West Ham United's Issa Diop (left) and Leicester City's Patson Daka battle for the ball during the Premier League match at the King Power Stadium.
The absence of Fofana, whose comeback was delayed by a positive Covid test, means that the defensive duo of Caglar Soyuncu and Daniel Amartey play at centre-back after keeping two clean sheets in their last two games with Luke Thomas at left-back. The returning James Justin is straight back into the starting lineup after missing the last three league games with a hamstring injury. Injury to striker Jamie Vardy means that he will again have to watch from the sidelines for the next few weeks, with Patson Daka again taking his place in the starting lineup.
Marc Albrighton's superb goal sets Leicester on their way to a hard-fought win over Rennes in the first leg of their last-16 Europa Conference League tie.
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. - Shots - 14Iheanacho - 4Söyüncü - 18Amartey - 1Schmeichel
Leicester City registered a 2-0 win over Stade Rennais in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 encounter.
He could be tasked with leading the Leicester attack in the upcoming match against Arsenal. He did well in his short stay on the pitch, making three clearances while completing an interception and a tackle. He also made three key passes in the match to cap off a great night. Five of his seven dribbles were successful too — all in all, it was a good game for the 23-year-old. Dewsbury-Hall started in the left of a midfield-three for Leicester but ventured around the pitch, often finding himself in advanced positions. Left-back Luke Thomas rounded off the solid Leicester backline, all of whom played an integral part in keeping a third straight clean sheet for the Foxes across competitions. Soyuncu held his own in the Leicester defence, not allowing the Rennes attackers to get behind their defensive line. The Ghanaian international produced a strong performance at the heart of the Leicester defence. He was strong in ground duels, too, winning six of the nine he contested. While he was only dribbled past once, he was guilty of conceding possession 14 times throughout the game. He commanded the box well and made a clearance too. Still, the visitors made a late push to equalise, only for Leicester to score another as Kelechi Iheanacho struck on a counter-attack.
Leicester's bid for European silverware continues on Thursday with the visit of Rennes in the Europa Conference League last 16.
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Leicester City host Rennes for the first leg in the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League. Here is our predicted starting XI and score prediction.
In addition to not conceding which will instil a lot of confidence within the team. Additionally, it would be great just to see Lookman feature more because he’s a brilliant player and can be key in goal scoring opportunities. Due to this I don’t think Maddison will start and instead be featured on the bench.
Ruthless finishing by Albrighton and Iheanacho give the Foxes the edge in the first leg.
In injury time, Lookman nicked the ball off the toes of a defender and the Foxes poured forward. The second half started in a similar fashion to the first. Certainly one of them wasn’t up to the job as the shot crashed into the roof of the net, giving Leicester an early 1-0 lead. The poles switched after 20’ and all the play was suddenly in the visitors’ half. The fact that Schmeichel had next to nothing to do was down to poor shooting and good fortune as opposed to brilliant defence. Leicester City saw off Stade Rennes by a score of 2-0 at the King Power on Thursday afternoon in their Europa Conference League round of 16 tie.