Leicester City Vs Brighton: Rodgers appointment, starting XI, prediction

Leicester City meet Brighton on Tuesday evening in the first match since Claude Puel was dismissed. Here’s the Starting XI and Foxes of Leicester’s result prediction.

Leicester City have announced the appointment of Brendan Rodgers as new manager. He is at the King Power Stadium at this moment and expected to be unveiled during tonight’s contest. See more at lcfc.com.

While former Fox and ex-Celtic manager Neil Lennon will be returning to Glasgow to be Hoops boss once more, according to BBC Sport, as a replacement for Rodgers.

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Leicester City starting XI Vs Brighton

Joint caretaker managers Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler have chosen their first, and last, starting lineup for Leicester; the Northern Irishman will take control on Saturday versus Watford. Setup looks like a 4-3-3 formation:

Kasper Schmeichel; Ben Chilwell, Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Ricardo Pereira; Wilfred Ndidi; Youri Tielemans, James Maddison; Harvey Barnes, Demarai Gray; Jamie Vardy.

Substitutes: Danny Ward, Wes Morgan, Christian Fuchs, Nampalys Mendy, Shinji Okazaki, Kelechi Iheanacho, Rachid Ghezzal.

While goalkeeper and his defence are particularly self-explanatory, Ndidi sits in front of them for protection. Maddison is slightly deeper with support from the all action, up and down the pitch Tielemans. Gray and Barnes back Vardy as support-forwards on either side. Of course Chilwell returns to his usual place.

With only eight points separating the East Midlands club from the relegation zone, a win is desperately needed on Filbert Way tonight. Regardless of how it comes, who scores or who’s in charge.

Kick off between the Foxes and the Seagulls is at 19:45 GMT. Expect a Leicester win; if you’re gonna twist my arm, I’ll guess at a 2-0 victory!