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Vardy starts as injured Tierney and Ricardo miss out on Leicester v Arsenal

Leicester City v Arsenal gets Gameweek 10 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) underway, with kick-off at the King Power Stadium at 12:30 BST. See our Matchday Live if you want to watch along with Gianni!

There were injury and illness concerns for both sides heading into the Saturday lunchtime fixture but in the end, there is only one change across either team from Gameweek 9.

It’s Brendan Rodgers who makes it, as Luke Thomas replaces the injured Ricardo Pereira.

Mikel Arteta, therefore, sticks with the Arsenal side that started the Gunners’ 3-1 victory over Aston Villa eight days ago.

Ben White has been passed fit to start, while Martin Odegaard makes the bench after recovering from injury.

There is still no Kieran Tierney, however, who has been absent with an ankle problem.

Jamie Vardy was passed fit by Rodgers in midweek and is part of a two-pronged strike force alongside Kelechi Iheanacho.

Vardy has 11 goals and one assist in his 13 previous Premier League meetings with the Gunners, averaging a round 7.0 points per match.

The veteran striker, owned by almost one-third of all FPL managers and just over 50% of the top 10,000, is the most popular player on show in this fixture.

GAMEWEEK 10 LINE-UPS

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Amartey, Evans, Soyuncu, Thomas, Tielemans, Soumare, Maddison, Iheanacho, Vardy.

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

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tavares, Partey, Lokonga, Saka, Smith Rowe, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Subs: Leno, Odegaard, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Soares, Pepe, Elneny, Kolasinac, Martinelli

LEICESTER V ARSENAL WATCHALONG

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  1. Necroz
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Pertamax

    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Learned something new. Thanks.

      Would Pompeymax also work?

  2. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Come on Vardy, batter the Arse.

    1. SAUCY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      He loves Arse…nal.
      Enjoy

    2. thegaffer82
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Amen to that!

    3. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      So long as all parties consenting, fine by me

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        I see what you did there.

      2. Old Man
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        I still think Shakin Stevens played for Fulchester.

        1. Fulchester's New Centr…
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          Or was it Mick Hucknall out of Simply Red?

    4. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      This

    5. Botman and Robben
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Yes please

  3. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Rupert the horse needs to be making some sort of commission from FFS

    Always directing me to new articles keeping me on the site

    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      He's secretly Granville trying to keep involved

  4. mojoindojo
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Vardy blank and YC incoming...

    1. mojoindojo
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      And hooked off at HT as well.

  5. Woy_is_back
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Easy win for Leicester

    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Never remember Vards ever doing anything for me in all the times I have owned him over the years. Today is his chance to rewrite that history.

    2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Ever been to Manchester?

      1. Woy_is_back
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Queee, the linked one is not my profile. Haven't updated since last season

  6. BeWater
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Selling Vardy before he plays Arsenal must be the worst decision I've made since that time I captained Havertz v Norwich.

  7. El Presidente
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Salah's EO 199% LOL

    1. El Presidente
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Ridiculous

      1. The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        But expected

        1. El Presidente
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          199? I was not expecting that number...

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 12 days ago

            I was expecting between 195-205

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

      It does ruin the game as we effectively lose 12.5m budget and a player

      1. Gazwaz80
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        How does EO work, how can you have 199% ownership?

        1. Old Man
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          Captained by everyone

        2. Andy_Social
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          Not only does everyone own him, but everyone has captained him.

        3. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          Well captain counts as double.

      2. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Didn’t ruin it last week or the week before that.

        1. Andy_Social
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          In the long term it does as it narrows the points totals and rank changes.

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 12 days ago

            So change tactics. Easy.

      3. El Presidente
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Yeah, it's like teams starting with 10

    3. Puntillimon
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Perfect set up for a Salah blank. Time to rise through the ranks or sink to the pits!

