Leicester City host Aston Villa in a Midlands derby at the King Power Stadium.
Sat on just one point coming into this game, Leicester can leapfrog Villa with victory but a win would see the Villains move into the top ten.
Team News
Leicester have no fresh injury concerns to report after their Carabao Cup triumph over Tranmere Rovers.
Jakub Stolarczyk and Patson Daka (both ankle) remain sidelined.
Aston Villa will be without right-back, Matty Cash after he suffered a hamstring injury in their loss to Arsenal.
Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings (both knee) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Leicester host Villa at the King Power Stadium on Saturday 31 August at 3pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Leicester are unbeaten in four of their last seven meetings against Aston Villa (W3, D1, L3).
- Aston Villa have lost three of their last six league visits to Leicester (W2, D1, L3).
- Villa’s Ollie Watkins scored in each of his last two league appearances against Leicester.
- Wout Faes had more touches on the ball than his Leicester teammates in their opening two league matches (129).
- Amadou Onana won more aerial battles than his Villa teammates in their first two games of the season (6).
Prediction
After a narrow defeat at Fulham, Leicester bounced back with a superb display to beat Tranmere even if had to be patient in the first half, but their defence will need to be just as good here if want to keep Villa out.
Villa however must be more clinical than they were against Arsenal in a very wasteful home display, especially from Ollie Watkins who was just sloppy yards from goal in a below-par effort.
This game though is a chance for Villa to bounce back if can just refocus and polish their end product, but Leicester’s organised defence means that they will be difficult to break down.
Prediction: Leicester 1-1 Aston Villa
Result: Leicester 1-2 Aston Villa