{ Partly updated on 22/11/21 at 22:57. }

[ Content partly produced by memory, but also with the use of official Fantasy Premier League, Guardian, Fantasy Football Scout, FPL Black Box, Transfermarkt, FourFourTwo. ]

| In order of league positions in the 2020/21 season. |

||| Leicester City |||

||| Geography, Club, History & Modern Successes |||

▪ Midlands

▪ 2021/22 FA Community Shield winners

▪ 5th in 2020/21.

▪ Premier League winners in 2015/16.

▪ FA Cup winners in 2020/21.

▪ League Cup winners in 1999/2000.

▪ UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists in 2016/17.

||| Manager/Coach – Rodgers |||

||| Usual Formation – 4-2-1-3/4-2-3-1/ (or sometimes 3-4-1-2/3-4-3. Formation really can vary, Rodgers is flexible and the squad at his disposal lends itself to different formations.|||

||| First 6 Fixtures |||

Vs Wolves (H)

Vs West Ham United (A)

Vs Norwich City (A)

Vs Manchester City (H)

Vs Brighton (A)

Vs Burnley (H)

||| Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Availability (At The Time Of Writing)|||

▪ Leicester City appear to have 4 first team defenders out with injury (Forfana, Evans, Vestergaard & Justin – Amartey played with Soyuncu to pick up a clean sheet in their Community Shield win against Manchester City (1-0), against Leicester City (1-0) & a defeat with 10 men at West Ham United (4-1).

| Schmeichel |

▪ Ever present in his previous three concesutive seasons.

▪ 11 clean sheets in the Premier League in 2020/21.

| Soyuncu |

| Ndidi |

| Tielemans |

| Maddison |

| Vardy |

▪ Premier League top scorer in 2019/20.

▪ 120 Premier League goals in 248 appearances (at the time of writing). {18/08/21}.

▪ 2 goals in 3 Premier League matches in 2021/22.

▪ Older but fresh, given he did not play in the European Championships in the summer, probably main penalty taker (when on the pitch).

[[[Daka has been signed, but he can play wide, and Rodgers has the option of playing a front two.]]]

||| Squad |||

|||Goalkeepers |||

| Schmeichel |

| Ward |

| Jakupovic |

||| Right Backs/Wing Backs |||

| Pereira (a doubt) |

| Castagne |

| Justin (injured) |

Or plays left back/wing back.

||| Centre Backs |||

| Soyuncu |

| Vestergaard |

| Forfana (injured)|

| Evans |

| Benkovic |

||| Left Backs/Wing Backs |||

| Bertrand |

Bertrand offers Leicester a more out and out or experienced naturally left footed left back (or possibly wing back) option and may be on some set pieces or find himself in advanced areas to create chances of the left (when he plays). [Was not in Leicester’s squad in GW1, unavailable for GW2.] [ Available for GW3. ]

| Thomas |

||| (Defensive) Midfielders (6s, 8s or 10s) |||

| Ndidi |

| Soumaré |

| Mendy |

| Amartey |

Can play at centre back, and did so in Leicester’s Commity shield win against Manchester City (1-0), as well as playing in Leicester City’s first two league matches (4-1 defeat at West Ham United in GW2 & a 1-0 win against Wolves).

| Choudhury |

| Dewsbury-Hall |

| Praet |

| Tielemans |

| Maddison |

||| Right Wide Forwards/Wingers |||

| Peréz|

| Albrighton |

| Ghezzal |

||| Left Wide Forwards/Wingers |||

| Barnes |

| Lookman |

|||Number 9s/Forwards |||

| Vardy |

| Iheanacho |

| Daka (can also play wide) |

||| West Ham United |||

||| Geography, Club & Premier League History |||

▪ London

▪ 3 time FA Cup winners (1979/80, 1974/75 & 1963/64)

▪ 6th in 2020/21.

||| Coach/Manager – Moyes |||

||| Usual Formation – 4-2-3–1/3-4-2-1|||

||| First 6 Fixtures |||

Vs Newcastle United (A)

Vs Leicester City (H)

Vs Crystal Palace (H)

Vs Southampton (A)

Vs Manchester United (H)

Vs Leeds United (A)

||| Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Availability (At The Time Of Writing) |||

| Coufal |

| Cresswell |

▪ Cresswell got 11 clean sheets and 11 assists in the Premier League in 2020/21 as a defender Sometimes plays as a centre back in a back three, plays left back when West Ham United play a back four, and tends to be on set pieces.

| Rice |

| Soucek |

▪ Joint top scorer for West Ham United in 2020/21 (in the Premier League) with 10 goals (double figures for a deep/defensive midfielder, is a threat from set pieces and makes late runs in the penalty area.

| Benrahma |

The former Brenford attacker scored his second Premier Leagud goal (for West Ham United) away at Newcastle United and appeared to be playing as a number 10.

| Antonio |

▪ Antonio is West Ham United’s main striker and only recognised number 9 option, he offers pace and strength and gets in the right positions to score from in and around the 6 yard box; he was West Ham’s joint top scorer in the Premier League in 2020/21 (10 goals and 5 assists).

