Fulham Vs Leicester City: latest injury updates, match news, prediction

It will be strange, and comforting, to see and play against Claudio Ranieri, Leicester City’s title-winning manager. His Fulham side welcome the Foxes to Craven Cottage on Wednesday evening; in anticipation here is the latest comprehensive injury and match news:

Fulham and ‘Uncle’ Claudio Ranieri – as some of Leicester City’s Blue Army refer to their former manager – host the Foxes in the Premier League, Wednesday. Ranieri is particularly fondly honoured in Leicester, as the man at the helm when they finished first in the top-flight.

Form of both teams is as so: the Foxes have won two and drawn three in their five previous outings. Whereas, the Lilywhites have won one match, losing the other four league games. The Italian boss has been in charge for only two matches.

Claude Puel has just concluded his pre-match press conference at the King Power Stadium, here is everything most noteworthy ahead of the Cottagers clash:

"Claude Puel says he’s not sure if Jamie Vardy will be fit to face Fulham. [LCFC Live].“We will see for the moment. He felt something (on Saturday).”Puel confirms Harry Maguire returned to training on Monday, but it’s unlikely he will return to action against Fulham. [LCFC Live].“It was his first training session this morning. It was a good feeling, a good freshness.“We will see for Saturday, if he can train regularly until Saturday.”“Rachid [Ghezzal] is the same. He won’t be ready for Wednesday but maybe for Saturday”On his system switch:“In training we continue to develop counter-attacks.“I have said before I want us to be able to adapt against any team and be able to play with technical players and also counter-attack.”On the opponents:“They have a squad with a lot of quality, a lot of technique.” He also respects Ranieri, especially for what was achieved at Leicester City.“For the moment I don’t know my starting team.”– Claude Puel(Via: Leicester Mercury)"

So, Harry Maguire is still unavailable, although he returned to training. Auspicious, for the Foxes’ faithful.

Starting XI prediction

Therefore, Foxes of Leicester can select a predicted Leicester City starting lineup for the West London game:

Kasper Schmeichel; Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Wes Morgan, Ben Chilwell; Wilfred Ndidi, Papy Mendy; Marc Albrighton, James Maddison, Demarai Gray; Kelechi Iheanacho.

That is almost the exact beginning 4-2-3-1 side which took three points from Watford at the weekend. Encouragingly, Puel will now look to consistently instate what he believes is the most prominent Leicester City team. Unfortunately, reportedly, Vardy’s groin injury may require surgery.

There are still some question marks over players in the side, for example Demarai Gray: inconsistency and decision-making need improvement. While, his effort and selflessness was praised versus the Hornets.

Kick off in the Fulham, Leicester City match is at 7:45pm GMT, December 5. Expect a Foxes triumph, FoL speculate a successive 2-0 victory.