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Injured Vardy misses out as Iheanacho starts for Foxes against unchanged Villa

Following on from an incredible finish to the Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United game, the final Premier League match of the day sees Leicester City take on Aston Villa.

Kick-off at the King Power Stadium is at 19:15 BST.

Villa are defending the only remaining 100% record in the top tier of English football and in the least surprising team news of the weekend, Dean Smith’s troops are unchanged from the side that defeated Liverpool 7-2 a fortnight ago.

Jack Grealish (£7.1m) was transferred in by just under 775,000 Fantasy Premier League managers ahead of Gameweek 5, following on from his 24-point haul against the reigning champions.

Grealish is now the most-owned FPL asset in this Villa squad, sitting in more than one in five Fantasy teams.

Leicester’s own most-popular player, Jamie Vardy (£10.1m), misses out this evening, having failed to recover from a calf injury that rendered him a doubt for Gameweek 5.

Over 500,000 Fantasy managers captained Vardy for this fixture, although that figure will no doubt be skewed by some early-season “ghost teams”.

Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) gets a rare start up front in Vardy’s absence.

Brendan Rodgers’ other two changes are also enforced, with Caglar Soyuncu (£5.5m) and Daniel Amartey (£4.0m) dropping out.

Teenager Wesley Fofana (£5.0m) is handed his Premier League debut at centre-half, with Dennis Praet‘s (£5.5m) inclusion meaning that the Foxes have reverted to a back four for this encounter.

James Justin (£4.8m) and Timothy Castagne (£5.8m), both of whom have FPL ownerships in excess of 20%, start again at full-back.

Castagne is still top of the pile for points among Fantasy defenders going into this fixture.

Emiliano Martinez (£4.7m) is the now the most-owned goalkeeper in the game, having racked up successive clean sheets in his first two Villa appearances.


Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Evans, Fofana, Justin, Mendy, Praet, Tielemans, Pérez, Barnes, Iheanacho.

Aston Villa XI: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Barkley, Trezeguet, Watkins, Grealish.

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

    I don't normally listen to the games on radio
    Have it on BBC but why do the lads need to tell us what colour boots the ppayers sre wearing strange

    1. Sharkytect
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      For those of us listening in black and white

      1. Third Eye Vision
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Reminds me of listening to the snooker.

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

    What are the prospects for kilman?

    1. Wılly
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Little, needs to go out on loan at a championship club

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

        How solid do you think saiss place is?

  3. Make ManeMane Make ManeMane
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Can anybody explain to me why kicking the ball away after a free kick is a yellow, but literally picking up the ball and carrying it 30 yards away is perfectly fine?

    1. BooYaKasha
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Depends on your hair do

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

      Touching the ball at all or deliberately standing in the way after the whistle has gone should be an automatic yellow card

    3. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Because he's England's Grealish

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

    Yellow Cards are flying

  5. Nice to Finally Michu
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    McCarthy (Steer)
    TAA Robbo Dallas (KWP Ferguson)
    Sterling Rodriguez Trossard Pereira (Bissouma)
    Werner DCL Adams

    1FT, 6.0 ITB

    Too obvious to just do Adams > Kane(C) (FT)
    anything worth a hit?

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Adams to Kane and leave the rest

      1. Nice to Finally Michu
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers

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

      Wow first time I've seen someone have that much left ITB, but I guess that gives you an easy decision here

      1. Nice to Finally Michu
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Did KdB to Trossard and didn't want to do Che > Kane because i wasn't going to captain Kane, lost just one point on that decision but still painful to have no spurs on this day

    3. Duderino
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Tough one. I can see why you would want Kane, but to me Trossard, Pereira, Bissouma seems more pressing.

      1. Nice to Finally Michu
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Bissouma is nailed to the bench and will chip in. Trossard and Pereira both have plum fixtures so i'm going to ride with them until those turn when I'll bring in Foden and Bowen

  6. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    FK for Villa in dangerous position.

    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      not reallg

  7. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    How’s it looking as a Martinez and Grealish owner?

    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      looks good

    2. BooYaKasha
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Poor game

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Good for martinez , Grealish won't get anything

  8. Leonard hatred
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    somebody is going to get sent off in this match if these cards keep happening every tackle.

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

    I think this is the first proper football match and not the merrygoround of scoring the others have been so far this season

    1. Third Eye Vision
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      0-0 is proper football, yeah? I like it. Dour. Gritty.

