Leicester City are back in Premier League action against Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.
Leicester City face Brighton and Hove Albion in a 2pm kick-off on December 8th.
The Midlands outfit are looking to continue their unbeaten start to life under new manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.
The Foxes thumped West Ham United 3-1 in midweek but are going to be up against it when they travel to the Amex this weekend.
Paul Merson predicts Brighton to beat Leicester, with the Seagulls currently fifth in the Premier League and aiming to secure some form of European football for the 2025/26 campaign.
Van Nistelrooy made some big changes to his first-ever Leicester lineup on Tuesday and it’s going to be interesting to see what he does this weekend.
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Facundo Buonanotte will miss Brighton vs Leicester as he cannot play against his parent club.
Ricardo Pereira and Abdul Fatawu are also long-term absentees, while the game comes too soon for Harry Winks, who was injured in the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.
That match was Steve Cooper’s last in charge of Leicester and just a few weeks after his exit, things are already looking very different in the Midlands.
Conor Coady and Jannik Vestergaard were Van Nistelrooy’s starting centre-backs against the Hammers, while Kasey McAteer was given a rare start in the 3-1 win.
Now, it appears we may well see another fringe star handed more senior minutes in the coming months.
Leicester posted some training pictures to their official Instagram ahead of the trip to Brighton.
And fans took to the comment section of the post to point out that Will Alves was training with the Leicester first-team.
“WILL,” one fan wrote with a fire emoji, with another adding: “Will Alves,” followed by a star emoji. Another eagle-eyed fan then claimed: “Will will shine,” followed by fire and praise-hands emojis.
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Will Alves struggled under Steve Cooper at Leicester City
A local lad, the 19-year-old has spent his entire senior career to date on the books of the Foxes.
However, he has so far struggled to break into the first-team and was very much an outcast under Cooper.
The now ex-manager afforded Alves just two appearances during his time at the club, totaling a dismally low 36 minutes.
But with Van Nistelrooy already showing he is willing to change things up at Leicester, we could well see the attacking midfielder handed more minutes going forward.