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Leicester City at the FIFA World Cup: A comprehensive guide

By Josh Curnock

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, AA - JUNE 13: General views around the city ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on June 13, 2018 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, AA - JUNE 13: General views around the city ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on June 13, 2018 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) /
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SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – JUNE 13: Jamie Vardy of England laughs during the England media access at Spartak Zelenogorsk Stadium ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2018 on June 13, 2018 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images)
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – JUNE 13: Jamie Vardy of England laughs during the England media access at Spartak Zelenogorsk Stadium ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2018 on June 13, 2018 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images) /

From Fleetwood Town to the FIFA World Cup

From Fleetwood Town to winning the Premier League to making it to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and now the World Cup, Jamie Vardy’s story gets better and better. It can’t get better than that, can it? Would he now score the winner in the World Cup final?

Well, going by England’s previous record, you would have to say it would only be a dream at best. England haven’t reached the advanced stages of the World Cup since 2002 and 2006 when they reached the quarter-finals.

The 31-year old will be hoping he can score some goals to get them out of the group stages, which would at least be better than England’s previous campaign in Brazil in 2014. Jamie Vardy has a decent record for England with seven goals in 22 caps, and he will be hoping he can keep that up.

BURTON-UPON-TRENT, ENGLAND – MAY 28: Harry Maguire talks to journalist after an England training session at St Georges Park on May 28, 2018 in Burton-upon-Trent, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)
BURTON-UPON-TRENT, ENGLAND – MAY 28: Harry Maguire talks to journalist after an England training session at St Georges Park on May 28, 2018 in Burton-upon-Trent, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images) /

Another Leicester City player hoping to make his World Cup debut for England will be Harry Maguire. After an impressive season for Leicester City, he has not only surprisingly made the England squad but has been tipped to be in the starting XI of England’s opening game. After relegation with Hull City, not many would have predicted the centre-back to be in such a position.

Vardy and Maguire could both could find themselves playing against another Leicester player in their opening game of the World Cup in Yohann Benalouane, who has been called up for the Tunisia squad after making his debut for them in 2018.

This will be Tunisia’s fifth World Cup but they have never made it past the group stages, and they will have another tough ask this time, too.

You can follow Jamie Vardy, Harry Maguire and Yohan Benalouane in the following games:

  • Tunisia v England (Monday, June 18th,7pm BST)
  • Belgium v Tunisia (Saturday, June 23rd, 1pm BST)
  • England v Panama (Sunday, June 24th, 1pm BST)
  • England v Belgium (Thursday, June 28th, 7pm BST)
  • Panama v Tunisia (Thursday, June 28th, 7pm BST)
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