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Referee: Craig Pawson ???????
Preparing to return to action after a devastating COVID-19 outbreak, we prepare to meet Leicester at the King Power on Thursday night. While our most recent clash with Brighton & Hove Albion was postponed, the Foxes put four unanswered goals past Newcastle United at the weekend.
We are not the only Premier League club to have been struggling with a raft of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, as at least seven Leicester players were ruled out of contention for the visit of Newcastle, but Leicester side were still a class above on the day.
With Vardy warming the bench, Daka starred with a goal and assist in the final third, with Maddison claiming two contributions of his own and Tielemans netting a brace in a confidence-boosting performance for the King Power outfit. After the disappointment of dropping down to the Europa Conference League, a third home win on the bounce was just what the doctor ordered for Leicester, who now find themselves 8th in the table and still in the mix for a European place.
The 4-0 thumping of the Magpies marked only Leicester's third win from their last 10 in all competitions, but the hosts are finally producing the goods in front of their own fans once more and have scored a whopping 11 goals over the course of their last three home wins. They also kept their first clean sheet since the opening day of the season in the win over Newcastle, but another defensive injury blow and numerous players still affected by coronavirus could yet harm their European aspirations once more.
After an emotional Conte revealed that eight players and five members of staff had contracted COVID-19, there was simply no chance of our Europa Conference League and Premier League clashes with Rennes or Brighton going ahead as scheduled. With our continental fate now in the hands of UEFA, our depleted side must simply endeavour to get back on track in the Premier League and make up for lost time, with us still in the top-six mix despite falling two games behind our rivals.
Our 3-0 win over Norwich City back on December 5 marked our third Premier League win in a row under Conte, and we occupy a respectable seventh spot in the rankings - just one point behind Arsenal and three behind fourth-placed West Ham United with two games in hand.
For all of our success at home since Conte's arrival, we have come up short on Everton and NS Mura's turf in recent weeks and have won just one of our last five league games on the road - failing to score in each of their last two. We memorably claimed a 4-2 win at the King Power last term to confirm qualification for the Conference League, although Leicester overcame us 2-0 just before Christmas in 2020.
Preparing to return to action after a devastating COVID-19 outbreak, we prepare to meet Leicester at the King Power on Thursday night. While our most recent clash with Brighton & Hove Albion was postponed, the Foxes put four unanswered goals past Newcastle United at the weekend.
We are not the only Premier League club to have been struggling with a raft of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, as at least seven Leicester players were ruled out of contention for the visit of Newcastle, but Leicester side were still a class above on the day.
With Vardy warming the bench, Daka starred with a goal and assist in the final third, with Maddison claiming two contributions of his own and Tielemans netting a brace in a confidence-boosting performance for the King Power outfit. After the disappointment of dropping down to the Europa Conference League, a third home win on the bounce was just what the doctor ordered for Leicester, who now find themselves 8th in the table and still in the mix for a European place.
The 4-0 thumping of the Magpies marked only Leicester's third win from their last 10 in all competitions, but the hosts are finally producing the goods in front of their own fans once more and have scored a whopping 11 goals over the course of their last three home wins. They also kept their first clean sheet since the opening day of the season in the win over Newcastle, but another defensive injury blow and numerous players still affected by coronavirus could yet harm their European aspirations once more.
After an emotional Conte revealed that eight players and five members of staff had contracted COVID-19, there was simply no chance of our Europa Conference League and Premier League clashes with Rennes or Brighton going ahead as scheduled. With our continental fate now in the hands of UEFA, our depleted side must simply endeavour to get back on track in the Premier League and make up for lost time, with us still in the top-six mix despite falling two games behind our rivals.
Our 3-0 win over Norwich City back on December 5 marked our third Premier League win in a row under Conte, and we occupy a respectable seventh spot in the rankings - just one point behind Arsenal and three behind fourth-placed West Ham United with two games in hand.
For all of our success at home since Conte's arrival, we have come up short on Everton and NS Mura's turf in recent weeks and have won just one of our last five league games on the road - failing to score in each of their last two. We memorably claimed a 4-2 win at the King Power last term to confirm qualification for the Conference League, although Leicester overcame us 2-0 just before Christmas in 2020.
Team News
Johny Evans lasted all of six minutes against Newcastle before going off with a hamstring problem, so Soumare may be drafted in as an emergency centre-back on Thursday.
The club's COVID-19 contingent are believed to include Vestergaard, Ayoze Perez, Lookman Amartey,Iheanacho, Choudhury and Benkovic, with none of them set to take part this weekend.
Justin and Fofana also remain out injured for Leicester, and Rodgers may elect to keep Jamie Vardy among the reserves before clashes with Everton, Manchester City and Liverpool.
We did not confirm which players tested positive for coronavirus, but Gil, Emerson Son, Skipp, Scarlett and Lucas are believed to be among them.
Conte is also without the injured Romero until 2022, but Reguilon is expected to be fine despite coming off injured in the Norwich win.
Winks, Ndombele and Bergwijn can all feel hopeful of earning starts amid Spurs' absentee crisis, and there may even be a spot for Dele in the XI.
The club's COVID-19 contingent are believed to include Vestergaard, Ayoze Perez, Lookman Amartey,Iheanacho, Choudhury and Benkovic, with none of them set to take part this weekend.
Justin and Fofana also remain out injured for Leicester, and Rodgers may elect to keep Jamie Vardy among the reserves before clashes with Everton, Manchester City and Liverpool.
We did not confirm which players tested positive for coronavirus, but Gil, Emerson Son, Skipp, Scarlett and Lucas are believed to be among them.
Conte is also without the injured Romero until 2022, but Reguilon is expected to be fine despite coming off injured in the Norwich win.
Winks, Ndombele and Bergwijn can all feel hopeful of earning starts amid Spurs' absentee crisis, and there may even be a spot for Dele in the XI.
Head-to-Head
We first played each other on Saturday 10th January 1914 in the FA Cup where the result was 5 - 5 draw at their ground. We have gone on to play each other 116 times, where we have won 58, they have won 37 and 21 have been draws.
League: We have won 49, they have won 34, with 19 drawn games
FA Cup: We have won 8, they have won 3, with 2 drawn games
League Cup: We have won the only game played against each other
League: We have won 49, they have won 34, with 19 drawn games
FA Cup: We have won 8, they have won 3, with 2 drawn games
League Cup: We have won the only game played against each other
