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Maddison makes third successive start as Leicester visit Southampton

Leicester City are unchanged as they travel to Southampton for Gameweek 34’s Friday-night opener.

That means James Maddison (£7.3m) retains his starting berth for the third Premier League match in a row since returning from injury.

While we do not have the benefit of the clubs’ official team reveals for Gameweek 34, the midfielder is likely to operate in the number 10 role behind Kelechi Iheanacho (£6.2m) and Jamie Vardy (£10.3m) tonight.

A lot of eyes will be on the later at St. Mary’s Stadium considering he lost approximately 90,000 owners for Gameweek 34, with Harry Kane (£11.8m) returning from his ankle problem ahead of facing Sheffield United.

Youri Tielemans (£6.4m) and Wilfred Ndidi (£4.8m) form the central-midfield pairing tonight with Luke Thomas (£4.1m) and Timothy Castagne (£5.8m) operating as wing-backs once again.

Wesley Fofana (£5.0m), Caglar Söyüncü (£5.3m) and Jonny Evans (£5.6m) are the back-three.

Danny Ings (£8.4m) is absent for Southampton while Alex McCarthy (£4.4m) has managed to hold onto his starting berth from the 2-1 defeat to Spurs.

Fraser Forster (£4.0m) is on the bench for the second Gameweek in a row.

Nathan Tella (£4.3m) and Che Adams (£5.7m) lead Saints’ attack with Takumi Minamino (£6.0m) and Nathan Redmond (£6.4m) either side of Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) and James Ward-Prowse (£5.8m).

With no updates on social media this weekend, we will bring you live updates on all goals and assists from Southampton, which you can follow below.

Gameweek 34 Line-ups

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Vestergaard, Stephens, Bednarek, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Redmond, Minamino, Tella, Adams.

Substitutes: Forster, Djenepo, Salisu, Diallo, Ramsay, Walcott, N’Lundulu, Ferry, Jankewitz.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Fofana, Soyuncu, Evans; L Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Castagne; Maddison; Iheanacho, Vardy.

Substitutes: Ward, Albrighton, Perez, Amartey, Under, Choudhury, Pereira, Mendy, Praet.

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702 Comments Post a Comment
  1. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Saints fan

    Own Vardy Iheanacho Castagne

    Trust me, this ends 1-0 Saints!

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Hope so. Own two Leicester but no one deserved to benefit from appalling officiating like that.

    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Saints fan? Who knew?

    3. Saint Tim
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Lol, snap

  2. JohnnyRev7
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    New FFS live blog is on 17mins.

    Even BBC slow live blog is on 30mins.

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Nothing much has happened

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Apart from the pages jumping around 🙁

        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Yeah - what's that all about?

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 2 days ago

            (Not) Live feed screwing it up probably

            1. Old Man
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 2 days ago

              Cheers WR.

  3. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    McCarthy raking up the easy saves.

  4. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    This is why I don't like my cap starting the first game of the week, They always jinx the rest of the gw.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      So why do it? Especially when it wasn’t the obvious choice

      1. OLD Rafiki
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Blinded by the high hopes.

  5. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Guys get ready

    There is a PARTY about to begin

    Those invited will LOVE to see it ih yes we will!!

    1. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      No feast tonight?

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Oh there will be a feast alright! U better believe it

        1. OLD Rafiki
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          I believe

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Government Covid guidelines: no parties allowed

      1. KAALI_DAAL
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        So no Vardy then

        1. moment
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          No, I have him. Also had him last week, so saw how that turned out.

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Why is Vardy not booked for simulation . . he does it SO often

      1. Jensen Luiz Coleman
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Practice makes perfect.

      2. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Err, it wasn't a dive?

  6. Bob_the_builder
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Switched captaincy from Kane to Nacho at the last moment. Anything less than a brace from Nacho is a fail here.

    1. tbos83
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Not looking likely atm

  7. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Really scary but I've been able to predict the results of matches based on my FPL team for several months now!

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Oh give it up mate, I've read you post this week-in, week-out. You just make bad choices.

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        This

      2. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        I don't chose the results!

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          You choose the team

      3. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Game of luck ; bad choices for some are lucky for others.

    2. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Lol.

    3. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Don’t you want your own team to win?

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Of course, I predict us to win comfortably tonight too

    4. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      You should be able to make money out of that. Bookmakers, here we come !

      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Would be marvelous if it wasn't total bs.

      2. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        What do you think I've been doing!

        1. George Sillett
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Talking utter crap?

    5. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Please stop

    6. Wee Jinky
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      I want in on this

  8. Deanamo Jammy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Tielemans on set-pieces isn't working.

  9. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Should be about 5 minutes added on from all the time wasting 😆

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      3 minutes just from Vardy faking injury.

  10. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Saints not playing that high line with one man less which is actually worse for Leicester.

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Yep, they had started quite well but there's no other option now to sit in and hold out for a draw.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Exactly, happy to just sit deep now and avoid Leicester counter-attacking them.

