Leicester City’s FA Cup journey begins this weekend against Championship side Queens Park Rangers.
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side will have a welcome break from their recent disastrous run of form in the Premier League, in which they have lost the last five games in a row.
The Foxes reached the quarter finals of the FA Cup last season, only to bow out in a valiant 4-2 defeat away to Chelsea.
Van Nistelrooy has hinted that he will make changes to his Leicester side, with one eye cast on their league campaign.
A good cup run can always do a lot to boost morale and the Foxes will be well aware that a win would be a huge confidence gainer.
So, with that, here is all you need to know ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup Third Round tie.
Leicester City vs QPR: Kick-off time & date
Leicester face QPR at a bizarre kick off time of 2:00PM this weekend. This is due to police advice due to another event taking place in the city at a later time.
The game will be played at the King Power Stadium, Leicester on Saturday 11 January.
What channel is Leicester vs QPR on?
Despite the earlier kick off time, Leicester’s game against QPR won’t be available to watch on any TV channel.
Radio commentary is one alternative while fans can also wait for the highlights to be released onto the social media platforms, as well as the FA Cup highlights show the BBC.
Leicester vs QPR livestream
As there is no live TV broadcast of the FA Cup clash, there will also be no stream available to watch Leicester vs QPR.
Fans wishing to watch the highlights will be able to stream this live on BBC iPlayer from Saturday night.
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Leicester vs QPR H2H record
Saturday’s fixture will be the 62nd consecutive meeting between the two teams.
Leicester have won 24 of the meetings, QPR have won 27 and the other 10 games have ended in draws.
| Date | Result | Competition |
| 2 March 2024 | Leicester City 1-2 QPR | Championship |
| 28 October 2023 | QPR 1-2 Leicester City | Championship |
| 24 May 2015 | Leicester City 5-1 QPR | Premier League |
| 29 November 2014 | QPR 3-2 Leicester City | Premier League |
| 19 April 2014 | Leicester City 1-0 QPR | Championship |
Leicester City team news
Leicester are set to be without five players for this weekend’s game.
Mads Hermansen, Abdul Fatawu, Wilfred Ndidi and Ricardo Pereira are all still long term absentees and remain unavailable.
Kasey McAteer has returned to training and could be in the squad, as confirmed by Van Nistelrooy this week.
Jannik Vestergaard is a doubt after he went off injured in the 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa.
Van Nistelrooy has hinted he could rotate the squad and some Foxes academy stars could feature against QPR.