Ruud van Nistelrooy has confirmed the latest availability of his Leicester City squad ahead of their Premier League clash against Crystal Palace.
Leicester are in confident form after the Foxes beat Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup to end a run of five straight defeats.
They were also able to welcome Kasey McAteer back into the side after he missed the last four games through injury.
The focus is now back on the league and there are hopes they can utilise the confidence from the 6-2 win to turn around their form, which has the Foxes sat second from bottom.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 17 |  WolvesWolves | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 45 | -14 | 16 |
| 18 |  IpswichIpswich | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 35 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 |  LeicesterLeicester | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 |  SouthamptonSouthampton | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 44 | -32 | 6 |
Ahead of the fixture, the Leicester boss provided an update on the fitness of his squad following the short break in-between fixtures, including the latest on Jannik Vestergaard, Mads Hermansen, Wilfred Ndidi and more.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy says Jannik Vestergaard should be back for Wednesday
The Foxes have been missing several stars over the past few weeks, which hasn’t made life easy for Van Nistelrooy.
Ricardo Pereira and Abdul Fatawu are both long term absentees but the East Midlanders have also been without key men in the shape of Ndidi, Vestergaard and Hermansen too.
Wout Faes impressed for Leicester in Vestergaard’s absence, who wasn’t risked against QPR, but Van Nistelrooy confirmed that the centre-back should be in contention.
The 48-year-old said: “He’s part of team training today. We’re expecting he can be there on Wednesday.”
Van Nistelrooy has regularly changed his defenders during games this season and if the Denmark international is included in the squad, there is every chance that trend could continue.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy addresses importance of Leicester beating Crystal Palace
There’s no denying that this is one of the biggest games of Leicester’s season.
At home, under the lights, failure to get three points could see them fall well behind the chasing pack.
Whilst performances have improved, results have not and the Foxes boss has admitted he would sacrifice playing well if it meant they won the game.
He said: “Every game you would rather play bad, get lucky and win. In the short term, we need points. But in the long term we need to perform better and to the maximum capability of the players. That’s what we want to show in the next two games”