Leicester City v Leeds Utd Match Thread
Thursday 20th October@20:15 King Power Stadium
Leeds go in search for their first victory in almost two months against fellow strugglers Leicester City on Thursday evening. Although only a quarter of the way through the season, both sides find themselves at the wrong end of the table, having struggled for consistency, clean sheets and goal scoring opportunities.
Having drawn against Crystal Palace, then thrashing Nottingham Forest 4-0, Brendan Rodgers side were mounting a mini revival, but came crashing back down to Earth at the weekend after losing at Bournemouth, leaving them 19th in the table, four points below Leeds.
They will be hoping that Harvey Barnes can extend his scoring streak to six games when playing against the Whites but it won't be easy, as they have a number of key players ruled out. Pereira (Achilles), Ndidi (Thigh), Maddison (suspension), Evans (Calf) and Bertrand (knee) will all be miss Thursday's crunch encounter.
Jesse Marsch is expected to make just one change from the team that lost to Arsenal. Rodrigo is expected to drop to the bench in favour of Patrick Bamford. Joe Gelhardt and Sam Greenwood (who is suspended anyway) will both miss Tuesday evening's U21 trip to Bolton in preparation for the outing to the King Power Stadium.