{"id":630965,"date":"2023-10-24T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=630965"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:22:32","slug":"leicester-city-predicted-lineup-vs-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/10\/24\/leicester-city-predicted-lineup-vs-sunderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Changes Anticipated: Leicester City Predicted Lineup vs Sunderland in EFL Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After securing a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lcfc.com\/news\/3746079\/recordbreaking-foxes-seal-swans-win\/featured?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">sixth consecutive league away victory against Swansea City<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Leicester City will hope to continue their push for promotion against Sunderland at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday, October 24. Last Word on Football brings you the Leicester City predicted lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leicester City Predicted Lineup vs Sunderland in EFL Championship<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2728<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, we have won six straight away league matches! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4wXF0BK62c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4wXF0BK62c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leicester City (@LCFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCFC\/status\/1716020316429066497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Leicester City Have Lined-up Recently<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The gruelling Championship schedule may force Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca to rotate his squad to maintain freshness. The latest league victory seemed to display his preferred starting eleven, but another game seventy-two hours later will mean squad depth will be utilised again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/09\/leicester-city-fairy-tale-premier-league-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018It\u2019s Like Finding Elvis Alive\u2019: When Leicester City Defied the Odds and Achieved Their Dream<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To date this season, the manager seems to have no issue in resting key players when required to ensure vital players stay fit and give opportunities to fringe players.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leicester City Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The East Midlands outfit have made the strongest-ever start to a Championship season. Having only dropped three points to date, they sit at the top of the table with thirty-three points from a possible thirty-six. They have seven consecutive league wins, three at home and four away from the King Power stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In terms of tactics, this has remained consistent throughout the season, with right-back Ricardo Pereira mostly being asked to adopt a midfield position when the team are attacking. Giving this extra body in midfield has undoubtedly assisted with an attacking threat. The fluidity of the team and cohesiveness have improved significantly over the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/04\/28\/100-years-of-wembley\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">100 Years of Wembley Stadium: Its Top 10 Greatest Games<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sunderland visit the King Power stadium in inconsistent form. They have lost their last two league games, having won the previous two. They do boast the league\u2019s top scorer, Jack Clarke, who has scored eight goals this season, and the Foxes will need to be wary of this threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leicester City Injuries to Consider<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yunus Akgun will miss the game after needing a scan. Kasey McAteer will be sidelined &#8211; for another week after picking up a hamstring strain at Blackburn Rovers.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lcfc.com\/news\/3701293\/maresca-doyle-out-coady-could-return?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Callum Doyle<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is likely to be out for a considerable period. Dennis Praet remains on the injury list for another fortnight before being considered. Summer signing Tom Cannon is now close to a return to training.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leicester City Predicted Lineup<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GK: Mads Hermansen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RB: Ricardo Pereira<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CB: Conor Coady<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CB: Harry Souttar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LB: Hamza Choudhury<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CDM: Harry Winks<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RM: Wilfred Ndidi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LM: Kiernan Dewsbury Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RW: Stephy Mavididi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LW: Abdul Fatawu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ST: Kelechi Iheanacho<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After securing a\u00a0sixth consecutive league away victory against Swansea City, Leicester City will hope to continue their push for promotion against Sunderland at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday, October 24. Last Word on Football brings you the Leicester City predicted lineup. Leicester City Predicted Lineup vs Sunderland in EFL Championship \u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2728 For the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4793,"featured_media":629325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,32,1831],"tags":[239,9936],"class_list":["post-630965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leicester-city","category-league-football","category-starting-line-up","tag-efl-championship","tag-leicester-city-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}