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Aurier starts again as Leicester and Spurs name unchanged teams

Leicester City continue their push for a UEFA Champions League qualification place this afternoon.

The Foxes head south face to Spurs in their latest pursuit of three points, with kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at 16:00 BST.

The team news is very straightforward as both managers have named unchanged starting XIs following wins in Gameweek 36+.

That means another start for Serge Aurier (£5.1m), who has travelled back from France after spending time with his family in the wake of his brother’s death.

It also means a second successive run-out for Luke Thomas (£4.0m) for the visitors, with the budget Fantasy Premier League defender again featuring at left wing-back.

Brendan Rodgers’ side are without Ricardo Pereira (£6.2m), James Maddison (£7.3m), Ben Chilwell (£5.5m), Christian Fuchs (£4.2m) and Marc Albrighton (£5.1m) through injury, with Caglar Soyuncu (£4.9m) suspended.

Dele Alli (£8.3m) is still unavailable for Spurs but Juan Foyth (£4.8m) returns from a lengthy lay-off and is among the substitutes.

Only one Leicester player has an effective ownership of more than 1% in the top 10k: that, unsurprisingly, is Jamie Vardy (£9.7m), who sits in just over one in five of these squads.

Aurier has been benched by more than half of his owners within the top 10k, meanwhile.

Mourinho’s starting XI may have been unchanged in the last three games but the formation continues to evolve, with Son Heung-min (£9.7m) here playing out wide on the left of a 4-2-3-1 rather than up top alongside Harry Kane (£10.9m).


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies; Sissoko, Winks; Lo Celso, Lucas, Son; Kane.

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

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

    Harold is truly in the mood.

  2. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ah, there it is... Aurier 6 points sitting pretty third on my bench

  3. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Its time for a hatty harry

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      *Son

  4. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Get that hatty Kane

  5. popcoin
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Son or Kane?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Harry

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

    No surprises here, captained Vardy and benched Aurier...

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      The question is why?

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

        Chasing in my mini league
        Whoever else I chose blanks anyway
        Leicester chasing champions League
        Vardy top scorer in league and going for golden boot
        Vardy guaranteed to start and play 90 while other candidates could get injured in cup games or rested
        Vardy not blanked in a while
        Aurier was a doubt because of personal reason
        Wouldn't back spurs to keep a clean sheet v Leicester
        Etc

    2. Zilla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      no way

    3. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Sensible decisions aren’t a good idea this season

      1. Brosstan
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Capping players against Mourinho Spurs isnt sensible

        1. TheDragon
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Oh I didn’t see the captain bit - ye that wasn’t clever

        2. WVA
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          See above

      2. Rainer
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Reply fail?

  7. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    C’mon Kane! Get that hatty.
    We need more

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

    Son just getting dispossessed steady now.

    1. Zladan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He wants to get subbed off.

  9. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Is this a Kane resurgence and he will go crazy in GW38 or is this him setting us all up nicely for some classic trolling and a 1 pointer in 38?

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

      100% YC blank 😆

    2. popcoin
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Impossible to tell, but I guess you can only make the informed decision that he’ll score

  10. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pen? 😮

  11. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jose is definitely a special one/great manager and still has that Mojo to get teams back on track.
    When Jose took over, Spurs were 14th in the league. Look how far they’ve climbed up now to get that Europa spot

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

      i dont think he's done great with spurs. It's just that at 14th they were criminally under performing.
      Of course his 2nd seasons tend to the best so lets see

  12. BNMC
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    No pen

  13. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Leicester resting bodies.

  14. beric
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Wait a minute ings missed a penalty?! God damn it

    1. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Dial-up?

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

        Classic gag

        1. michudagawd
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          It's good innit.

    2. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      and hit the woodwork twice

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

        Motherfu..

  15. Brosstan
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Clear penalty denied. VARchester United getting the decisions even when they arent directly involved

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

      Sounds too salty

    2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Id be embarrassed to be a UTD fan.

      1. Brosstan
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Them and LiVARpool have been a disgrace

      2. Nightcrawler
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Utd fan here and cant deny var has carried us

        1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
          • 15 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Fair play. Most UTD fans are blind to it

  16. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Son setting.

  17. how now brown cow
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Good to see harry back in his own box where he belongs.

    Jose clearly had a word at half time.

  18. popcoin
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Would you sell Rashford for Kane GW38?

    1. Bubz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      No

    2. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Nah.

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

      Would you captain Kane?

      1. popcoin
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yeh. Triple captain

        1. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Then it sounds like you already made up your mind

  19. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    C'mon Vardy.

  20. EmreCan Hustle
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I wondered what it would take to for Kane and Rashford to start scoring FPL points again.
    Turns out I just had to transfer them out.

  21. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Thomas not shining today?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Caused a few problems first half.

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

        Keeps giving away balls

  22. have you seen cyan
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    come on Kane, 2 more

    1. Isco Disco
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks for giving me the Kane family good news yesterday.
      Made it easier to transfer him in for Vardy

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

        😉

  23. JURGENAUT
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I wonder how it's going to possible to fit in all these attackers next season with additions like Ziyech and Werner to the already insane amount of game changers

    1. BNMC
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lateriser punching the air

    2. Lucy2019
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Chelsea team is distinctly active. Not stand out play part from maybe Pulisic.

      1. Lucy2019
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        *Average

        1. Lucy2019
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Ignore the entire comment. Too many spelling mistakes to correct but you get the gist 🙂

  24. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    He swings...

    1. Zladan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      At least a YC. Which would be his second.

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

        Ref missed it tbf and VAR don’t give YCs, bit lucky.

        1. Zladan
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Apparently second match assistant had that down as a second YC... ref only checked his book not pulling out a second card.

  25. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Should be red card

  26. Brosstan
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Kane not streetwise

  27. Lucy2019
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Nor a good week for the causal Vardy and Ings owners.

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Then professionals who own Kane are in business though

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      causal spelling

    3. Old Man
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      It's also not a good week for those owning them who are not "casuals"

  28. Nightcrawler
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sold Pulisic for Dilva

    Dilva starts and pulisic rested in the cup....

  29. Botman and Robben
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Has Vardy even touched the ball today?

  30. Bubz
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Not the worst day for a non owner of any players