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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. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Cresswell you beautiful man

  2. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Only real effect of Antonio goal is to wipe out any Spurs clean sheets

    1. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      25% EO gain so not true

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

    Finally points but minute impact 😛

  4. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Maddison Goal
    I think Daka with the assist

  5. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Leicester goal

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      points for no one

  6. mcginnntonic
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Cancelo, Mbeumo, Vardy, Raphina 1 pointers.

    ESR first on bench.

    cheers geoff

  7. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Leicester City 2
    1 lead

  8. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Thats what you get when a striker is IN the box rather than going out wide all the time.

  9. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    You have got to be kidding me

    Lukacku blanks four times in a row then gets injured so I bring in Vardy

    No-one can ever say I'm not cursed again

    This game is a joke when it's going against you, absolutely pointless

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Shall we create a joint account?

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        It's beyond incredible now, people should pay me to tell them who I bring in

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

      What about the haul you got this week?

    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      My commiserations by the way

    4. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      U should just stop playing. Find something you're not Cursed in

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        He might have a switch in form like Salah though, who was also cursed….

    5. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      You arent cursed, just focused on negatives

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Can’t focus on positives if there aren’t any…

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Thats the positive attitude of a winner right there

          1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 6 months ago

            It’s true though lol

  10. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio goal, great. Reguillon in for Alonso, not great.

  11. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy and Mbeumo had played 60+ minutes in every single league game this season. Then I bought them.

    Jota and Ronaldo will score.

  12. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio, Auba and Jimenez. Its not much, but I’ll take it. Dreadful mid and defence though

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

    Leicester better without Vardy...

  14. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Just a great wc.

    -Coin flip of Toney+Jimmy vs Antonio+Hwang going well.
    -Vardy and Raph injured.
    -Mbuemo off before 60.
    -Livra first on bench not coming in.

  15. PascalCygan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Haha, non-Antonio owner here as well. Always a risk to go against ownership like that but there you go…

  16. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Nice party Captain V. Who shall i break next…

    1. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Could you do one on Chilwell or Mount? No room for me to get them in

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

    Please Toney

  18. BIGREDDOG
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Score check? 29 lol

    1. Shultan
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Show off

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same with Ronaldo and Salah to go

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Oh yea and Trent and Salah is captain

    3. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      23

    4. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      60(-4)

    5. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      29 with salah c and taa

    6. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same

    7. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      40

  19. Shultan
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Jota >either Raph or mbuemo sellers group hug
    \o/

  20. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Someone asked about Daka yesterday and I blew them and him off.

    Learn to keep mouth closed

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Phrasing

      • Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Yup. A very... Busy mouth

        1. Stupendous
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Awe. Thanks!

      • Tcheco
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        I’m sure they enjoyed it

      • JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Keep it PG

      • Zimo
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Wow. How did Daka get in on this

        1. Stupendous
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          He or she asked about P. Daka and I basically said not even remotely an option.

          Vardy owner.

          Egg on face!

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

            Oh dear…

            1. Stupendous
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 6 months ago

              I mean vardy could have hit a brace and Daka not seen the pitch. But. Such is the game.

      1. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah, selling the best value forward in the game because he got a red card and then blanked once. What can go wrong. I sometimes don't get some people's logic

    2. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Daka-wagon

    3. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Vardy injury?

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Looks like it

    4. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Sorry, I’m sure it’s been discussed to death earlier, but what happened to Vardy? Does it look serious?

    5. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Hi folks!! Not watching any matches why did Mbeumo go off?? Raphinha and him not even made it to the hour this week sums up my fortunes atm, Mbeumo injury??

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

        Yah, he did. Looked fine.

        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Just tactical then mate??

    6. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Salah, TAA, Greenwood and Jota to save the GW.

    7. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      We’re Vardy or Mbeumo injured or subbed for ‘tactical’ reasons?

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

        Vardy came off after the first half and had his leg strapped. Mbeumo subbed off, not injured.

        1. Eh, just one more thing ...
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Thank you …. More problems for next week.

    8. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      The end is nigh, Maddison scored

    9. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Have to say, Jota and Ronaldo to Havertz and Vardy for a hit is looking inspired now.

    10. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Salah hat-trick of attacking returns coming today.

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        I need it.