How Leicester City line up at the bet365 Stadium, with no Abdul Fatawu nor Jordan Ayew in the squad, and with Victor Kristiansen coming in for Luke Thomas at left-back
Abdul Fatawu of Leicester City during the Sky Bet Championship match between Birmingham City and Leicester City(Image: Leicester City FC via Getty Imag)
Abdul Fatawu is missing from Gary Rowett’s first Leicester City line-up with just two changes made by the new manager at Stoke.
The Ghanaian was left out of last weekend’s trip to Southampton amid caution over his knee, but he did train this week.
In his place, Jeremy Monga starts on the right wing at the bet365 Stadium. That’s one of just two changes from City’s last league game, with Victor Kristiansen in for Luke Thomas at left-back as the other.
There’s no Jordan Ayew in the squad for City either. With Fatawu, that takes City’s list of absent players to nine.
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It means, in some areas, there’s limited choice. At centre-back, Ben Nelson and Caleb Okoli start with Jamaal Lascelles still out.
They will play in front of Asmir Begovic, who is preferred to Jakub Stolarczyk in goal. Ricardo Pereira captains the team from right-back.
In midfield, Harry Winks and Oliver Skipp are preferred as the deeper pairing, with Joe Aribo, eligible again after missing the clashes with Southampton, only on the bench.
Divine Mukasa plays in attacking midfield, with Monga one side and Stephy Mavididi the other, and with Patson Daka up front.
With Ayew out, Dujuan Richards or Silko Thomas will be the striker back-up should Daka need replacing during the game.
City (4-2-3-1): Begovic; Ricardo, Okoli, Nelson, Kristiansen; Winks, Skipp; Monga, Mukasa, Mavididi; Daka.
Subs: Stolarczyk, Aluko, Gray, L Thomas, Aribo, Page, Marcal, Richards, S Thomas.
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