{"id":632410,"date":"2023-12-09T01:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T06:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=632410"},"modified":"2023-12-08T08:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:33:25","slug":"leicester-city-predicted-lineup-plymouth-argyle-ricardo-pereira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/09\/leicester-city-predicted-lineup-plymouth-argyle-ricardo-pereira\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Player Unavailable: Leicester City Predicted Lineup vs Plymouth Argyle in EFL Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City will be determined to stay atop the EFL Championship Table as they take on Plymouth Argyle at The King Power Stadium on Saturday, December 9<sup>th<\/sup>. Last Word on Football brings you the predicted lineup for the Foxes.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Leicester City Predicted Lineup vs Plymouth Argyle in EFL Championship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back home on Saturday \ud83d\udc4d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VBhFwJ2mew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VBhFwJ2mew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leicester City (@LCFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCFC\/status\/1732787298352144417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Leicester City Have Lined-up Recently<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Manager Enzo Maresca reverted to his preferred starting eleven against West Brom after making substantial changes in the previous game against Sheffield Wednesday where they dropped points against the lowest side in the division. The return of the regular starters made a significant difference in the fluidity and performance of the team.<\/p>\n<p>During the week, the Italian manager has once again reinforced the importance of \u00a0Portuguese Ricardo Pereira, who is being used as a floating right back. His presence in midfield whilst the team is attacking allows for successful transitions and additional firepower.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/09\/leicester-city-fairy-tale-premier-league-journey\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018It\u2019s Like Finding Elvis Alive\u2019: When Leicester City Defied the Odds and Achieved Their Dream<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An injury-time winner against promotion rivals West Brom last weekend will have given the team a much-needed boost. The nature of the performance as well as the result will give the players, the management, and the fans another indication of their potential.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leicester City Recent Form and Tactics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Midlands club currently sit at the top of the table with 46 points and a one-point gap between themselves and second-place Ipswich Town. There is still an eight-point gap over third-place Leeds United and the Foxes would want to maintain and hopefully increase this cushion over the festive period<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/04\/28\/100-years-of-wembley\/\" target=\"_self\">100 Years of Wembley Stadium: Its Top 10 Greatest Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Opponents Plymouth Argyle currently sit in sixteenth place with 22 points. They have secured seven points in the last five games, the same as their opponents. They come into the game on the back of a victory against Stoke City at home last weekend.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>L<\/strong><strong>eicester City Injuries and Suspensions to Consider<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The manager has the luxury of an almost fully fit squad. Callum Doyle is still not available for selection and is a long-term absentee. Key player Ricardo Pereira misses the game having picked up five bookings. He will be eligible to play against Millwall on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Leicester City Predicted Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>GK: Mads Hermansen<\/p>\n<p>RB: Hamza Choudhury<\/p>\n<p>CB: Jaanik Vestergaard<\/p>\n<p>CB: Wout Faes<\/p>\n<p>LB: James Justin<\/p>\n<p>CDM: Harry Winks<\/p>\n<p>CM: Wilfred Ndidi<\/p>\n<p>CM: Kiernan Dewsbury Hall<\/p>\n<p>LW: Stephy Mavididi<\/p>\n<p>ST: Jamie Vardy<\/p>\n<p>RW: Abdul Fatawu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City will be determined to stay atop the EFL Championship Table as they take on Plymouth Argyle at The King Power Stadium on Saturday, December 9th. Last Word on Football brings you the predicted lineup for the Foxes. Leicester City Predicted Lineup vs Plymouth Argyle in EFL Championship Back home on Saturday \ud83d\udc4d pic.twitter.com\/VBhFwJ2mew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4793,"featured_media":631917,"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":[15,33,1831],"tags":[173,3282,1177],"class_list":["post-632410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leicester-city","category-championship","category-starting-line-up","tag-leicester-city","tag-predicted-lineup","tag-ricardo-pereira"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632410","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=632410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}