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Iheanacho and Vardy lead Leicester line again as changes kept to a mimimum

Two Premier League matches kick-off at 14:00 BST today – Brentford v Leicester City and West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur.

At Brentford, Thomas Frank names an unchanged XI, with Bryan Mbeumo (£5.6m) and Ivan Toney (£6.5m) paired together up front again.

As expected, Vitaly Janelt (£5.0m), Yoane Wissa (£5.9m), Mads Sorensen (£4.3m), Josh Dasilva (£5.3m) and Shandon Baptiste (£5.0m) all remain out.

As for Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City, Timothy Castagne (£5.3m) features despite missing the midweek win over Spartak Moscow with a tight hamstring.

During that match, Youri Tielemans (£6.4m) was forced off by a back spasm but is fit to start alongside Boubakary Soumare (£4.8m) in the Foxes engine room, with the in-form Jamie Vardy (£10.8m) and Kelechi Iheanacho (£7.0m) leading the line again in a 3-5-2 formation.

Meanwhile, West Ham are unchanged from the side that won 1-0 at Everton in Gameweek 8, with Michail Antonio (£8.1m) featuring as expected having been rested in midweek, and Vladimir Coufal (£4.9m) missing out completely.

For Tottenham Hotspur, Nuno Espirito Santo reverts to his strongest XI after making wholesale changes in Europe. That means Son Heung-min (£10.2m) and Harry Kane (£12.1m) both start, along with Tanguy Ndombele (£5.8m) in the no. 10 role.


GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Raya, Zanka, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Jensen, Norgaard, Onyeka, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney

Subs: Fernandez, Goode, Forss, Ghoddos, Ajer, Bidstrup, Roerslev, Maghoma, Stevens

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Amartey, Evans, Soyuncu, Pereira, Tielemans, Soumare, Castagne, Maddison, Iheanacho, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Bertrand, Vestergaard, Choudhury, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes, Perez, Lookman, Daka

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio

Subs: Areola, Dawson, Diop, Masuaku, Ashby, Noble, Lanzini, Vlasic, Yarmolenko

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Royal, Romero, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Moura, Ndombele, Son, Kane

Subs: Gollini, Sanchez, Tanganga, Rodon, Davies, Alli, Lo Celso, Bergwijn, Gil

937 Comments Post a Comment
  1. BeWater
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Unexpected start for Jota.

    1. Puntillimon
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Sold him for havertz cap for a hit. Watch him punish me

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Think the leaked lineup was a joke

      1. BeWater
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Rockstar tweeted.

  2. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Owned Vardy since GW5, killed by causals.

    1. tokara
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I own since gw1!

      1. BeaversWithAttitude
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Same.

    2. Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      😆 hahaha

  3. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Brentford back in business...

  4. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Zanka G

  5. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Saka to Mbeumo didn't go well then. Still hope it will be good longer term

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Rice is ridiculously good.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Man Utd ought to sign him.

  7. mgilbert86
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mbuemo not even making 60 sums up this gw

  8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    what happened to vardy?

    1. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      OMG Vardy

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Everybody so concerned about his health, after brushing him off since game week 1. Lol.

  9. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    So there was only one Partey this weekend

  10. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    The guy who was talking about moving to a Monastery in Tibet: you got their phone number?

  11. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mbeumo injured too or what?

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Brentford better without Mbuemo

  13. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    This GW has been horrible

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Horrible is an understatement

  14. DavvaMC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Why is Mbeumo off, is he injured?

  15. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Leicester not kept a clean sheet since the opening game. Some ‘upgrades’. Can we go back to the defence they had before?

  16. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    For the love of football someone please score in the West Ham game.

  17. Abraham & Cheese
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    What's the deal with Ovaltine?

    1. Von Lipwig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      It isn't oval. The jar is round, the cup it comes in is round. Why don't they call it Roundtine?

  18. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Next one is a YC for Antonio.

  19. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Jota > mbeumo another success story of this game week

    1. Shultan
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Did same move
      expecting jota to start or come on & get a goal

    2. Fish up a tree
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Was he injured or just shiiiite

  20. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Vardy of at half time.. why?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Bad game for him

  21. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Brentford deserved a goal for all their attacking play today

  22. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    The popular Lukaku replacements nearly all have proven to be duds so far baring Aubameyang who managed a small return.

  23. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    so it seems Jota is ahead of Firminho after all

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Both...

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      It’s instead of Mane according to leaks

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Well the rumours are Mané is benched.

    4. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Oh its Mane who got dropped

  24. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    If the leaked Liverpool lineup is true it’s an easy United win. No Fabinho, no Matip, no Mane…

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Team vs Man Utd:

      Alisson
      Alexander-Arnold
      Konate
      van Dijk
      Robertson
      Henderson
      Milner
      Keita
      Jota
      Salah
      Firmino

    2. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Has to be a joke.

  25. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Wow @ Liverpool team news...

    TBC!

    1. jackruet
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      What

  26. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Delighted going Kane over Vardy has paid off

    1. Abaddon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      1 point more so far. Nice

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Think that was the joke.

  27. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    At this point I may as well chuck my team in the bin

  28. BeWater
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    So Jota is going to get me a 1 pointer but have me hoping for 57 minutes rather than 20.

  29. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bruno fit?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Was always.

  30. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Perfect solution.

    Triple CHE, City and LFC and just leave it for rest of the season.