Predicted Leicester City starting XI Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 02: Ayoze Perez of Leicester City celebrates with Jamie Vardy after scoring his sides first goal during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Leicester City and Atalanta at The King Power Stadium on August 02, 2019 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images) /

The Premier League is finally underway. Leicester City play Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday with Brendan Rodgers giving some starting XI hints.

Thank the Lord – the Premier League is back! The first match saw Liverpool do a first-half demolition job on newly promoted Norwich City. With the final score ending 4-1 to the Reds.

Leicester City must wait until Sunday for their opener: Wolverhampton Wanderers play the Foxes at King Power Stadium. This is a tough test and initial fixtures go, with regards to both sides. Wolves qualified for Europe last season with a simply marvelous campaign. They will be dangerous again this term, and vying with City for seventh or even a sixth place finish.

Expected Leicester City line-up for Wolves clash

Wolves usually play three centre-backs, along with having a very dynamic interchangeable methodology. While Leicester won’t change their set-up or system, they did plan for the opposition’s formation.

Actually, the final friendly of pre-season was against Atalanta who employ a very similar layout. So it’s easy to understand the theory of practicing versus comparable opponents.

Filip Benkovic has been passed fit according to Brendan Rodgers on lcfc.com, although FoL envisage a substitute place for him. Wilfred Ndidi was also given the gaffer’s all clear, he has been playing non-stop due to the African Cup of Nations. Choudhury has played well as Ndidi’s replacement.

It is unclear whether latest signing Dennis Praet will be included, though the boss said he improves the squad. It would be strange if Rodgers altered from the Italian warm-up game.

Therefore we imagine the Foxes will go with the usual 4-1-2-2-1. You are welcome to label it a 4-3-3 if that makes you more comfortable, and it is the standard Rodgers layout. Additionally, the formation can transform to a 4-1-4-1 when being attacked.

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Predicted Leicester XI

Kasper Schmeichel; Ricardo Pereira, Caglar Soyuncu, Jonny Evans, Ben Chilwell; Hamza Choudhury; Youri Tielemans, James Maddison; Ayoze Perez, Marc Albrighton; Jamie Vardy.

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What’s your scoreline prediction for this mouth-watering Midlands contest? Foxes of Leicester speculate a 3-2 triumph for the Foxes.