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Honestly a straight red card today would be the best thing for FPL
      Having 2 of the 12 starting players (including captaincy) be the same for every single team is boring af

      1. Gazwaz80
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Thanks everyone:)

  8. Andy_Social
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    After getting burned last week, I still can't find a spot for ESR in my Starting XI. Entirely my fault if he hauls today.
    But Jamie - c'mon lad!

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Same here first on the bench covering Mbeumo

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Yeah last on bench last week.

      1. Gazwaz80
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Yep, same, and Tielemans just in front of him…

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          Hwang for me, but then White was in front of Hwang.

  9. Philosopher's Stones
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Apparently 1 manager in the Top 1000 sold Salah this week XD

    1. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      hackers still at large then

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Sigh

    3. El Presidente
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Brave!!

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Well he not going to be playing Man Utd everyweek

    5. Totalfootball
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      In it to Win it!

    6. Pukki Party
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Lol unless it was that guy from Zimbabwe

    7. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Wise, rest incoming

  10. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Really fancy a 2-1 arsenal win here. Let’s break the away day curse Aubameyang

  11. JONALDINHO
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Feel a Saka / ESR haul incoming

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Can’t see how they’d both haul.

      1. Silecro
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Only if they get goal and assist of each other, hardly but not impossible

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 12 days ago

          Not impossible, but improbable.

  12. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Is Amartey... actually a first teamer? 3.9!
    I need a budget defender from week 12/13 and will be spoilt for choice.

  13. DycheDycheBaby
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    It's time for a party!!! Let's gooo

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      A Partey Party?

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

    Have Livramento as the perfect first sub with Pep Roulette and Tuchel's defender Rotation

  15. have you seen cyan
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    This Goldbridge clip is so funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxL7PLrsY8w
    after he simmed europa league and got knocked out

  16. Gunneryank
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Let's go Gunners! Up the Arse!

    (ahem...also Vardy lol)

    1. Old Man
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Let's go Foxes! 😀

      1. Gunneryank
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Good luck! May the best team win.

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      When you wash you face…..

  17. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Party party Amartey Partey.

  18. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    LMAO SALAH EO 199 %

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

      What? I only just noticed. That is the definition of rank gain: meh

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

      Wow, that’s nuts! Others in the top 100k:

      SALAH 199.00%
      ANTONIO 83.90%
      ALEXANDER-ARNOLD 77.70%
      RAPHINHA 60.80%
      CANCELO 58.00%
      VARDY 53.30%
      FODEN 46.90%
      CHILWELL 40.10%
      LIVRAMENTO 40.00%
      SÁNCHEZ 31.80%
      TONEY 31.10%
      RÜDIGER 29.40%
      JIMÉNEZ 28.60%

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      1 pointer incoming

  19. Puntillimon
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Will schmeichel finally deliver me my second cs of the season ?

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      It’s Peter…

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Unless you mean his ghostly son.

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

      Literally almost lost it a second ago via Amartey nearly scoring an OG...

    3. Gazwaz80
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Err 😀

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Nearly amartey og

  21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Amartey OG almost

  22. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Let's go Saka! Show your class son.

    1. vickyz r3d d3vil$ !!!
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Finally something from him

  23. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    This has to be the quietest it’s ever been on match day here.

    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Dying duck

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Time to lube up.

    2. Andy_Social
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Wait a couple of hours. I'm still trying to figure out how to watch Liverpool, Chelsea and City simultaneously.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 12 days ago

        Lube Tube

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    OMG Gabriel

  25. PartyTime
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Amartey big chance missed

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Which end?

  26. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Lets go Arse

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Vardy asssit

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Yesssssss

    2. PartyTime
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Saka assist

    3. SINGH
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Nonsense. Saka assit

  28. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    G Gabriel
    A Saka

  29. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Vardy CS gone after only 5mins 🙁

  30. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 12 days ago

    Saka first on my bench. Damn

    1. Fitzy.
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 12 days ago

      Presuming he'll outscore your starting players already?