Key occasions
Manchester Metropolis kick off. A clapper-fuelled ambiance on the King Energy.
The groups are out! Everybody resplendent in blue: Leicester royal, Metropolis sky. We’ll be off in a minute or two. It received’t be that lengthy earlier than the groups are out at Selhurst Park, Goodison Park, Craven Cottage and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium both, so right here’s a reminder that Simon Burnton is everywhere in the 3pm kick-offs in right this moment’s Clockwatch.
Pre-match postbag. “David Squires tends to attract Haaland as a model of the Terminator however in latest weeks he’s been extra like HAL9000 from 2001: A House Odyssey after he begins to malfunction. Do you suppose he’s having doubts about Metropolis’s mission (given all of the uncertainty about FA fees, the way forward for the supervisor and varied gamers, and so forth.)? Is he about to sing us a tune?” – David Wall
“A Christmas pantomime reply to your query within the MBM preamble. ‘LLLLWDLLD. This Manchester Metropolis nonsense can’t go on for for much longer, can it?’ PANTO AUDIENCE: O YES, IT CAN! Metropolis fan laughing at adversity” – Ewen Atkinson
Ruud van Nistelrooy, who takes cost of Leicester Metropolis for the sixth time, talks to Sky. “We have been within the sport [at Liverpool] for a very long time … the eightieth minute roughly … we have been in for a shocking end result, which was optimistic … if you go to the most effective staff within the league for the time being, you would like for that, so it’s a credit score to the staff … if we take our alternatives a bit of bit higher it helps … the Wolves defeat was dangerous in numbers however the efficiency was one thing to construct on … it’s nice we’ve Jamie Vardy again … he’s not a secret weapon … he’s there to carry out once we want him most.”
Pep Guardiola, who takes cost of Manchester Metropolis for the five hundredth time right this moment, speaks to Sky. “I might low cost the final 33, 34 days! … the final eight, 9, ten video games! … I’m so proud … loads of video games in fashionable soccer to be in a single place … I’m actually blissful after all … we’re blissful to have Kevin De Bruyne [back] … hopefully he can carry out like he does.”
Leicester Metropolis can transfer out of the relegation locations with a win this afternoon … for half-hour not less than. They’d stay in seventeenth except Wolverhampton Wanderers win at Tottenham Hotspur within the 3pm kick-offs. Manchester Metropolis can rise to fifth, however once more, they’d solely keep there offering Bournemouth fail to win at Fulham within the 3pms. Most likely greatest to file all this below For What It’s Price, and hey, we don’t schedule the fixtures.
Leicester make two modifications after their 3-1 defeat at Liverpool. Jamie Vardy and Facundo Buonanotte are again; Patson Daka drops to the bench whereas Jordan Ayew is suspended.
Manchester Metropolis make one change after their 1-1 draw with Everton. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Jérémy Doku, who’s benched.
The groups
Leicester Metropolis: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Vestergaard, Kristiansen, Winks, Soumare, El Khannouss, Mavididi, Buonanotte, Vardy.
Subs: Iversen, Okoli, Wilson-Brown, Thomas, Skipp, Choudhury, De Cordova-Reid, Alves, Daka.
Manchester Metropolis: Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Silva, Savinho, Foden, Haaland.
Subs: Carson, Walker, Grealish, Doku, Gundogan, Simpson-Pusey, Mubama, O’Reilly, McAtee.
Preamble
LLLLWDLLD. This Manchester Metropolis nonsense can’t go on for for much longer, can it? However they’re not alone! Say, take a look at Leicester’s Premier League type over the identical interval: DLLLWDLLL. And so right here we’re, the 2016 winners and the four-in-a-row reigning champs, each down on their luck, assembly on the King Energy in a match during which any result’s attainable, just about all of them of eyebrow-oscillating proportion. Kick-off is at 2.30pm GMT. It’s so very unusual that it’s come to this, but it surely’s on!
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