Yahoo News Leicester City team news v Southampton as two changes made and Jamie Vardy starts again
Jamie Vardy starts up front for the second time in four as Enzo Maresca makes just two changes to his Leicester City side for the big promotion clash with Southampton.
Vardy is rarely in the 11 two games in a row but leads the line again against the Saints, just a few days after he started and scored against West Brom. The only two changes to the team come in defence.
Despite his heroics against West Brom, Hamza Choudhury drops out and Ricardo Pereira comes back into the team at right-back. The Portuguese had been rested against the Baggies after three lots of 90 minutes in seven days the week before.
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The other change sees James Justin come in at left-back. That means Wout Faes returns to his traditional role as a centre-back, with Conor Coady back on the bench.
Otherwise, it’s the same team and same bench as at the weekend. Patson Daka and Tom Cannon are the two back-up strikers, with Kelechi Iheanacho left out. Kasey McAteer is preferred of the wingers, with no place for Marc Albrighton or Wanya Marcal.
City (4-3-3): Hermansen; Ricardo, Faes, Vestergaard, Justin; Winks, Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall; Fatawu, Vardy, Mavididi. Subs: Stolarczyk, Coady, Doyle, Choudhury, Praet, Yunus, McAteer, Daka, Cannon.
