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Leicester hit by injury and unavailability as Rodgers hands debut to teenager

Premier League survival and European qualification places are on the line in this evening’s two 18:00 BST kick-offs.

Everton take on an Aston Villa side who are four points adrift of safety, while fourth plays eighth as Leicester City welcome Sheffield United to the King Power Stadium.

There is plenty of Fantasy interest in these games, too, with Jamie Vardy (£9.8m) and Lucas Digne (£5.9m) each sitting in more than 20% of the top 10,000 Fantasy Premier League sides and enjoying double-digit ownership overall.

Both players start this evening in their respective games.

Leicester are without the injured Marc Albrighton (£5.1m), James Maddison (£7.3m) and Ben Chilwell (£5.5m) for the visit of the Blades, while Caglar Soyuncu (£4.9m) begins a three-match ban.

Albrighton and Soyuncu’s absences have led to two of four changes that Brendan Rodgers has made to his starting XI following the 4-1 thrashing by Bournemouth.

Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) and Christian Fuchs (£4.2m) also drop out, with Wes Morgan (£4.1m), Ryan Bennett (£4.8m), Harvey Barnes (£5.9m) and 19-year-old defender Luke Thomas handed starts.

This is Thomas’s first-team debut and he is yet to even be given a price by FPL.

Sheffield United’s team news is much more straightforward, with Chris Wilder naming an unchanged side.

John Lundstram (£4.6m) is again only a substitute, while the fit-again John Fleck (£4.7m) also makes the bench.

The most-bought FPL defender of Gameweek 36+, John Egan (£4.7m), starts again at centre-half, having plundered 31 points in his last three matches.

Dean Smith’s only change from the side that beat Crystal Palace on Sunday is an enforced one.

With Neil Taylor (£4.2m) ruled out with a hamstring injury, Matt Targett (£4.3m) returns to play at left-back in a like-for-like swap.

Carlo Ancelotti has rung the changes following the dismal 3-0 defeat at Wolves but Richarlison (£8.2m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.2m) aren’t among the alterations and they start again in attack.

The injured Yerry Mina (£5.3m) is replaced by Mason Holgate (£4.3m), while Alex Iwobi (£5.6m), Bernard (£6.4m), Andre Gomes (£5.2m) and Seamus Coleman (£5.3m) also return at the expense of Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.3m), Theo Walcott (£6.2m), Leighton Baines (£4.9m) and Anthony Gordon (£4.5m).


Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Keane, Holgate, Coleman; Bernard, Davies, Gomes, Iwobi; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Aston Villa XI: Reina; Elmohamady, Konsa, Mings, Targett; McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Hourihane; Trezeguet, Samatta, Grealish.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Bennett, Morgan, Evans; Justin, Ndidi, Tielemans, Thomas; Pérez, Vardy, Barnes.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Osborn, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.

FPL Lessons Learned From Gameweek 36+

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  1. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    This has been the worst on the beach performance from Everton I’ve ever seen

    1. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Not had a decent chance all game

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

      Wolves last GW?

  2. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Barnes look like Jan Ullrich.

  3. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Greenwood comin on for KDB

    Could be worse

  4. Mr. Chimes
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Greenwood starts

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

    Digne you fooooooker

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

    Bruno is going to tear Palace apart 🙁

    1. InSaneMan-e
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      fancy Pog haul.

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

    Villa have to win this one, there for the taking!

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

      Amen

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

    Glenn Murray gets a start!

  9. riot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Kinda wanted Greenwood out, wish I had played Ings instead

  10. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Oups just realised Holgate is not on the pitch.. and poor me waiting for 60min to check my rare CS.
    This GW keeps giving 🙁

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

      🙁

  11. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Greenwoodddddd! Yesssssss!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I thought he'd start.

  12. Strchld
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Cmoon Vardy, get a goal!

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

    Yes I can field 11 this week...phew!

    1. _Gunner
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Same here .... phew

  14. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Barnes wastes another Vardy assist

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Rich YC

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

    Holgate CS points soon 🙂

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

      Everton CS is guaranteed as I own stupid Holgate

    2. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Only the first 100 to view points to get it. Hurry!

  17. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Barnes is sooo shite

  18. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Richarlison yellow. Season over.

  19. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hey guys! Who’s the best defender for up to £4.7m?

  20. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Barnes you stupid @$@#@@$

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

      So many chances created, Vardy needs one goal to get 3 bps

    2. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

  21. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Ings Greenwood and Bruno captain to come. Think good thoughts.

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

      Same here, fingers are crossed!

  22. maclrc
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    TC:
    A) Bruno in GW37
    B) KdB in GW38

  23. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Fking Baenes ruining all Vardy's points

  24. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Harvey Barnes should learn how aim

  25. Jones Town
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Argh what happened to Holgate?!

  26. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Barnes ensuring Vardy blanks.

  27. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pass it straight to the gk, why don't you, Barnes.

  28. FreddyP3
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Carey shouldve had a goal and two assists by now.....

    1. FreddyP3
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      VARDY

  29. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    What an awful finish, has the whole right side of the goal open too him and he does that.

  30. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Henderson racking up the saves.