Leicester City vs Leeds United

One of the most high-stakes encounters in the young Premier League season pits rock-bottom Leicester City and Leeds United against each other at the King Power Stadium.

Brendan Rodgers’ future as a Leicester City manager is hanging by a thread after Crystal Palace held the ‘Foxes’ to a scoreless draw at the King Power last weekend, leaving them nailed to the bottom of the Premier League table. The only bright spot in an otherwise abysmal league start for Leicester was a 4-0 thumping of promoted Nottingham Forest a fortnight ago, which already looks like a fluke. Rodgers’ men have since gone winless in consecutive Premier League games against fellow bottom-half strugglers Palace and Bournemouth (D1, L1), putting their long-serving head coach at risk. There’s been some improvement, though, as Leicester kept two clean sheets across their last three top-flight outings, as many as in their previous 20! Another shutout here would see them go consecutive Premier League fixtures without conceding for the first time since March.

Encouragingly for the home side, the last time they achieved that feat, the second game was a 1-0 beating of non-other than Leeds United at this venue. Like their hosts, the ‘Whites’ have found themselves in a peculiar position early in the season following a woeful six-match winless Premier League streak (D2, L4). With only one point separating them from the relegation zone, manager Jesse Marsch could soon wave goodbye to Elland Road unless his men get back on track. The King Power Stadium looks like a good place to start these days, but Leeds’ underwhelming three-game losing away league run suggests otherwise. Another negative result would see the Yorkshire outfit suffer four successive top-flight defeats on the road for the first time since 2004. So the pressure is on Marsch to come up with the goods.