Leicester City travel to South Yorkshire on Saturday to face Rotherham United as the Foxes look to make it four wins out of four in the Championship.
Enzo Maresca’s side have started the season in perfect fashion winning all four games in all competitions. The Italian’s 100% record was preserved on Saturday thanks to a late winner from his fellow countryman and debutant Cesare Casadei, as Leicester beat Cardiff City 2-1. Leicester are by no means the finished article and Maresca is still keen to reinforce his side ahead of the transfer window shutting in just under ten days. The Foxes are rumoured to be desperate to add to their wide options with Galatasaray’s Yunus Akgun and Sporting Lisbon’s Abdul Fatawu Issahaku on City’s radar.
Leicester had never won their opening four games before so the Foxes are in uncharted waters as they look to improve their impressive start against a side tipped for relegation. The East Midlands side will likely dominate large spells of possession against a side likely to field a low block and frustrate the Foxes. But Blues fans will be hoping Leicester can continue to find ways to win.
Predicted Leicester City XI
Goalkeeper and Defenders
Mads Hermansen: The Danish goalkeeper overcame an injury to return to the side on Saturday after he missed the away trip to Huddersfield. Hermansen had very little to do against Cardiff but was called into action on the odd occasion to make a couple of crucial saves.
Ricardo Pereira: The Portuguese right-back looks set to stay at the club as the deadline edges closer and will likely operate in the midfield for most of this fixture as Leicester will dominate possession.
Wout Faes: The Belgian has been linked with a move away but at this stage a deal looks unlikely and the January signing has started the season very well.
Jannik Vestergaard: Vestergaard’s Leicester career looked dead and buried two months ago but a new manager and an injury to Conor Coady has given the Dane the opportunity to reinvent himself. He has started well this season and with the Foxes lacking depth at the back it is not expected that he will leave.
Callum Doyle: The Manchester City loanee has fit straight into this system seamlessly. After impressing last season at Coventry Doyle has picked up right where he left off and looks to be a good bit of business.
Midfielders and Attackers
Harry Winks: Has looked top quality in the opening few games. With Leicester dominating the ball it is important to have a player in that midfield that loves to pass the ball. Winks is the conductor in this Maresca side he is so important to the way we play and without him everyone else is ineffective.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Leicester’s academy product has his suitors with big Premier League clubs sniffing around including Man City and Liverpool, but time is ticking away. If he is to leave late in the window it will come as a massive blow to Maresca who needs Dewsbury-Hall for his promotion push.
Cesare Casadei: Leicester’s latest signing made an instant impact on Saturday scoring the late winner in his short cameo. The Italian started from the bench with Maresca deciding it was too early to throw him straight into the team so opted to start Wilfred Ndidi instead. But against Rotherham, there will be less defending and more probing and Leicester may need the Italian to pop up with a goal again.
Stephy Mavididi: The winger had been arguably Leicester’s most exciting of the summer so far. He is a bag of tricks and has already got himself on the scoresheet this season against Huddersfield and could have had another against Cardiff on Saturday. Mavididi is quickly establishing himself as a fan favourite.
Wanya Marcal-Madivadua: There must be no better feeling to score your first Leicester goal in your first home start, and not only that, for it to be an absolute peach. Leicester’s academy product slammed Leicester ahead on Saturday with a sweet volley and will be keen to add more this weekend.
Kelechi Iheanacho: The Nigerian’s name keeps getting chucked around on the transfer rumour mill, with Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace being linked with him this week. But for now, he remains a Leicester player and with Leicester City target Joel Piroe completing a move to Leeds United, replacement options are limited.