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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

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  1. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    West Ham vs Spurs is really warming up. End to end

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      It’ll be 0-0 I guarantee it

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

    First Lukaku then my Raphinha (c) ..now Vardy...nightmare GW!

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

    Have vardy since 3 gws and i knew he will get injured this gw when all went out and bought him

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

    If Vardy owners were offered a point per touch from him this afternoon they would have bit your hand off!

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

      Or bit your toe off, for the weekend that's in it...

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

    Iheanacho + 3.5m > Vardy

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Iheanacho or Daka will be the question

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

    India 2 down..

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

      Yeah, switching over to cricket. Need sth to take my mind of this GW right now.

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

      Don't worry Kohli will destroy the Paks

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

    Romero livening things up.

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

    Didn't think it'd come down to this, but my GW now depends on Mbeumo.

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

      Hahaha

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

        Nice timing hehe

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

        If it makes you feel any better, I captained him 🙂

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

      As soon as you said that he was subbed off......

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

        GW over

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

    Scumbag Romero

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

      Not really sure what got over him

  10. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mbeumo bandwagon derailed

  11. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mbeumo subbed. Sigh.

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

      Injured or tactical

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

    Christ on a bike are there any decent forwards left in the game…

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I like Callum Wilson. Unfortunately has Chelsea next.

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Only had one forward goal since gameweek 4. And I've played 3 up top every week. Is 5-5-0 a valid formation in FPL?

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

    Hammers turning the screw...

  14. EffPeeEll
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    geezus mbuemo off

  15. Joey Tribbiani
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Thank you Romero, even he is getting bored of this...

  16. JBG
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Oh great.. Mbuemo and Vardy early out.

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

    Mbeumo off.

    The hell man, all these 1 pointers are a bit unlucky.

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Everyone’s having a Kaptain Kane week

  18. TheBiffas
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    23 pts with salah (c) and trent. 1 point each from all of my mids/attackers so far. Rudiger and Livramento the only points scorers

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

      All right don’t rub it in!

  19. SINGH
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Vardy wants to watch India v Pak in cricket lol

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

    That guy who said Daka was going to Leicester to be a first-teamer may finally be right.

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Top Mark S I think it was

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

    This gameweek keeps on giving!

  22. fish&chips
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    First time Mbeumo gets less than 75 minutes this season just after I bring him in. I can put the kiss of death on anyone

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

    Vardy and Mbuemo off before 60. Now a Toney red card please.

  24. Hooky
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Romeo picking on Fornals because he's getting bullied by Antonio. Pick on someone your own size!

    1. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I thought on the replay he spat on Fornals? That's a red surely?

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

        That's what it looked like to me as well. Think they would have made more of it if he'd actually spat though.

  25. EffPeeEll
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    A Salah benching has us all on suicide watch

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

      Will never happen

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

        i ferk1ng hope not

  26. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I took a 4 point hit this week to get in Vardy and Mbeumo

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

      Yikes that takes the biscuit

  27. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Karma for my last post, I own Mbuemo.

  28. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I started the season with Mbuemo and sold in GW3, did nothing.
    I’m surprised so many got him

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

      Good fixtures I guess

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

      Shhhh.

      Same here. Better if we keep quiet 😆

  29. jimmyharte
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Vardy and Mbembo off... the state of it

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

    Did anyone actually see what happened to Vardy?