Leicester City could be without at least seven players for Saturday’s Premier League clash with fellow relegated side Southampton at the King Power Stadium.
Abdul Fatawu is making progress in his recovery from a long-term knee injury as he has now returned to the light training, but the winger is not scheduled to return before the season comes to a close.
Stephy Mavididi (muscle) remains sidelined with a muscle injury, while Facundo Buonanotte (concussion), Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Ricardo Pereira (both muscle) were all forced off in last weekend’s 3-0 defeat at Wolves; the former two will not be involved against Southampton, while the latter will be assessed ahead of kickoff.
Mads Hermansen is also ruled out and will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a groin problem, while Harry Winks, Jannik Vestergaard and Odsonne Edouard all seem to be out of contention under head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Jakub Stolarczyk is set to start in goal at the expense of Hermansen, and James Justin is expected to replace Pereira at right-back, potentially joining Wout Faes, Conor Coady and Luke Thomas in the back four, while Wilfred Ndidi and Boubakary Soumare are the most likely duo to link arms in centre-midfield.
In the absence of Buonanotte, 15-year-old starlet Jeremy Monga will be pushing to make his first senior start, although Kasey McAteer and Jordan Ayew could be preferred to start out wide, as Bilal El Khannouss operates as a number 10 behind soon-to-be-departing club legend Jamie Vardy up front.
Leicester City possible starting lineup: Stolarczyk; Justin, Coady, Faes, Thomas; Ndidi, Soumare; McAteer, El Khannouss, Ayew; Vardy
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