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Fit-again Vardy only among the substitutes as Barnes looks set for forward role

Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) returns from injury for the final Premier League match of the day – but the long-serving striker is only among the substitutes for Leicester City’s clash with Arsenal.

Kick-off at the Emirates is at 19:15 GMT.

Vardy is joined on the bench by Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) and it appears from the teamsheets as if Harvey Barnes (£7.0m) is leading the line for the Foxes in north London.

James Maddison (£7.0m) is also handed his first Premier League start of the season, with Ayoze Perez (£6.2m) making way.

Brendan Rodgers has changed to a back three for this game, with Christian Fuchs (£4.5m) drafted into the centre of defence alongside Wesley Fofana (£5.0m) and Jonny Evans (£5.0m).

Arsenal are much changed from the midweek win over Rapid Vienna but compared to their starting XI at Manchester City last weekend, there are only two alterations.

Willian (£7.8m) isn’t fit to feature and Nicolas Pepe (£7.7m) drops to the bench, with Alexandre Lacazette (£8.5m) recalled and Thomas Partey (£5.0m) given his full Premier League debut.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.7m), Arsenal’s most-owned FPL asset, is aiming to avoid a fourth straight blank – he previously hasn’t gone more than three successive Gameweeks without an attacking return since moving to England in 2018.

All of Leicester’s midfielders, including Barnes, are owned by less than 5% of Fantasy bosses.

Their two most popular options are wing-backs James Justin (£4.8m) and Timothy Castagne (£5.8m), who each sit in more than one in five FPL squads.

Those two defenders are the only players from either side who have a double-digit “effective ownership” among the top 10,000 FPL managers.


Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Luiz, Gabriel, Tierney, Ceballos, Xhaka, Partey, Saka, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Fofana, Evans, Fuchs, Justin, Tielemans, Mendy, Praet, Maddison, Barnes.

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654 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Arsenal are absolute shite. Should be battering Leicester. Lacazette GTFO

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Arteta gtfo*

      The most boring manager in the league since martin O'Neill

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

        Agreed

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Arteta ranks alongside Lampard and Ole as naive as all hell ; doesn't have the stones to constantly drop Lacazetta and play Auba up front. How do you play one of the World's best strikers wide on the left. Idiocy.

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

    And now Vardy ruined my great question 🙁 Doesn't matter, the lad can party that is for sure

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

    Vardy party!

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

    Vardy as expected.

  5. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hopefully Leicester hold on. Be nice to expose overrated Arteta. Oh you beat Sheffield United at home? What a great manager!

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

      Casta close to nicking a BP

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

    Arsenal deserve this

  7. Del Griffith
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Party time again then

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

    Sold Vardy, scores, what a surprise!

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

      Same. He was injured though had to sell

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

    1 shot 1 goal efficiency at its max

  10. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba has to be the most overpriced fpl player this season.

    1. King Carlos
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling. Beer.

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

        Leave Sterling out of this. At least he was involved unlike Auba who barely touched the ball.

        1. King Carlos
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Yet 2 pts vs. West Ham

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

            Cos west ham aren't whipping boys? And you expect every player to score every week? lol.

          2. Klaren
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            And 9 and 11 points before that.

    2. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Can take 2 Sakas over him

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

    Brendan Rodgers with the perfect smash-and-grab 😀

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

    Arsenal please score 🙂

    1. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      NO.

  13. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    The party that nobody attended

  14. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hope Arteta gets sacked. This Arsenal team is more boring than Mourinho at his worst.

  15. Jdpz
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy scores a goal in the 80th minute. Several seconds later, Tierney goes to the bench.
    4 points...

  16. Sahil.....
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Xhaka and laca should be sold in the next window

  17. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Tielemans has the most punchable face

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He really does

    2. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nasri says hello

    3. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Bruno Fernandes and it's not even close.

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

        This

  18. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wonder how many sold Vardy last week? You just can’t keep him down.

    Always nervous not owning him, as he can haul massively.

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

    Still not paying 10.0m for him.

    Could do well against Leeds, but not worth it...

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

      Waiting for vardy vs soton

    2. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Same

  20. F_Ivanovic
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Both castagne + walker peters on my bench this week whilst my other defenders all do naff all

  21. Del Griffith
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Is Under under priced at 5.9? Thinking he'll come good under Rodgers

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He will probably takes Barnes' spot eventually

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

        If he hasn't already

      2. Patson Dabaka
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Barnes plays on the left

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

        I know you're just baiting people, but this isn't true.

  22. Underdogs11
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy, Ings, Jimenez on tpp? Can it be that simple?

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

      No, vardy was awful when I had him

  23. Clintymints
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Sold Justin. Sold Jiminez. Played Digne.

    21 points so far.

    -8

    And also -2 for Digne.

    11 pts 😆

    1. Del Griffith
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Solid

    2. Londongeezaa
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lol

    3. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      you mean 19-8 surely

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

      The -2 is already accounted for in your score of 21, so 21 - 8 = 13.

  24. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy > Kane this week was a no-brainer

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

      It still was, there was no certainty he was going to play

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

    Can someone explain to me how every player I sell scores immediately?

    1. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Because you're so gosh darn Super

    2. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Classic 2020

      Each week is a swift kick to the groin

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

      When something goes against you it's bad luck, when something goes for you it's skill. FFS rules.

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Nah - in one GW it is mostly luck.

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

      Who are you selling next?

    5. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      It could be worse. Players you keep could blank for you too.

      Grealish, Sterling, Digne, Semedo, TAA, Robertson, Werner all blanked or worse for me this GW.

    6. Del Griffith
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Who are you selling this week? I'll stick the armband on him

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

    That was dreadful from leno on rhe goal

    Selling martinez looks a worse decision every week

    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Martinez wouldn't have started anyway. And tbf, Leno isn't that bad

    2. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Hiring Arteta is one

    3. BobB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Martinez is a better keeper than Leno

  27. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy almost scored a second

  28. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Need that Leicester cleanie wiped!

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

      Sadly it won't happen. Arsenal are naff.

    2. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lmao this the ultimate proof of what FPL does to us when you're saying this as a Spurs fan!

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

      If only Arsenal had Cairney.

  29. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Remember when Auba was essential for the season because he’d been reclassified as a mid lollll

  30. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    CS banked 😀