Tottenham could increase the pressure on Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers when the two teams meet in the Premier League this weekend.
It has been confirmed that the game will take place in North London despite multiple cancellations in matches in the English top flight.
Tottenham-Leicester will continue despite further postponements of the Premier League
Antonio Conte’s side are undefeated in the league so far, but lost 2-0 in the Champions League to Sporting Lisbon midweek.
While Leicester boss Rodgers has had nearly two weeks to try to find a solution to his team’s problems as they find themselves at the bottom of the league without a win this season.
The Foxes have lost each of their last five Premier League games, which is manager Rodgers’ longest losing streak in his league career.
Tottenham vs Leicester: how to follow
This Premier League match will be played Saturday 17th September.
Kick-off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is at 17:30
The tie will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League with coverage from 5pm.
talkSPORT will have updates during the game, while talkSPORT.com will publish a live blog for all the action.
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– Leicester are currently at the bottom of the Premier League standings.
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Tottenham-Leicester: team news
Lucas Moura is the only player who will not be available for Tottenham on Saturday.
Harry Kane will start offense from Conte’s side and look to continue his excellent record against Leicester.
The striker has scored 19 goals against the Foxes, more than he has scored against any other club.
Rodgers will still miss Ricardo Pereira and midfielder Dennis Praet is struggling to be fit for the weekend.
New signing Wout Faes could go straight into the squad to help fix a defense that has conceded 16 goals in six games.
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– Harry Kane has scored more goals against Leicester than against any other team in his career
Tottenham-Leicester: What was said?
Spurs boss Conte is waiting for a reaction from his team after Sporting Lisbon beat them midweek.
“We have to feel, we have to be a little angry and try to have a good reaction,” he said.
Because now we have the chance to play another game in the Premier League, and it’s important for us to win, but at the same time you know you’re playing against Leicester.
“The classification is not faithful to them at the moment because we are talking about an excellent team, an excellent squad.
We are talking about Brendan Rodgers, who is a really good coach who has won a lot in his career. For this we must pay close attention ”.
– Conte expects an improvement from his team after the midweek defeat
Tottenham vs Leicester: data on the party
- Jamie Vardy made 276 Premier League appearances for Leicester, the most for the club alongside Kasper Schmeichel. His next appearance with the club will see him become only the third player to be the all-time leader for each of the appearances, goals and assists in a single Premier League club, alongside Troy Deeney (Watford) and Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace. ). ).
- No player has had more Premier League misses this season than Tottenham’s Son Heung-min, and last season’s Golden Boot winner has 17 failed attempts so far.
- Tottenham striker Harry Kane has scored more goals against Leicester in all competitions than any other team in his senior career (19). 17 of those goals came in the Premier League, with only Alan Shearer scoring more against a specific opponent (20 against Leeds).
- Leicester have lost 24 points from their Premier League winning positions so far in 2022, at least eight more than any other team. The Foxes have lost a record eight of those points so far in this period.
- Leicester have lost each of their last five Premier League games, with the last time they lost the most in a row being in December 2014 (6). It is also manager Brendan Rodgers’ longest losing streak in his league career in the Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership.
- Leicester remain bottom of the table with just one point from their six games so far this season: the last time they failed to win any of their first seven league games in a top flight season was in 1983-84, when finished 15th.
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