The walls around King Power Stadium were recently figuratively closing in on latest Leicester City head coach Marti Cifuentes. Before the previous international break back in October, the Foxes finally reverted to winning thanks to a great away triumph at Swansea City. Subsequently, City went on an atrocious run and only just regained partial form as the next set of National Team matches got underway.
Since that time, LCFC have managed another win to make it successive victories in the Sky Bet Championship. Although the East Midlands outfit now face other problems; things they thought were bad and distant memories. Injuries are now piling up at Leicester's Seagrave Training Centre. We are getting close to the amount of unfit players that we suffered in a terrible run of fitness under Brendan Rodgers.
Lord knows what was happening with Rodgers' medical staff in the treatment room?! Thankfully, City haven't quite sustained as many difficulties as back then but it is a cause for concern. In addition to having that worry, suspensions are now a disturbance too. One defender is already unavailable for selection against Southampton on Tuesday evening. And further Foxes are at risk of festive bans.
Disciplinary apprehension now prevalent for Leicester City
Luke Thomas won't play versus the Saints. That is a miss in this case because City only have three senior, defensive personnel fit according to Leicester Mercury: Wout Faes, Hamza Choudhury and Jannik Vestergaard.
Captain Ricardo Pereira isn't usually risked in midweek - he may have to be now. Though he's also walking a suspensions tightrope at the moment. The Portuguese fan favourite is one yellow card away from being out of action for one match.
"Choudhury, Vestergaard, Abdul Fatawu and Oliver Skipp are all on three yellow cards and must avoid two cautions over the next three matches to evade suspension, with the cut-off after the 19th game of the campaign, against Derby on Saturday, December 6."LCFC Live
Similarly, Abdul Fatawu, Oliver Skipp, Choudhury and Vestergaard are only two bookings away from being forced out of a fixture. Though that threshold returns to zero after three matches.