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£4.0m FPL defender Dunne makes first Premier League start in Tarkowski absence


The last of four Premier League matches to take place on Sunday is the late kick-off at the King Power Stadium, with Burnley the visitors to Leicester.

Play gets underway at 19:00 BST.

Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) is the most-owned player on show in this game, with almost one in four Fantasy Premier League managers owning the Leicester City striker.

He is part of an unchanged starting XI, with James Maddison (£7.0m) again having to be content with a place on the bench.

After blanking in Gameweek 1, Burnley finally get their 2020/21 league campaign off and running.

As was the case at the end of last season, the Clarets are down to the bare bones.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.5m) picked up an injury in midweek, joining Ashley Barnes (£6.0m), Ben Mee (£5.0m) and Jack Cork (£5.0m) on the sidelines.

James Tarkowski (£5.5m) has also failed to recover from a “bruised toe”, so budget FPL defender Jimmy Dunne (£4.0m) is handed his first-ever Premier League start.

Robbie Brady (£5.0m), rather than an ‘out of position’ Erik Pieters (£4.5m), gets the nod in Gudmundsson’s absence.

Nick Pope (£5.5m), the leading FPL points-scorer among goalkeepers last season, is between the posts and is the only Burnley asset who boasts a double-digit ownership.

No goalkeeper kept more clean sheets away from home than Pope (seven) in 2019/20, although six of them came against clubs who finished in the bottom half.

Vardy registered 17 attacking returns at home last season, which no other FPL forward could top.


Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Ndidi, Soyuncu, Justin, Mendy, Ayoze Pérez, Tielemans, Praet, Barnes, Vardy.

Burnley XI: Pope, Bardsley, Long, Dunne, Taylor, Brady, Brownhill, Westwood, McNeil, Wood, Rodríguez.

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2,127 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Woooooooddd

  2. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wood does it again.

  3. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Everyone get Wood

    1. ilikewud
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      ok

  4. Kloptimus Prime
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Saved this GW thanks to Son and DCL

    Current team
    Ryan Button
    TAA Robbo KWP Vinagre Ferguson
    Auba Son Fernandes Bissouma Soucek
    Werner DCL Wilson

    Should my next move be Auba to Salah and captain him?

  5. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wood G Taylor A

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

    A) Jimenez and DCL
    B) Werner and Wilson

    1. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A 100%

    2. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A

  7. Hiroku
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Assuming Man City look promising tomorrow, who would you take out (Salah or Aubameyang) for one of Sterling and KDB?

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Auba

    2. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Im doing Auba to KDB

    3. Gaffa914
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Auba 10000000%

  8. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Handball or a push?

    1. ilikewud
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      neither

  9. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Taylor assist?

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      yep

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        YEEEEEEOOOOOOWWW!!!

  10. curious_zombie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    a. Zaha + DCL
    b. Jimenez + Some

    1. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I like Some

    2. curious_zombie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Full Post:
      a. Zaha + DCL
      b. Jimenez + Some

      1. curious_zombie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Weird website bug

        b. Jiminez + six million midfielder

  11. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Off his chest, wan't it.

  12. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I cannot catch a break. Need some Justin attacking returns again

    1. ilikewud
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Justin got beat down on that goal

  13. screamer73
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bottomed. Have DCL. Whom to get?

    A Zaha
    B James Rodriguez

  14. beric
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Knew it was worth benching taylor last week

    1. ilikewud
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      lol

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        😎

    2. Ser Davos
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Great call

      1. Ser Davos
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Though no Mee or Tarkowski atm

  15. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    And that's why he's in my WC

    What a legend.

  16. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wood vs Saints defense next Gw

    Hatty incoming

  17. Ser Davos
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Handball

  18. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    A) Auba, ASM -> Sterling, Zaha (-4)
    B) Auba, ASM, Adams -> Son, Zaha, Jimmy (-8)

  19. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    load up in midfield, 3 cheap strikers the way to go

  20. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Justin CS gone 😆

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Justin CS lost 🙁

  22. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    So what to do with Austin?
    Falling in price tonight
    And Im still undecided who to transfer in-Jimmy,Werner or Jesus

  23. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Thats a push tbh

  24. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts, Werner & Soucek to?

    A, Martial & Klich

    B, Son & Watkins/ Bamford/Mitrović

    C Another combo?

    1. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Keep Werner and Soucek

  25. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Aarrgghhh, Taylor on my bench! Typical.

  26. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Great, Leicester CS's already gone.

    1. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      It is great

  27. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Taylor owners vindicated! o7

  28. john25
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hey guys, is Davies expected to be dropped next week from Spurs signing a new LB?

    Cheers

  29. Manani
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    second attacking return for my team this week comes from taylor. gameweek saved

  30. Ser Davos
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    That Hawthorns game has made us forget that Leicester have fallen off a cliff