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6 December 2020 1257 comments
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Winless Sheffield United face Leicester City in the second of four Premier League matches to take place on Sunday.

Kick-off at Bramall Lane is at 14:15 GMT.

With the Friday night game between Aston Villa v Newcastle United postponed, many of us would have been relying on contributions from our bench fodder options to cover for the likes of Jack Grealish (£7.7m) and Callum Wilson (£6.5m).

Rhian Brewster (£4.5m), owned by almost half a million Fantasy Premier League managers, is one of the more popular players who is primed for auto-sub duty but he’ll have to make do with a substitute’s appearance at best this afternoon.

The budget forward is named on the bench for the third match in a row, with Oliver McBurnie (£5.6m) and the ‘out of position’ Oliver Burke (£4.3m) again deployed in attack.

The only change that Chris Wilder has made from the Gameweek 10 defeat at West Bromwich Albion sees John Lundstram (£5.0m) replace Oliver Norwood (£4.7m) in central midfield.

Enda Stevens (£5.2m) and Ethan Ampadu (£4.4m) are still absent, so Kean Bryan (£4.0m) starts again at centre-half.

As for Leicester, Brendan Rodgers has made two alterations from the side that surprisingly lost against Fulham.

Marc Albrighton (£5.3m) and Ayoze Perez (£6.0m) are in for Luke Thomas (£4.3m) and Dennis Praet (£5.5m).

There is again no place in the starting XI for Harvey Barnes (£6.9m), despite his goalscoring contribution as a substitute last Monday.

Having got just under an hour of game-time under his belt against Zorya on Thursday, Wilfred Ndidi (£4.8m) is also among the replacements in the visitors’ dugout.

James Justin (£4.9m) and Jamie Vardy (£10.3m) are by some distance the most-owned players involved in this fixture, sitting in 23.8% and 30.2% of FPL squads respectively.

Vardy’s away form has been scintillating in 2020/21, with nine of his 11 attacking returns and over 80% of his FPL points coming on the road.


Sheffield United XI: Ramsdale, Basham, Egan, Bryan, Baldock, Lundstram, Berge, Fleck, Lowe, Burke, McBurnie.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Justin, Evans, Fofana, Fuchs, Mendy, Tielemans, Albrighton, Maddison, Perez, Vardy.

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  1. manu4life99
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    Vardy 3bps final?

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Hope so, but they have changed them later sometimes.

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Bonus system becoming comical.

  2. Here is Cash, give McGinn
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    Vardy + Son -> Bamford + KdB?

    1. Pukkipartyy
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Yey

  3. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    The dilemma all week for me is whether or not to do DCL > Bamford for -4. Getting rid of DCL is quite an unappetizing prospect but maybe it has to be done...

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Doing the move myself and Vardy to Wilson likely

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Bound to bite you in the bum that one.

      He’s scored v’s some big teams this season & seems fixture proof this season

    3. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Tempting, but on balance I think DCL is perhaps a season keeper.

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Had to myself. Regretting already.

    5. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Bamford brace isn't too likely imo.

    6. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      It's on the cards, but not for a hit. I note how unappealing a forwards 1 goal points can be

  4. Bruce Lee
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    Let's take things back to first principles

    Vardy plays Brighton, Everton, Tottenham and Man Utd next

    Vardy plays well on the counter

    All of the teams in his next 4 games like to hold the ball more (generally speaking), which opens up the possibility of many counter attacks

    Vardy's pace vs Dunk and Webster
    Vardy's pace vs Keane and Mina
    Vardy's pace vs Dier and Alder
    Vardy's pace vs Maguire and Lindelof

    You stay right there, Vards

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Honestly makes a lot of sense

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Nah still glad to get rid, I don’t see him doing well against these teams at all

      1. Bruce Lee
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 days ago

        Good logic and reasoning there

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 9 days ago

          Already said, Leicester just aren’t playing well enough to even have many chances, boring slow cba football

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 9 days ago

            Plus an absolute stellar midfield so wanted KDB always instead of him so he had to make way

    3. JBG
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Getting rid to fund Salah.

    4. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      A goal and assist in last 2 and people in meltdown . Only on FFS 😆

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    So which players are non-casual picks?

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Benteke

    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Fabio Silva, Neto

    3. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Welbeck

    4. Champions League Varane
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Bowen

    5. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      Tony Carroll

  6. Bushwhacker
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    Surely Spurs have SOMEONE who can take a better freekick than Dier? I mean tea boy?

  7. CheesyZoot
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    Saw someone on FB post this to check live league tables (since Livefpl seems to not work):

    https://livefpltables.com/

    Enjoy

  8. JBG
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 days ago

    TEAM TO FACE
    @Wolves

    Kelleher, Robbo, Fabinho, Matip, Trent, Hendo, Gini, Jones, Mané, Firmino, Salah

    A correction from my tweet last night. Trent starts.

    From Twitter, so don't shoot the messenger if it's wrong.

  9. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 days ago

    hi guys,

    which two of these four would you guys suggest?

    Watkins, Adams, Bamford, Wilson.