Probable Lineups

Nottingham Forest
3-4-1-2
Leicester
4-2-3-1
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Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison

(7) 4 Goals 4 (5)
26.9 Average Age 27.6
184.5 Average Height (cm) 180.5
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in FA Cup.

Missing Players

Nottingham Forest
Leicester
Player Reason Status
Loïc Mbe Soh Out
Joe Lolley Out
Alex Mighten Out
Joe Worrall Out
Player Reason Status
Timothy Castagne Out
Wesley Fofana Out
Ryan Bertrand Out
Jamie Vardy Out
Jonny Evans Out
Ricardo Pereira Doubtful
Nampalys Mendy Out

Team News

Nottingham Forest
Leicester
  • Nottingham Forest look set to be without at least four players when they welcome Leicester on Sunday.
  • New arrivals Jonathan Panzo and Sam Surridge will hope to make their Forest debuts this weekend.
  • Forest managed to hold on to Djed Spence despite interest from Tottenham in January in a boost for their promotion push. He was the man of the match against Arsenal last time out in the FA Cup.
  • Forest may well revert back to the three-man defence they used when dumping Arsenal out of the competition.
  • Leicester have recovered Daniel Amartey, Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho from AFCON.
  • Their injury woes have eased significantly of late and now Brendan Rodgers only has five players ruled out here, though Ricardo Pereira is now expected to return for Sunday.
  • James Justin has only just returned from a nightmare injury so he may be held back for next week's game with Liverpool.
  • Nampalys Mendy has been re-added to Leicester's Premier League squad for the remainder of the season but he is still at AFCON.

Head to Head Stats

Prediction

  • Nottingham Forest's four-game winning streak came to an end last time out. They are now two points off the play-offs in the Championship.
  • The break came at a good time for Leicester. Brendan Rodgers' squad had been decimated by injuries and players away at AFCON but now most of those are back.
  • Leicester had a lot of postponements over Christmas so it's been a tough few months for them. The Foxes have only won three of the last 10 matches they have managed to play.
  • This is the first meeting between the two sides since 2014 when goals from Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez earned Leicester a 2-2 draw in the Championship.
  • Forest have only lost one of their last nine home games and did dump Arsenal out of the third round, but are the underdogs here.
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