Leicester host Bournemouth at King Power Stadium in a Premier League contest.
Victory will lift Leicester up to 14th if West Ham and Ipswich draw in their meeting in East London.
Team News
Hamza Choudhury is ruled out for Leicester after he suffered a shoulder injury in training, which forced him to miss last weekend’s defeat at Arsenal.
Jannik Vestergaard, Jakub Stolarczyk and Patson Daka (all ankle) remain sidelined.
Bournemouth have no fresh injury worries following their 3-1 win over Southampton.
Tyler Adams (back) remains ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Leicester host Bournemouth at King Power Stadium on Saturday 5 October at 3pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Leicester have won two of their last six league meetings against Bournemouth (W2, L4).
- Bournemouth have won one of their last six league visits to Leicester (W1, D3, L2).
- Philip Billing has scored in each of Bournemouth’s last two league meetings against Leicester (W2).
- Six of Leicester’s eight league goals this season were scored by English players; James Justin, Stephy Mavididi and Jamie Vardy who scored two goals apiece.
- Two of Antoine Semenyo’s three goals for Bournemouth this season were scored on his right foot.
Prediction
With a result at Arsenal never likely, Leicester deserve credit for how they attacked the second-half from 2-0 down with energy but they eventually were just outclassed in injury-time.
Bournemouth meanwhile were simply superb against Southampton with their aggressive first-half intensity, before controlling much of the second-half despite conceding one goal.
Turning to this game in question, I do expect Leicester to be more attacking than in North London, yet Bournemouth do have momentum performance-wise so I do expect a proper edgy game which could end in a draw.
Prediction: Leicester 1-1 Bournemouth
Result: Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth
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