Leicester vs Liverpool: Express Sport brings you LIVE scores, news and updates from the King Power Stadium
19: Shinji Okazaki looks to chip an audacious effort over Simon Mignolet, but the forward gets his angles wrong. Joel Matip then clears a corner.
17: Booked. Marc Albrighton is shown a yellow for a late challenge on Mo Salah.
LEICESTER 0-1 LIVERPOOL – SALAH
15: Mo Salah makes amends instantly with a terrific goal.
Philippe Coutinho’s sends a cross to the back post, and Salah somehow squeezes his header past Kasper Schmeichel from a very acute angle.
14: Woodwork! Liverpool are wondering how they aren’t winning. Emre Can slams a 20-yard effort that hits the post and Mo Salah knocks the rebound wide. All he had to do was hit the target.
11: This is vintage Leicester today. We’re talking Ranieri title-winning tactics here. Okazaki releases Vardy again but the striker fails to catch Mignolet off his line.
8: Liverpool are finding it difficult to keep possession for any significant period, and they’ve just been exposed. Okazaki clips it over the top to the travelling Vardy, who opens his body but the angle was tricky and Mignolet blocks. Mahrez volleys the rebound over the bar.
5: Roberto Firmino gets in behind the Leicester defence, but his cross from the byline is too close to Kasper Schmeichel.
3: Jamie Vardy has scored five goals in his last three Premier League games against Liverpool, including two braces at the King Power Stadium. He’s not seen the ball yet though, Liverpool are having most of the possession.
LEICESTER 0-0 LIVERPOOL
1: Yep, we’re underway at the King Power Stadium. The pitch is absolutely immaculate and the atmosphere is bouncing. Standard stuff for Leicester I suppose…
17:27: Sorry there’s not been much time for chit-chat. I’ve just wolfed down a Katsu Curry from Sainsbury’s and my mouth is now sizzling. We’re almost underway.
17:24: Jamie Vardy returns for Leicester after missing the midweek win over Liverpool with a groin injury.
Christian Fuchs makes the bench but Leonardo Ulloa misses out. The Foxes are also without Matty James who has been ruled out for up to six weeks with an Achilles problem.
Dejan Lovren is in for Liverpool despite not having trained because of a back problem that has caused him to miss the last two games.
Joel Matip and Emre Can are both involved despite picking up knocks last week.
17:20: Here’s the starting XI’s folks…
Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Mahrez, Ndidi, King, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.
Subs: Gray, Iheanacho, Hamer, Amartey, Slimani, Iborra, Fuchs.
Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Gomez, Matip, Lovren, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Coutinho.
Subs: Karius, Milner, Sturridge, Klavan, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Solanke, Alexander-Arnold.
Referee: Anthony Taylor.
17:15: Good evening folks, welcome to our LIVE coverage of Leicester v Liverpool from the King Power Stadium.
There’s a touch of deja vu about this one.
The Foxes sent Jurgen Klopp’s side crashing out of the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday.
But will we see a repeat tonight? There’s only one way to find out! Let’s get going.
LEICESTER TEAM NEWS
Jamie Vardy is expected to return to the Leicester squad.
Vardy missed the Carabao Cup game against Jurgen Klopp’s team on Tuesday night with a groin injury but he has resumed training and will be back in contention should he suffer no ill effects.
Fellow striker Leonardo Ulloa suffered a head injury against Liverpool in midweek but is fine and Christian Fuchs is fit again after his recent eye problem. However, midfielder Matty James is out for between four and six weeks with the Achilles injury he sustained against Chelsea.
LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS
Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren is unlikely to feature at Leicester as he has not trained this week because of the back injury which forced him to sit out their last two matches.
Fellow centre-back Joel Matip is also a doubt as he is carrying a knock from last weekend’s draw with Burnley.
Midfielder Emre Can returned to training on Thursday after recovering from a minor injury while forward Sadio Mane serves the final match of his suspension.
PROVISIONAL SQUADS
Leicester Squad: Schmeichel, Jakupovic, Hamer, Simpson, Fuchs, Morgan, Chilwell, Maguire, Dragovic, Wasilewski, Benalouane, Iborra, Ndidi, Amartey, Gray, Albrighton, Mahrez, Musa, Vardy, Ulloa, Slimani, Okazaki, Iheanacho.
Liverpool squad: Mignolet, Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Klavan, Moreno, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Coutinho, Salah, Sturridge, Firmino, Flanagan, Matip, Milner, Robertson, Grujic, Can, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Solanke, Ings.
HISTORY
Last season: No corresponding fixture
Last five league matches: Burnley W L D W D; Huddersfield W W D L D
Top scorers (all competitions): Chris Wood (Burnley) 4; Steve Mounie (Huddersfield) 2
