Leicester v Brighton & Hove Albion: Likely line-ups for Premier League clash

Glenn Murray. Picture by PW Sporting PhotographyGlenn Murray. Picture by PW Sporting Photography
Glenn Murray. Picture by PW Sporting Photography
Two of the Premier League's out-of-form teams meet at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday evening when Leicester City entertain Brighton.

Both sides are winless in six league matches and the Foxes sacked manager Claude Puel after their 4-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

That result left them 12th in the table, five points above 16th-placed Brighton who are now only three points above the relegation zone.

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The sides drew 1-1 at the Amex earlier this season. Glenn Murray gave Albion an early lead, before Leicester were reduced to ten men when James Maddison was sent off for two bookings.

Jamie Vardy's late penalty ensured the Foxes went home with a point.

LEICESTER CITY

Goalkeeping coach Mike Stowell and first team coach Adam Sadler are in joint caretaker charge for the game, after Claude Puel was sacked on Sunday.

Left-back Ben Chilwell is back available after missing Saturday's match with Crystal Palace.

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Foxes captain Wes Morgan and winger Demarai Gray will both hope to come back into the starting line-up if Stowell and Sadler make changes from Saturday's defeat.

Leicester will be without Daniel Amartey and Marc Albrighton, who are sidelined with ankle and hamstring injuries respectively.

Likely line-up: Schmeichel; Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell; Tielemans, Ndidi; Maddison, Gray, Barnes; Vardy. Subs (from): Ward, Simpson, Fuchs, Morgan, Soyuncu, Mendy, Iheanacho, Ghezzal, Okazaki, Choudhury.

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

Forwards Glenn Murray and Jurgen Locadia will both be assessed in training before the game.

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Murray missed the FA Cup win against Derby with a knock and Locadia limped off in that game with an ankle injury. The duo both returned to training on Sunday and Hughton hopes one of them will be available to lead the line at the King Power Stadium with Florin Andone serving the last game of a three-match ban.

Winger Solly March and defender Lewis Dunk are both back in training and are likely to start.

Brighton boss Chris Hughton has a decision to make in the full-back positions with Bernardo and Bruno both pressing for recalls, while midfielder Yves Bissouma and former Leicester winger Anthony Knockaert both impressed in Albion's victory against Derby.

Winger Jose Izquierdo is back in training and could be named in a Brighton squad for the first time since early December.

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Likely line-up: Ryan; Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo; March, Stephens, Propper, Jahanbakhsh; Gross; Murray. Subs (from): Button, Bruno, Burn, Bong, Bissouma, Kayal, Knockaert, Izquierdo, Locadia, Gyokeres.

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