||| Squad |||

||| Goalkeepers |||

| Fabianski |

| Areola |

| Randolph |

| Martin |

||| Right Backs |||

| Coufal |

| Fredericks |

| Johnson |

▪ Can play left back.

||| Centre Backs |||

| Ogbonna |

| Zouma |

| Dawson |

| Diop |

| Reid |

| F.Alves |

||| Left Backs |||

| Cresswell |

| Masuaku |

||| Defensive Midfielders (6s, 8s & 10s) |||

| Rice |

| Soucek |

| Kral |

| Noble |

| Coventry |

| Fornals |

| Lanzini |

| Vlasic |

||| Right Wide Forwards |||

| Yarmolenko |

| Bowen |

| Xande Silva |

|||Number 9s |||

| Antonio |

|||Left Wide Forwards |||

| Benrahma |

||| Spurs |||

|||Geography, Club, History & Changes |||

▪ North London

▪ 7th in 2020/21.

▪ Former Cup Winners Cup winners.

||| Coach/Manager – Conte [ Updated on 05/11/21 at 19:30. |||

||| Usual Formation – 3-4-2-1/4-3-3 (or possibly 3-5-2) |||

||| First 6 Fixtures |||

Vs Manchester City (H)

Vs Wolves (A)

Vs Watford (H)

Vs Crystal Palace (A)

Vs Chelsea (H)

Vs Arsenal (A)

|||Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Availability (At The Time Of Writing) |||

| Lloris |

| Reguilón |

| Hojberg |

| Son|

▪ 2 goals in his 3 Premier League matches (both solitary winning goals).

| Kane |

Kane is made his first appearance of the season as a substitute in GW2, and scored a brace in a 3-0 home win in the UEFA Europa Conference and is in contention to start in GW3.

Made his first start in the Premier League against Watford (1-0) in GW3 and scored for England against Andorra (4-0) away at Hungary (0-4) & away at Poland on international duty.

||| Squad |||

|||Goalkeepers |||

| Lloris |

| Gollini |

| Whiteman |

| | | Right Backs |||

Tanganga

Emerson Royal

Doherty

| | | Centre Backs |||

| Dier |

| Sánchez (unavailable) |

| Romero |

| Rodon |

||| Left Backs |||

| Reguilón |

| Davies |

| Sessegnon (a doubt)|

||| (Defensive) Midfielders (6s & 8s)|| |

| Höjberg |

| Ndombelé |

| Winks |

| Sissoko |

| Skipp |

| Alli |

| Lo Celso|

||| Right Wide Forwards |||

| Lucas Moura |

| Clarke |

||| Left Wide Forwards |||

| Bergwijn |

| Bryan Gil |

||| Strikers/Number 9s/9 & Halves /Number 10s/Wide Forwards |||

| Son |

| Kane |

||| Arsenal |||

||| Geography, Club, History & Modern Times |||

▪ North London.

▪ 8th in 2020/21.

▪ Premier League winners in 2003/04, 2001/02, & 1997/98.

▪ FA Cup winners in 2019/20.

||| Coach/Manager – Arteta |||

||| Usual Formation | 4-2-3-1/4-3-3/4-4-1-1/4-4-2 (sometimes 3-4-3) |||

||| First 6 Fixtures |||

Vs Brentford (A)

Vs Chelsea (H)

Vs Manchester City (A)

Vs Norwich City (H)

Vs Burnley (A)

Vs Spurs (H)|

||| Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Ones To Look Out For (At The Time Of Writing) |||

| Ramsdale | 3 Clean sheets in 5 Premier League appearances for Arsenal (since since GW4). |

| Tierney (when fit)|

▪ Can play as a centre back in a back three, a wing back and a left back.

| Partey | The former Atlético Madrid midfielder has started every Premier League match since GW5. |

| Smith-Rowe

| Saka |

| Aubameyeng/Lacazette (available again)|

||| Squad |||

||| Goalkeepers |||

Leno

Ramsdale

Hein

Okonkwo

||| Right Backs |||

| Tomiyasu | 5 league appearances made in 2021/22 (at the time of writing) and has been part of 5 clean sheets in said appearances in his debut season in the Premier League. |

Cedric Soares

| Maitland-Miles | Can play as a wing back or winger. |

| Centre Backs |

White

Holding

Chambers

Gabriel

Marí

Kolasanic

| Left Backs |

Tierney

Tavares

| (Defensive) Midfielders (6s, 8s & 10s) |

| Partey | Partey not play in GW1, unlikely to feature in GW2, and unlikely to feature in GW3. ]

Xhaka (injured, at the time of writing)

Torreira

Elneny

Lokonga

Odegaard

Smith-Rowe

| Right Wide Forwards |

Pepe (scored 10 goals in the Premier League in 2020/21)

Nelson

| Left Wide Forwards |

Saka

Martinelli

| Number 9s |

| Aubamayeng | Did not play in GW1 or GW2, is available again, scored a hat-trick for Arsenal away at West Brom (0-6) in the League Cup in midweek.

| Lacazette |

Did not play in GW1 or GW2.

Nketiah

Did not play in GW1 or GW2, unlikely to feature in GW3.

Balogun