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Leicester City v Newcastle United

Leicester will assess the fitness of midfielder James Maddison, who has an ongoing knee problem.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is fit but Jonny Evans faces several weeks out with a calf injury and Ryan Bertrand, Ricardo Pereira and James Justin are long-term absentees.

Newcastle record signing Alexander Isak is not expected to return from a thigh injury until after the festive period.

Emil Krafth and Paul Dummett remain unavailable.

Harvey Barnes has 18 Premier League goal involvements in 2022, only four English players have registered more

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

  • Leicester have beaten Newcastle in nine of the 13 most recent Premier League meetings.
  • Newcastle have won three of their past five league visits to King Power Stadium but the two defeats in that run were 5-0 in 2019-20 and 4-0 last season.