Another Mikey stats dive (courtesy of @FFScout members area and @FFH_HQ: Kane vs Vardy!

A lot of managers are looking to jump off Spurs attack and Leicester have a very enticing run of fixtures including facing a weakened Liverpool defence in GW9. Time for a Vardy party? (1/9)
The stats are CLOSE for Kane v Vardy per 90 mins GW1-8:
Goals: 0.88 v 1.29
xG: 0.76 v 1.18 đź‘€
SoT: 1.9 v 1.9
BCC: 1.0 v 0.2

Vardy ahead of Kane for goal threat BUT Kane assist potential has been 🔥 (2/9)
There has been an argument that Vardy is highly reliant on pens for his goals, which is true. 5 of Vardy's 8 goals have been pens:
Overall xG: 6.5 v 7.3
Overall xG Non Pen: 4.93 v 2.57

Surely this isn't sustainable.....right? (3/9)
Aside from the Kilman 'handball', all of Leicester's penalties have been awarded for tackles in the box. In all of these, you could argue poor defending and/or clever play (5/9)
The teams they conceded pens against: West Brom(2), Man City(3!), Leeds(1), Wolves(2).

Teams Leicester face in next 5 fixtures:
LIV FUL SHU BHA EVE🤔

More penalties? (6/9)
Let's not write off Kane just yet. Kane has a fine record versus teams he faces in next 5 fixtures:

Man City: 2 goals in 8 PL appearances
Chelsea: 4 in 10
Arsenal: 10 in 11 🔥
Palace: 4 in 12
Liverpool: 6 in 10

Kane is capable against anyone (7/9)
CONCLUSION: as always, it depends on your setup

If you are looking for some gains, Vardy captaincy in upcoming fixtures looks good. For my own FPL team, I have other issues so will stick with Kane although I am unlikely to captain him. But he is still a captaincy option (8/9)
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