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Fit-again Vardy only a substitute as injured Podence and Boly miss out

Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) makes his return from hernia surgery this afternoon but the Leicester City striker is only among the substitutes for the Foxes’ clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Kick-off at Molineux is at 14:00 GMT.

Brendan Rodgers again trusts Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.6m) to lead the line in the West Midlands and has indeed named an unchanged side from the one that defeated Fulham in midweek.

As for Wolves, Nuno Espirito Santo hinted at injury problems in Friday’s press conference and has made a pair of enforced alterations to his starting XI.

Willy Boly (£5.4m) and Daniel Podence (£5.3m) miss out with hamstring and adductor problems respectively and are replaced by Jonny (£5.4m) and Leander Dendoncker (£4.6m).

This will be Jonny’s first appearance since suffering an injury in August and his return at left-back, coupled with Boly’s absence, means that Max Kilman (£4.0m) moves over to his more favoured centre-half position.

Romain Saiss (£4.9m) is also back from injury but is only among the substitutes.

FPL’s most-popular defender starts in this fixture: James Justin (£5.2m) features in almost 30% of Fantasy squads, with his ownership figure further swelled by a 15-point haul in Gameweek 22.

Both he and James Maddison (£7.4m) were transferred in by over 200,000 FPL managers ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

Justin also has the highest effective ownership among defenders in the top 10,000 Fantasy squads.


Wolves XI: Patricio, Semedo, Kilman, Coady, Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Neto, Willian José, Traoré.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Justin, Soyuncu, Evans, Pereira, Choudhury, Perez, Maddison, Tielemans, Barnes, Iheanacho.

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1,141 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Effe
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Did Antonio go off injured yesterday?

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe, maybe not.

    2. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No went off cus he was useless. Although mainly due to lack of service.

      Lingard and benrahma were hilariously bad

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah we don't know yet. It looked like he was holding his hammy during one of the Fulham corners but he could've just had an itchy arse 😆

    4. Lazaretti
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah both ankles according to Jose... or wait they said he is ok but quite many said he might have hamstring issue

    5. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Potentially.

    6. Effe
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks all. Thinking of Antonio to DCL

  2. mrodgers91
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Justin assist please? To be different from everyone wanting wolves to score

  3. umerlfc
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Do I just join the club and get Justin in
    Easily the most frustrating player to not own this season
    Even more than Soucek and Stones

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Honestly they’re fixtures after Pool are very good

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        *their ....

    2. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Absolutely - I think my set and forget defenders will be Justin, Cancelo, Dallas

  4. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    BPS system is definitely rigged, Justin up to 3 bonus out of nowhere.

    1. Leonard hatred
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      nah

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He was on 4bps at half time....4

      1. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        It's not the start that matters.

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        CS helps, he gained 10 elsewhere.

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Adama giving him free BPS.

    4. PepTalk
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep, there's definitely a conspiracy within FPL. Who's kingpin you reckon?

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

      Rigged!? For what reason exactly? You really must open the front door step outside and get a life!!!

      1. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        He went up from 19 to 26 in a few min and it's fine? Neto made an earlier run where he had 2 dribbles, a cross and a big chance created and he got a +1? A cross alone is +1 ffs.

        1. alsybach
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Open the door......

  5. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Justin owners are the jammiest casuals out there.

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No, we're the stupid casuals fro not having him

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        No, I’m Still waiting for Pereira to displace him...

        1. Utopsis
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          You'll be waiting a good while

  6. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Just need a goal from Wolvea, any player

  7. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Absolutely despise you Justin

  8. MoSalalalalalalalalah
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Casuals winning today. Son captaincy and Justin returns.

  9. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How did Vardy miss that

    1. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He headed it and it went wide

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wasn't exactly a sitter. And he was surrounded by Wolves.

  10. BeWater
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I said earlier I would be happy with only a 6 pointer from Justin and I wasn't joking. 50% ownership at my rank. Killing me again.

    1. Leonard hatred
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      9, if baps don't change.

  11. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy should've scored really.

  12. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ownership is everything.

  13. EWH2020
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Someone should go through the FFS archives. Anyone who said:

    "Take out Justin, Pereira will be back next week"

    Should face an automatic ban

    1. Party time
        3 years, 1 month ago

        😆

      • Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Castagne happened

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Justin sellers will have the last laugh once Ricardo is back fit for GW5!

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

        I actually laughed at this

    3. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Justin CS

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

        Max Boners for Owners

        1. sunzip14
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Managing it Just In 😛

    4. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      F U Justin.

    5. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This really is an infuriating season.

    6. The Invincibles
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It baffles me every week to see the amount of people bitching about Justin. Either bring him in or stop whining when he gets points.

      I don’t own plenty of players that do well most weeks like Martinez and Watkins, but if it bothered me that they scored so well all the time, I’d make room for them in my team.

      1. Free Hat
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Nicely put.

        You cant have everyone. What do people expect... That every player you dont own blanks.

      2. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        The BPS system is rigged. He jumped all the way up to 3 bonuses when he was nowhere close. A 6 pointer would have been fine. He has 7 blanks out of last 10. I'm more worried not owning Cresswell actually.

    7. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Justin is just maddening not to own, fml

    8. MoSalalalalalalalalah
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Will be great when I bring in Justin and he blanks

    9. Sif
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      How has this defender who's created big chances, won free kicks, gotten a clean sheet in a 0-0 game got max bonus?
      Rigged!

    10. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Salah will wipe that CS next week

    11. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      49 blooming % ownership.

      Hate you Justin!!

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

      Crazy how many pros there are without Justin.

    13. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Just FO Justin.

    14. Mattymo23
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Serious question. How is Justin a casual player? Loads of non casuals have him and he's a sensible pick?

      1. Greek Shamrocks
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I have Justin since GW 1. I'm still trying to understand the casual reference.

    15. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Playing Wolves = CS

    16. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Chilwell to Justin?

      Tarkowski was the plan.

      I have Pope already

    17. boc610
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Justin bossing baps again . imagine not owning him.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Imagine making imagine posts, oh dear

        1. boc610
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          hook line and sinker

          only a non owner would take the bait

      2. Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Imagine having Kilman as 3rd sub 🙁

    18. MoSalalalalalalalalah
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Castagne got to be stepping it up, need Justin benched