Leicester City Dominate In October Player of the Month Nomination

Youri Tielemans and Jamie Vardy are among the six nominated players for the Award

Leicester City Dominate In October Player of the Month Nomination
Leicester City team

Leicester’s Jame Vardy and Youri Tielemans are part of the six Premier League players nominated for the October Player of the Month Award.

Youri Tielemans scored a superb winner against Burnley and produced a goal and an assist in Leicester City’s record 9-0 victory at Southampton as Jamie Vardy also found the net against Burnley and scored a hat-trick at St Mary’s Stadium to lead the Golden Boot race with nine goals in the campaign.

 

 

Aston Villa’s captain, Jack Grealish was instrumental in two wins for the promoted side, scoring in a 5-1 victory at Norwich City and getting a goal and an assist in a 2-1 success over Brighton Hove & Hove Albion.

 

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Ikay Gundogan The German impressed in the reigning champions’ midfield, with a 94 per cent passing accuracy across the three matches and a goal in the 3-0 win versus Villa.

Sheffield’s Dean Henderson kept two clean sheets, including in a 1-0 triumph over Arsenal and produced eight saves as the Blades stayed unbeaten in October as Chelsea’s Willian played all but 20 minutes of Chelsea’s three October wins, providing an assist against Southampton before scoring once and setting up another goal at Burnley.

 

 

Premier League fans can have their say by voting for their favorite on the EA SPORTS website by 18:00 GMT on Monday 4 November.

The votes of the public will be combined with those of the 20 club captains plus a panel of football experts, with the winner to be announced next week.