Chrisene was an unused substitute for the midweek 2-0 league win against Sheffield Wednesday, while centre back Cordoba was left out as a precuation.
Mathias Kvistgaarden gets the nod up front for Philippe Clement’s side, after striker Mohamed Toure was ruled out for ‘four to six weeks’ with the groin injury that saw him depart inside the opening 10 minutes against the Owls.
Paris Maghoma starts behind the Dane, with Liam Gibbs and Ali Ahmed in the attacking midfield trio.
Sam Field replaces Jacob Wright alongside captain Kenny McLean in central midfield.
Oscar Schwartau was ruled out by Clement for ‘a number of weeks’ prior to the recent Birmingham defeat with the hamstring injury suffered in the 3-1 FA Cup fourth round win against West Brom.
Midfielder Pelle Mattsson is back in light training and targeting a return next month from his ankle injury. Matej Jurasek is set to be out for ‘six to seven weeks’ with a foot injury.
Jovon Makama (foot) and Papa Amadou Diallo (quad) are set to miss most of the run in.
Manchester United loanee Harry Amass (hamstring) has returned to his parent club to continue his rehab but Clement has made it clear City have not terminated the loan in the hope he can still feature at the back-end of the season.
Gabe Forsyth is still following a rehab plan as he bids to make a competitive return since injuring his knee in November 2024.
Jeffery Schlupp and Shane Duffy (hamstring) remain longer term absentees. Mirko Topic and Ante Crnac are out for the season with ACL knee injuries.
Leicester were forced into a change to their keeper in the warm up, when one-time keeper target Jakub Stolarczyk replaced Asmir Begovic in the Foxes’ starting line up.
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Leicester City (starting XI): Stolarczyk, Ricardo, Okoli, Nelson, L Thomas, Winks, Skipp, Fatawu, De Cordova-Reid, Mukasa, Daka. (Subs): Vieites, James, Ayew, Mavididi, Aribo, Laselles, Page, Monga, Aluko.
Norwich City (starting XI): Kovacevic, Fisher, McConville, Cordoba, Chrisene; McLean (C), Field; Gibbs, Maghoma, Ahmed; Kvistgaarden. (Subs): Grimshaw, Stacey, Medic, Darling, Springett, Wright, Slimane, Marcondes, Mundle-Smith.
Referee: Adam Herczeg