Leicester City vs. Norwich City
Venue: King Power Stadium
Time: 4pm
Premier League leaders, Leicester City, have had a couple of weeks to reflect upon their heartbreaking defeat at Arsenal and on Saturday (today) welcome lowly Norwich City on matchday 27.
The Canaries are only out of the drop zone on goal difference and could slip down to second-bottom should results go against them today.
It looked as if the 10-man Foxes were going to hold out for a point at the Emirates until the 95th minute when Danny Welbeck marked his return to the side with a winning goal that blew the title race wide open once more.
The Premier League’s top scorer, Jamie Vardy, had given Leicester the lead from the penalty spot, but after Danny Simpson’s red card, it was always going to be a tough ask for the Foxes and in the end they could not hold out.
They’re still on top, but North London duo, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, are now just two points behind following the former’s win at another title rival, Manchester City.
It was another goal for Vardy, though, and only teammate Riyad Mahrez (24) has been involved in more Premier League goals than the Englishman (22) this season.
In fact, Mahrez and Vardy (33) have scored more Premier League goals between them this season than the whole Norwich team (30) and there were rumours this week that Mahrez has caught the eye of Spanish giants, Barcelona.
Like Leicester, the Canaries have had a week off after going out of the FA Cup in the third round in January.
Their last result – a 2-2 draw at home to West Ham – looks like a decent one, but Alex Neil’s side squandered a two-goal advantage in the match to pick up just a point.
The Canaries have also gone 13 Premier League games on the road without a clean sheet.
Leicester possible starting lineup: Schmeichel, Amartey, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Drinkwater, Kante, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.
Norwich possible starting lineup: Ruddy, Martin, Klose, Bassong, Brady, Tettey, O’Neil, Redmond, Hoolahan, Naismith, Jerome.