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Vardy and van Aanholt suffer from festive rotation as Palace host Leicester

Festive rotation has struck Fantasy Premier League managers as early as the first match of Gameweek 16 as Crystal Palace host Leicester City.

Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) is the biggest name to fall foul of the busy schedule, named on the bench with Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.6m) handed his usual centre-forward role.

The striker, who sits behind only Harry Kane (£11.0m) for most points among forwards this season (106), is joined among the Leicester substitutes by Youri Tielemans (£6.4m) and Çaglar Söyüncü (£5.3m) returning from injury.

However, Vardy is not the only Foxes asset to miss out on Gameweek 16, James Maddison (£7.2m), Wesley Fofana (£5.0m) and Timothy Castagne (£5.7m) all missing out on the matchday squad entirely.

The central midfielder is managing an ongoing knee issue so sits out for precautionary reasons, while Fofana is in a similar position for a knock.

As a result, Harvey Barnes (£6.7m) is the most dangerous Fantasy asset to earn a start at Selhurst Park, involved in five goals this season.

James Justin‘s (£5.0m) impressive powers of recovery earn him yet another start, having already played every minute this season.

Crystal Palace have also undergone necessary Christmas rotation with Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) coming in for his first start since Gameweek 6, pushing Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) back to the bench.

The left-back is joined there by Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) while Jairo Riedewald (£4.4m) comes in for his first start since Gameweek 9.

Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Tomkins, Kouyaté, Clyne; Schlupp, Riedewald, Milivojevic, A Townsend; Zaha, Benteke.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Thomas, Evans, Amartey, Justin; N Mendy, Choudhury; H Barnes, Praet, Pérez; Iheanacho.

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

    What a mess this GW is

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      *season

      1. Frucke
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Hahah

      2. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        haha true

  2. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    CHELSEA TEAM NEWS - SIX CHANGES

    Team to play Aston Villa: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Chilwell, Jorginho, Kante, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, Pulisic, Giroud

    Subs: Arrizabalaga, Silva, Abraham, Werner, Tomori, Kovacic, Gilmour, Havertz, Emerson

    ASTON VILLA TEAM NEWS - KONSA IN FOR MINGS

    Team to play Chelsea: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Hause, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Grealish, Traore, El Ghazi, Watkins

    Subs: Heaton, Taylor, Hourihane, Nakamba, Engels, Guilbert, Elmohamady, Davis, Ramsey

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Heaton is back

  3. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Feel for Camzy, where's he at

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      What happened with him?

      1. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Has both James and Zouma IIRC

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          They were conceding anyway

  4. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Vardy down.

  5. Pedersen
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    No zouma means Mitchell off bench. I know you can keep that cs my boy. Believed in you since gw1

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

    People with 7 or 8 players this GW

  7. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    FPL already updated with cancelled game...

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      That was fast

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

      They knew long before we did

  8. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Chelsea-ManCity in gw17 will also be postponed right?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      6 days is plenty

      1. wulfrunian
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Not for isolation.

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          They have different protocols. They will be tested multiple times

          1. wulfrunian
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            yeah,I guess we have to wait.They could have a playable squad.

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

            No there's a 10 day isolation period

  9. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Need a Leicester goal and a Villa clean sheet...

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Agreed

  10. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    And Chilwell is. This is relentless unforgiving pain.

  11. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    'You want it to be one way, but it's another way'

    Marlo Stanfield

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    All the carnage is brilliant 🙂

    As a wise man once said, chaos is a ladder 😎

  13. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Why all these sudden cancellations?

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      *the sudden cancellation

    2. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Covid-19

    3. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      rona bro

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Bloody hell

  14. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    3 players down already lmao

  15. Dire Souffle
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    No Zouma in the Chelsea game either...

  16. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Phew, Watkins and Grealish survive

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Of course they do

  17. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Poor Mark's WC. He is left with 2 defenders

    1. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      So are many of us tbh

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Not with WC

  18. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    You can bet Pickford wasn't one of them who caught Covid..

    The lad can't catch anything

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      😆

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      😛

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

      😛

    4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

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

      Needs a sticky comment! Lol

    6. PocketZola
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      He punched it on to the post and back on to his face

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

      😆

  19. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Just relegate City to League 2 already

  20. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Watkins to score

    1. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Obviously

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      a hattrick

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

      Are you supporting Liverpool these days?

  21. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Who would have thought I had to put Mitchell 1st sub instead of 3rd.

    (for now that is)

  22. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Come on Leicester take that Palace CS away.

  23. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Pundit of Punts was planning his team for BGW18 and Free Hit in DGW19. Had quite a few Man City players. Damn.

  24. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Tielemans lol
    I thought someone was injured and he kicked the ball out

  25. BIG TONES
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Damn no Zouma

  26. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Good result for United and Liverpool this

  27. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    I'm out of subs if Rashford doesn't play 🙁

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Poor you

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      -2 for me

    3. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Doesn't look like he will tbh

  28. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    5 players out for so far. Sold James over Chilwell and Mitchell over KDB. MADNESS

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I feel you. Open a beer

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

      Unlucky mate.

    3. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Brutal.

    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Sold Chilwell rather

    5. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      How is your bench?

  29. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Good ebening fantasy footballers!

    Can I double check that Mitchell will sub in for me? As Dias and Zouma won't feature. Playing a 433

    Dias, Zouma, Robertson, Taylor

    Bench order = Podence, Burke, Mitchell

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

      Yes.

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Yup you're good

      • Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Yes

      • FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        He won't if Podence and Burke get Minnie's

      • PocketZola
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        jammy

      • Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Yes Mitchell comes in

      • COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks

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

          Unlucky

          1. COLLIN QUANER
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Furious!!

      • Homer21
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Correct

    3. BIG TONES
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Villa will do well against that b-tec central defence Chelsea is rolling out

      1. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Hope so