Leicester City vs Peterborough United - prediction, team news, lineups

Leicester City volition beryllium looking to get backmost to winning ways erstwhile they invited Peterborough United to the King Power Stadium connected Saturday.

The hosts are 14th successful the League One table after 7 matches, portion Peterborough are 23rd.

Match preview

Leicester person made an inconsistent commencement pursuing a 2nd consecutive relegation.

Russell Martin's broadside person taken 9 points from their opening 7 matches, signaling 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The Foxes' past league outing was a 1-1 gully distant to Barnsley, which was followed by a 6-1 thrashing of Fulham's Under-21s and a 2-1 decision to Stevenage successful the EFL Trophy.

Leicester person shown plentifulness of attacking quality, scoring successful each of their past 4 games crossed each competitions, but they person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful their past five.

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Peterborough, meanwhile, beryllium 2nd from bottommost with conscionable 5 points from 8 league games.

The Posh person won erstwhile successful the league and sacked caput manager Luke Williams pursuing a 2-0 decision to Doncaster Rovers past month.

Former Leicester midfielder Robbie Savage has replaced him astatine the helm and began his reign with an emphatic 4-1 triumph implicit Ipswich Under-21s successful the EFL Trophy.

Harry Leonard scored doubly successful that match, portion Peterborough raced into a four-goal pb during an awesome first-half display.

Savage volition present instrumentality complaint of his archetypal league crippled astatine the King Power Stadium, with Peterborough hopeless to prime up their 2nd victory.

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Team News

Leicester had respective players distant connected planetary work and it remains to beryllium seen whether they volition each beryllium disposable to commencement against Peterborough.

Will Smallbone joined connected a escaped transportation earlier this month, but is much apt to diagnostic disconnected the seat with John Lundstram, Sammy Braybrooke and Louis Page expected to commencement successful midfield.

Leonard is apt to commencement up beforehand for Peterborough aft bagging a brace successful midweek, with enactment retired wide from Bolu Shofowoke and Owura Edwards.

Liam Kelly and Harry Ashfield are expected to commencement successful the centre of the park.

Leicester City imaginable starting lineup:

McCarthy; Aluko, Souttar, O'Hora, Thomas; Lundstram, Braybrooke, Page; Cullen, Riis, Alves

Peterborough United imaginable starting lineup:

Bass; Johnston, Mendonca, Weir, Mills; Ashfield, Kelly; Edwards, Williams, Shofowoke; Leonard

We say: Leicester City 2-1 Peterborough United

Leicester should person capable prime to bushed a Peterborough broadside that has struggled truthful far, though determination is simply a accidental the Posh could payment from a new-manager bounce.

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