  10. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Barnes to Grealish for free or JRod -4?

  11. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Time to put a film on, this is boring

    1. alsybach
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Debbie does Darlington?

  12. jimmyabs1987
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Is Barnes to Rodriguez a no brainer? Or hold and have 2FT next week? No real fires to put out for next week

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I would do the transfer

  13. Werner Bremen
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Best 4,8 DEF? Lamptey I reckon?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Dallas or targett. Use the 0.3 somewhere on attack

  14. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hmm... Bargain alert. Targett is 4.5m on direct FKs for Villa. Could be really good and will go under the radar until suddenly he gets 15 points from nowhere.

    1. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      How to fit 4 Villa players ... Watkins, Grealish, Targett, Martinez

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

      Almost as valuable as Cresswell.

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        He's cheaper than Cresswell and plays for a better defense. He's a far better option imo.

    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Can he actually take them

    4. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Probably my Reece James replacement just not sure on double villa defence with Martinez already

    5. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Doubt he’s on freekicks after that

    6. Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Target was only reasonable when he used to be 4.0 back in the day haha

  15. Babelcopter
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Justin looking good? Maybe cleanie and assist coming?

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

      Looking terrible as usual and should have given away a penalty if it weren't for the silly rule interpretation where you can clobber someone after they get a shot off.

      That said he's likely to get a cs and bonus because that's how FPL works

      1. jumpinjeffflash
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        +1

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

      +1

    3. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      You're watching the wrong fullback dude.

  16. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Grealish is so good

  17. MOZIL
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Chillwell or Reguilón??

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Both on corners

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

        Ziyech on corners

    2. Isco Disco
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Reguilon coz Spurs will concede less than Chelsea over the next few fixs

      1. Right In The Stanchion
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Just conceded 3 in last 10 minutes. Don’t think your point is anywhere near valid

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

        Lol what. They've not kept a CS yet and just conceded 3 in 20 mins today, which Spurs are you watching?

        1. Isco Disco
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          They had bad fixtures...Everton, Man Utd, WBA, West Ham. Yea they conceded a lot but over the next few weeks I can easily see Reguilon outscoring Chilwell and Spurs tightening at the back. I don't expect that from Chelsea with Thiago Silva in defense

    3. Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Easily Chilwell

    4. F4L
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      waste of money with how those two teams are defending right now.

  18. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Watkins touched the ball!

  19. NULL-X-VOID
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    what a through

  20. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    poor game

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

      Not really. It's been decent. Both teams well drilled so far.

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Just because there haven't been goals doesn't mean the game is poor. It was not a bad half really.

  21. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Martinez CS secured? :O

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

    As Grealish and Barnes owner this game is frustrating to watch

  23. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    That reverse pass was beautiful from Jack

  24. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Watkins has played like a League 3 striker..

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

      Wilson>Maupay>Adams>Watkins

      They're priced like that for a reason

    2. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      The National League ? Lol.

  25. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Real Box Office stuff here

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

      Nothing can follow Spurs doing a classic bottle job tbh...

  26. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    I considered Sterling, Fernandes and Grealish for Kdb. Guess who I went for -_-?

  27. Avery
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    HT - villa no shots on target
    Barkley looks a timid mess
    Castagne looking alright pushing fwd
    Grealish loves the cameras and playing with mirror in his back pocket
    Watkins needs service one shot off target
    Barnes quiet
    Perez a little bit better than Barnes
    Martinez looking good

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      And this Fofana kid is class

  28. CrouchDown
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Watkins movements is really poor.

    Won’t be a good pick imo

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

      The young lad just needs consistency, it'll come with time but safe to say he won't face a dreadful Liverpool defence every week

  29. Rinseboy
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    I have no idea what to do?
    Need to shift KDB. Need to shift James. Probably need Kane.
    Best move?

    Martinez
    Saiss Semedo Lamptey James Mitchell
    Son Salah Barnes Grealish KDB
    Jimi DCL Brewster

    1m ITB

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Brewster to Kane and KDB to someone really cheap and pocket the 2m?

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Look ahead don't look behind.

      KdB > Mane. The fixtures are there and Pool with a weaker defense will need to score more goals to compensate.

      1. Rinseboy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        that was plan all along but Kane with those next 3 looks like he could smash Mane?

  30. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Is everyone streaming this?

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      iptv yes