Relegation-threatened Leicester City welcome European hopefuls Fulham to the King Power Stadium for a Premier League clash on Saturday afternoon.
The Foxes and The Cottagers will face each other for the first time since late August, when the latter won 2-1 at Craven Cottage.
Latest Leicester vs Fulham team information
Leicester are still having to cope without injured quartet Mads Hermansen (groin), Wilfred Ndidi (hamstring), Abdul Fatawu (knee) and Ricardo Pereira (muscle).
Woyo Coulibaly joined the Foxes from Parma on Wednesday, and although the right-back has yet to train with his new team-mates, he could be available for selection against Fulham, provided the necessary paperwork in his transfer is completed.
Odsonne Edouard is ineligible to play against parent club Crystal Palace, but the forward is available to return to Van Nistelrooy's squad this weekend and is one of five attackers alongside Jordan Ayew, Patson Daka, Kasey McAteer and Bobby De Cordova-Reid who will push for a return.
As for Fulham, right-back Kenny Tete and winger Reiss Nelson both remain sidelined as they continue their recovery from knee and thigh injuries respectively.
However, Sander Berge could start in midfield ahead of either Andreas Pereira or Sasa Lukic after recovering from the ankle injury that has seen him miss the last five games.
Silva is unlikely to make too many changes, if any, to his starting line-up, with an attacking quartet of Iwobi, Emile Smith Rowe, Harry Wilson and centre-forward Raul Jimenez set to remain unchanged.
Leicester vs Fulham latest expected lineup
Leicester City:
Stolarczyk; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Winks, Soumare; Ayew, Buonanotte, McAteer; Vardy
Fulham:
Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Pereira, Lukic; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez
Latest Leicester vs Fulham football review
Since winning his first Premier League game as Leicester manager in early December, Ruud van Nistelrooy has failed to lead his new side to victory in any of their last seven top-flight games, including six straight defeats in which they conceded at least two goals.
Foxes supporters were left frustrated on Wednesday night as they watched their side suffer a third successive home defeat without scoring, managing just four of their 21 shots on target in a 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace.
Only once have Leicester suffered a longer losing streak in the Premier League than the current six-game run - losing eight in a row between March and April 2001 under former boss Peter Taylor.
Currently 19th in the Premier League, last season's Championship champions are in danger of being relegated straight to the second tier, but they are just two points from safety and Van Nistelrooy knows a rapid improvement in form could see them climb the table.
Leicester have taken nine of their 14 Premier League points at the King Power Stadium this season, but they go into this weekend's game having lost their last two home games against Fulham, including their last (1-0) in January 2023.
Fulham's nine-match unbeaten run in all competitions and eight-match unbeaten run in the Premier League - their longest such run in the division for nearly two decades - came to an end on Tuesday night, as they were beaten 2-3 by Graham Potter's West Ham United at the London Stadium.
Antonee Robinson registered eight and nine assists for the season as he set up Alex Iwobi for two second-half goals, the second of which saw the visitors equalise 12 minutes from time, setting up a tense end for the hosts. However, Fulham were unable to find a late equaliser and were ultimately condemned to their first defeat since November last year.
Marco Silva insisted after the game that "the better team lost" in east London and "the result could have been completely different if we had taken our chances". However, Fulham are currently 10th in the table and just five points off the top seven and seven off fifth place.
Fulham have had no problem scoring away from home in recent weeks, having scored in each of their last nine away Premier League games - their longest scoring streak away from home in the competition.
The Cottagers can be confident of success on Saturday, having won six of their 11 Premier League meetings with Leicester (D3 L2); against no other team they have played at least 10 times in the league and have a higher win percentage (55%, also against Bolton Wanderers).
Leicester vs Fulham score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Leicester vs Fulham match:
- Sportsmole: Leicester 1-3 Fulham
- WhoScore: Leicester 0-2 Fulham
- Our prediction: Leicester 1-3 Fulham
When and where to watch Leicester vs Fulham live?
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