Am I naive in predicting that this game will perhaps not the foregone conclusion the form-book suggests? Leicester really need this; like really need this. Brentford aren’t quite on the proverbial beach as yet, but they seem safely ensconced in mid-table and probably won’t trouble the European places.
Van Nistelrooy has looked a little lost in the King Power dugout since replacing Steve Cooper, but if he can’t fire up his troops for a game like tonight’s, he’s in the wrong job. Some things to read:. Not a record you’d want to have. Not even Amorim’s Manchester United are threatening this one.
❌ 0-3 vs. Wolves. ❌ 0-2 vs. Manchester City. ❌ 0-2 vs. Crystal Palace. ❌ 0-2 vs. Fulham. ❌ 0-2 vs. Arsenal. ❓ X-X vs. Brentford. Leicester City could become the first side ever to lose six home games in a row without scoring in an English top flight season when they face… pic.twitter.com/CePz1fkJJN.
Leicester: Hermansen; Coulibaly, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen; Soumaré, Ndidi; Ayew, El Khannous, Decordova-Reid; Vardy. Subs: Stolarczyk, Coady, Winks, Mavididi, Daka, Skipp, Vestergaard, Thomas, Buonanotte. Brentford: Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Janelt, Nørgaard; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmoliuk, Emre Konak, Maghoma, Kayode, Kim, Morgan. It feels like now or never for Leicester City. Ruud van Nistelrooy has struggled to get a tune from the Foxes since swapping Old Trafford for the King Power Stadium in November, and if tonight’s game ends in another loss – a potential 11th defeat in 13 in all competitions – surely survival will be a step too far.
Everyone knows Brentford aren’t quite the same prospect away from home as they are at home, although the Bees have won their past three on the road at Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham. Van Nistelrooy will need the full support of the King Power crowd, something he hasn’t always been able to count on in recent weeks. You suspect he’ll need the experience and goals of Jamie Vardy, too. Three points would be enough to lift Leicester above Wolves and out of the bottom three, for a few hours at the very least.
