Leicester City vs. Everton
Venue: Kings Power Stadium
Kick off: 5:30pm
Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea this week handed an unlikely league title to the Foxes, who come up against a Toffees side with little to play for beyond pride.
Claudio Ranieri’s side have already achieved the seemingly impossible, but will be keen to avoid defeat when playing in front of their home supporters for the first time since completing the remarkable accomplishment.
Leicester head into the match off the back of a 1-1 draw away to Manchester United, which may not have been enough to secure the Premier League title at the time, but did extend their unbeaten run into double figures.
That draw, coupled with Tottenham’s failure to secure maximum points at Chelsea, capped off what is arguably the greatest underdog story in the history of English football.
Further evidence that the Foxes deserve their champions tag comes from the fact that they have achieved a club-record 22 wins this season, a feat that saw them wrap up first place with two matches to spare.
The Everton camp will be in a less-than-celebratory mood as Leicester’s title party gets underway, since the Blues are approaching the end of a season of heartache.
Two painful semi-final defeats in both domestic cups, coupled with lacklustre league form throughout the campaign has made 2015-16 a term to forget for Blues fans.
They arrive at the King Power Stadium following a narrow 2-1 win at home to Bournemouth, but prior to that, they went seven league matches without tasting victory.
Everton’s consistent underachievement has piled the pressure on manager Roberto Martinez, with many believing that the Spaniard’s dismissal between now and the end of the season is an inevitability. With this in mind, how the Blues fare at Leicester may be irrelevant.
Leicester City possible starting lineup: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Kante, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Vardy, Okazaki.
Everton possible starting lineup: Robles, Coleman, Pennington, Stones, Baines, Gibson, McCarthy, Lennon, Barkley, Cleverley, Lukaku.