Leicester v Southampton: injury news on Jamie Vardy, James Maddison

Leicester City entertain Southampton at King Power Stadium on Saturday evening, in a crunch match towards the top of the Premier League.

This one is going to be a cracker of a Leicester City game, trust me: that statement stands whether the outcome involves a bunch of goals, or even if a well-devised game plan garners a small margin of victory.

Or, heaven forbid, the match ends 0-0 after master tacticians Brendan Rodgers and Southampton’s Ralph Hasenhuttl cancel one another’s teams out. Speaking of the Foxes gaffer, he’s given a much-needed injury update ahead of the contest.

Injury news for Jamie Vardy, James Maddison

Here’s BBC Sport’s quote from Rodgers on vital City duo Jamie Vardy and James Maddison after confirming that they are again available:

"“They [Vardy and Maddison] weren’t rested, it would have been a huge risk for them to play. They’ve had issues going on through the season, and that week gave us a window for them to get treatment.”– Brendan Rodgers"

Elsewhere in the Leicester City sphere

In other Leicester news, the manager also divulged information on his encouragement of winger Marc Albrighton. Rodgers’ desire, which he conveyed to the latter, was to see more goals from the former-Aston Villa man. Funnily enough, Albrighton supplied that straight away for his boss with a very tidy finish against Stoke City in the 4-0 FA Cup clash.

In recent times, the Leicester title-winner has actually reclaimed his place in the Foxes side; that is despite FoL, among others, being nonbelievers. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that Albrighton will be able to retain that spot when Ricardo Pereira returns. The Portuguese is tipped for a more advanced role in the starting eleven; incorporating both Timothy Castagne and James Justin in defence or in the wingback positions, as well.