Leicester v Arsenal: preview and possible line-ups

TEAM NEWS

Leicester

Daniel Amartey is Leicester's only absentee, as he continues to recover from an awful ankle injury, meaning Brendan Rodgers has the pick of a bunch. Wes Morgan returns having missed the draw with West Ham and could replace Jonny Evans to join Harry Maguire in defence. Barnes could return to start after scoring against the Hammers, meaning Albrighton would be most at risk of the drop.

Arsenal

Aaron Ramsey will not feature for Arsenal through injury, meaning he may have played his final game before his move to Juve in the summer. Welbeck, Holding and Bellerin are the other absences while Aubameyang should return meaning Lacazette may well be rested. Alternatively, both strikers could be called on as the Gunners continue the fight for a top four finish.

MANAGERS' THOUGHTS

Brendan Rodgers

"They've been flexible in their systems, but the style has always been the same. They've got top class players. They're still doing a great job in the Europa League and they're up there fighting.

"Sometimes when the big teams lose is when the opposition maybe think there's a vulnerability but they always like to fight back. We're prepared for a really tough game at the weekend, but we're excited by it because it's these types of games that we want to be involved in".

Unai Emery

"The first target is to recover our confidence. We can build on this confidence each minute, each hour, each day, each week - and above all we’re training and we’re looking for a big performance for the three points.

"Individually for Sunday the first target is to think in our capacity and be consistent defensively and offensively. We need to adapt to them, but I think both are very important.

"We lost the last match and the match before, but our focus is on the present and on Sunday. If we think negatively with the last two matches, we can’t think positively about the games we won against Napoli and Watford. Each match is a new history, a new test and [a chance to move up the table or not]."

FORM GUIDE

POSSIBLE LINE-UPS

Leicester

Schmeichel; Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell; Tielemans, Ndidi, Maddison; Gray, Vardy, Barnes

Arsenal

Leno; Koscielny, Sokratis, Monreal; Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Torreira, Kolasinac; Iwobi; Lacazette, Aubameyang