Having thrown away three points in dampening fashion in midweek, Leicester City return to the King Power Stadium for Saturday’s Premier League battle with Aston Villa.
Having thrown away three points in dampening fashion in midweek, Leicester City return to the King Power Stadium for Saturday’s Premier League battle with Aston Villa.
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Match: Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Date: April 23, 2022
Time: 07:30 PM (IST)
Venue: King Power Stadium
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A quartet of consecutive defeats has suddenly seen Aston Villa slump to 15th in the standings with seven games left to play in the 2021-22 season, but an 11-point chasm still separates them from the drop zone, so it would take something truly calamitous for the Lions to be playing Championship football next term.
Nevertheless, conceding nine goals and scoring just two in their spate of defeats is a serious cause for concern for Gerrard, whose side have not drawn a Premier League match away from home for over a year but would probably accept a solitary point at the King Power fortress. Keeping with the theme of Leicester conceding last-minute goals, the forgotten man Ross Barkley propelled Villa to a late 1-0 win at the King Power last term, and the Lions are aiming for a first league double against the Foxes since the 2003-04 campaign after marching to a 2-1 success at Villa Park back in December.
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Young; Ramsey, Luiz, McGinn; Coutinho, Watkins, Bailey
Last-minute goals have now bedevilled Leicester twice in the space of a week, and any hopes of the Foxes returning to Europe via their league position are slim to none, with Rodgers’s ninth-placed side now 11 points adrift of seventh-placed West Ham United, albeit with two games in hand.
A top-seven finish may be a write-off at this point, and Leicester fans ought to care more about their side’s Conference League fortunes heading into the final few weeks of the season, with the first leg of their semi-final with Roma taking place on Thursday night. For now, though, Leicester will set out to win their fourth Premier League game on the bounce at home, and they have lost just one of their last nine top-flight games at the King Power, which will host one of the biggest European nights in the club’s history five days after the visit of the Lions.
Schmeichel; Justin, Amartey, Soyuncu, Castagne; Tielemans, Mendy; Albrighton, Maddison, Barnes; Daka
The European fatigue has not been particularly kind to Leicester in recent weeks, and with Rodgers potentially shuffling the pack ahead of Thursday night, Villa can feel somewhat optimistic about the prospect of ending their losing run.
Leicester seldom give much away in front of their own fans, though, and with the Foxes desperate to enter their European semi-final on a high note, we expect Rodgers’s men to emerge victorious and prolong Gerrard’s misery. But their recent form is extremely troubling. They are 11 points ahead of 18th-placed Burnley, so it is highly unlikely that they will be involved in a relegation battle. However, given the money spent by the club in recent windows, the very notion of looking behind to ensure their safety certainly does not bode well.
Leicester City 2-1 Aston Villa, as predicted by us.