for the 3 Baps too

  4. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jonny Evans a shambles!

  5. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Evans 😆

  6. ManofKent
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    After today's results are we expecting Southa,pton to give Utd a 4-0 drubbing?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      1-0

      Matic G
      Shaw A

      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        This or martial hattrick because I don’t own him

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nah, but it will be a difficult game for United.
      I predict a 2-1 win for Ole.

    3. ClassiX
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      2-1 - double from Ings becuase I played Foden instead of him...

  7. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Game over?

  8. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jimenez outscore Vardy. Hell yea

    1. Volley127
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      8 outscores 8?

    2. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      they both got 8..

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Hey?

      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yo

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

      Not a huge surprise, they both pretty much average 1 shot on target per game

  9. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Played soy over boly.

    Another 9 points down the drain.

  10. Ange Ball
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Why Vardy on 2BP surely only gets 1BP Stan got goal and assist

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      any winning goals baps to be added did he score the 2nd?

      1. Ange Ball
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        no

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Nope, Solanke

    2. George Agdgdgwngo
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Should get updated

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

      Yellow card didn't help

      1. Ange Ball
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yep. Main thing Vardy didn't go nuts on Bournemouth my rival put him in.

    4. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      shush

  11. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I'd 4-1 be a Leicester fan

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      *hate 4-1

  12. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Well done Solanke cappers

    1. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      *capper

  13. DAVESAVES
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Well this was painfull

  14. Party time
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Come on United! Smash southampton tomorrow

    • mgilbert86
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      this is embarrassing considering how bad BOU have been

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Never underestimate a team genuinely fighting for their Premier league lives.

        Unlike Norwich, who meekly accepted their fate.

    • Patron
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Any chance SOU wins tomorrow to make this one of the weirdest gw this season if not the weirdest?

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Nah, Man Utd now have a huge incentive to go all out
        Could be another 9-0 (all scored by Rashford)

        1. Patron
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Id take 9-0 with 9 DDG goals

    • OrmskirkFC
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      United assets to save your gameweek, all aboard!

      1. FPLord
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Everyone has three united, no consolidation

        1. OrmskirkFC
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          It's a large train.

          1. FPL_Gyarados
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Double decker train!

      2. Shuko
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        That's the "problem", everyone is aboard.
        So, everyone have fun watching the one MUN player you couldn't fit in haul. 🙂

      3. Patron
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Everyone that has three attackers and one of them with the armband. Others will watch behind the couch.

    • Party time
        3 years, 8 months ago

        United assets big haul imminent

        1. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Bruno (C), Mason, Anthony ready to go, once again!

          1. Party time
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Martial(C), Bruno, Greenwood. Ready to go again! 🙂

        2. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Just heard on the radio 4-1 to Leicester!
          How many did Vardy get? A hatti please?

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            In a normal gameweek but not this bizarre hat crazy gameweek it’s the other way round the score

        3. el polako
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I wonder if Leicester misses out on CL spot will Rodgers blame Steve G's slip ?

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Butterfly Effect

        4. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          West Ham vs. Watford next GW just became even bigger than before.

          1. Utopsis
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            HUGE

        5. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Barnes SOT

        6. WVA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          This sums up my season nicely, Jimenez and Son to Vardy and Pulisic!

          1. George Agdgdgwngo
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            They were always 50/50 moves

          2. Rhodes your boat
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Me too and for a -4

        7. waltzingmatildas
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          A) Vardy to jesus
          B) mahrez to dilva/foden

        8. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          3 - Solanke (56)
          2 - Vardy, Stanislas (34)

          1. Dynamic Duos
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            The bonus points not updating on this match no?

        9. Steve The Spud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Anyone else on greenwood cap?

          Got him down for a Hatty tomorrow

        10. fgdu
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          ricooooooooo

        11. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Rodgers first manager to get sacked next season.

        12. Rhodes your boat
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Anyone do a worse transfer than this this gw?

          Son jimi to pulisic vardy (-4)

        13. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Lot of embarrassing performances this weekend:

          - Leicester
          - Chelsea
          - Norwich
          - Everton

          Brighton got battered, but were less embarrassing than these lot.