Leicester City vs Leeds United live stream and match preview, Thursday 20 October, 8.15pm BST
Leicester City vs Leeds United live stream and match preview
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Brendan Rodgers's side remain in the relegation zone after winning just one of their first 10 fixtures. Leicester no doubt hoped that a 4-0 thrashing of Nottingham Forest after the September international break would kick-start their campaign, but that has not been the case.
Leicester followed up that win with a disappointing 2-1 defeat by Bournemouth, before being held to a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace at the weekend. The Foxes were marginally the better team in that match, but they still failed to create enough clear-cut chances against Patrick Vieira's men.
Leicester have more than enough quality within their squad to climb out of the bottom three and up the table. But, while Rodgers retains the backing of the club's hierarchy for now, a defeat on Thursday would see him come under renewed pressure.
Leeds are beginning to look over their shoulders at the bottom three after a run of six games without a win. There were positives for Jesse Marsch to take from his team's showing against Arsenal on Sunday, but Leeds nevertheless fell to a 1-0 defeat that leaves them just one point above the relegation zone ahead of this trip to the King Power Stadium.
The Whites will have to make do without Stuart Dallas, Adam Forshaw, Archie Gray and Leo Fuhr Hjelde on Thursday.
Leicester will be unable to call upon the services of James Maddison, who picked up his fifth yellow card of the campaign after being penalised for diving against Palace on Saturday. Ryan Bertrand, Jonny Evans, Wilfred Ndidi and Ricardo Pereira are all on the treatment table.
Leicester starting line-up
Formation: 4-5-1
1 Ward; 27 Castagne, 18 Amartey, 3 Faes, 2 Justin; 42 Soumare, 26 Praet, 8 Tielemans, 22 Dewsbury-Hall, 7 Barnes; 9 Vardy
Substitutes: 14 Iheanacho, 17 Perez, 20 Daka, 23 Vestergaard, 24 Mendy, 31 Iversen, 33 Thomas, 44 Braybrooke, 60 Wellington
Leeds starting line-up
Formation: 4-2-3-1
1 Meslier; 25 Kristensen, 5 Koch, 14 Llorente, 3 Firpo; 12 Adams, 8 Roca; 10 Summerville, 7 Aranson, 23 Sinistera; 9 Bamford
Substitutes: 2 Ayling, Cooper, 11 Harrison, 13 Klaesson, 19 Rodrigo, 29 Gnotto, 30 Gelhardt, 42 Greenwood, 43 Klich
Form
Leicester City: DLWLL
Leeds United: LLDLD
Referee
Peter Bankes will be the referee for Leicester City vs Leeds United.
Stadium
Leicester City vs Leeds United will be played at King Power Stadium.
Other games
Fulham vs Aston Villa will also take place on Thursday night.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 8.15pm BST on Thursday 20 October and you can watch the match live on Amazon Prime in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