  11. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    This is underwhelming vs 10...

  12. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Thoughts on Coleman?

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      He mayor may not start, and may or may not get injured. What are you hoping to gain here?

    2. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Mustard.

  13. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    There is a social media blackout in football to stand against online bullying.

    FFS - we will stop tweeting because its our tweets which encourage bullying.

    FFS - leave comment pages open as no one has ever been hurt by posts on the comment pages

    1. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Comments on post about commenting on social media blackout.

      Edgy.

  14. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    C'mon Saints!

  15. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Who is subbing off for perez?

    Fofana, Castagne or Thomas?!

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      My guess is Fofana.

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Fofana or thomas

      • keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Thomas

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Fofana of them, keep the full backs high and wide, on their ‘good’ sides to spread the pitch.

      • DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Thomas will be off

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Possibly Ndidi.

    4. Pointless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Can someone confirm for me please. Leicester will now score all nine goals in the second half?

      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Saints will score 1. Leicester none.

      2. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Only if Super Saints doesn't predict it 😉

      3. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Ref will invent another sending off . . then we'll get nine just like with United.

    5. Jensen Luiz Coleman
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      It has been dull.

    6. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Anyone think Fofana comes off at HT for Perez?

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Very possible. Apparently he's fasting during Ramadan. It's not been talked about much by Sky. Only about 30% of the broadcast.

        1. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Why should it need to be talked about it though?

      2. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Surely Brendan knows the value of FPL.

      3. Kane and Ablett
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        I saw Rodgers mouthing Nacho and my cousin is good at lip reading so...

      4. Patio Kev
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        It’s going to be one of them - Soy or Forfana most likely.

        Leicester really don’t need 3 central defenders against 10 men.

    7. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Forfana, Soy or Evans

      Which Leicester Central Defender is coming off for a 1 pointer at half time then to make room for Perez ?

      1. JohnnyRev7
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Forfana seems the logical choice.

      2. Wee Jinky
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Forfanyboy

    8. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Well that was rubbish

    9. Wee Jinky
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Thankfully for Southampton it's not a 2 legged match. They would need 9 goals the 2nd half and a clean sheet

    10. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Martinez
      Shaw, Castagne, Rudiger
      Son, Bruno, Salah, Lingard Saka
      Kane, Iheanacho, Bamford

      McCarthy, Bamford, Veltman, Phillip

      0.7m ITB, 2FT

      Will use FH in GW36, and have BB for this GW. Does using both FTs to strengthen the bench sound sensible. Veltman & Phillip to Coleman and Ward, or should I replace McCarthy with Guiata or Pickford with one of the FTs ?

    11. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Best GK for the DGW?

      1. Herman Toothrot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Martinez for me. Should see a fair few saves ... I hope

        1. Eleven Hag
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Guita? SHU and Saints

          1. Herman Toothrot
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 2 days ago

            Saves.

      2. Rains of Castamere
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Guaita?

      3. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Pickford not an awful choice..

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Gareth?

        2. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Is Pickford nailed on ?

    12. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Ffs wake up to see Rudiger is injured... Holding my sub, ugh!!

      1. Wee Jinky
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Argent "Hold your head high"

        1. JohnnyRev7
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          I'm old enough to remember. Great song.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5fYPz8dKbg

          1. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 days ago

            Indeed

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

        Foot long or just 6 inch?

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Tough crowd, deserved better

        2. FCSB
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Morning Wood (Chris)

    13. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Getting Maddison was a big mistake......never going to get anything and looks like he will get hauled off

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Holding Sweaty Balls, not ideal.

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Oops fail reply to above!

        2. Wee Jinky
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          ok if your own

      2. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        He is streaky player

        1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          He has looked poor in both come back games......never going to add anything to my team.......will swap for Greenwood

    14. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      What a bad wasted transfer Vardy was last week.

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Yeah. Same here.

      2. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Yeah. Same here

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Tell me about it. Had Davis with 5 pts on my bench 🙁

    15. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      For those looking to save some money Mitchell soon is going to be 3.7m

      1. Wee Jinky
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        how can he live with himself? 3.7 hahaha!

        1. moment
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Not as bad as poor Shane Ferguson in 2011, who is still the only 4.0 midfielder ever in the game

      2. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Don't think he'll ever make it sadly

        He's been hovering down near minus 100 for weeks now.

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          He will tonight or Saturday evening

          1. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 days ago

            Doubt it with a DGW on the way - his sales have been pretty static for a few weeks. Imagine most of his owners will be dead teams

      3. TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        What’s happened to Mitchell? Played well earlier in the season but not got back in team since injury

    16. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Great to see that auto update nonsense is still going on

      Already clicked on a dozen profiles trying to post a comment

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

        If it stops you from posting at least something good has come from it 😉

    17. Dybala10
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Fofana is coming off, isn’t he ffs

      1. Herman Toothrot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        3rd on my bench