Leicester City make the trip to Humberside this weekend to face Hull City after securing victory in midweek against Sunderland.
Tuesday’s win brought to an end City’s miserable run of form, which saw them suffer defeats to Middlesbrough, Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers.
Enzo Maresca‘s side kept their three-point cushion on Ipswich Town – who again won in midweek – and will be hopeful of extending that advantage on Saturday.
As the gruelling 46-game campaign enters the business end of proceedings, Leicester must put together another string of victories to keep their promotion rivals at bay.
This weekend, they’ll be up against a Hull side who have ambitions of their own to gain promotion. Liam Rosenior’s side currently occupy the final play-off spot and will be desperate to hang onto that position heading into the upcoming international break.
So with that said, here is Leicester’s predicted line-up against The Tigers.
Leicester City predicted XI v Hull City
On the injury front, Maresca will be without Ricardo Pereira, Dennis Praet and likely Kasey McAteer.
In goal, Mads Hermansen is expected to retain his place in the starting 11, as is Hamza Choudhury and Callum Doyle.
In the heart of defence is where the Italian head coach has a dilemma. Conor Coady partnered with Wout Faes in the win at Sunderland and put in a fantastic performance in the absence of Jannik Vestergaard.
Vestergaard served the final match of his two-game suspension and is back available this weekend, so will he come straight back in? We’ve elected to start Coady.
Moving into midfield, it’s expected to be unchanged, with Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Yunus Akgun as the three.
Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu have been ever-present this term out wide and that will likely remain the case on Saturday.
Up front, Jamie Vardy could lead the line again after netting in mid-week, though, Maresca may want to manage the minutes of his veteran striker.
Should that be the case, Kelechi Iheanacho deserved a shot having starred in the win at Bournemouth not so long ago.
The Nigeria international came off the bench and provided the assist for Fatawu’s winning goal, which saw City advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Iheanacho hasn’t started a league game since December and will be eager to regain his place in the 11 following his Africa Cup of Nations commitments.
Leicester (4-3-3): Hermansen; Choudhury, Coady, Faes, Doyle; Winks, Dewsbury-Hall, Akgun; Fatawu, Iheanacho, Mavididi.