Team news
Brendan Rodgers revealed James Maddison (knee) is fit for Leicester City, but Jonny Evans is unavailable due to suspension. Timothy Castagne (hamstring) could return, but the match comes too soon for Ricardo Pereira and Caglar Soyuncu.
Everton will again be without James Rodriguez (calf), Seamus Coleman and Fabian Delph (both hamstring), while Lucas Digne is a long-term absentee.
Did you know?
Leicester have won three of their last five home league matches against Everton, as many as they had recorded in their previous 16 encounters with them (W3 D7 L6).
Kelechi Iheanacho has scored in each of his last two Premier League appearances against Everton, both as a substitute. The only two players to score as a sub in three consecutive appearances against an opponent are Julian Joachim versus Derby County (1996/97) and Olivier Giroud against Southampton (2017/18).
Carlo Ancelotti has won all three of his meetings with Brendan Rodgers in all competitions, winning twice with Real Madrid versus Liverpool in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League and then with Everton versus Leicester in the Premier League in July.
Gylfi Sigurdsson was directly involved in eight of Everton’s nine shots against Chelsea last time out (two shots, six chances created) and also netted the winner. Since the start of 2017/18, he is the only Everton player to have created as many as six chances in a league match, achieving this also against Burnley in 2017 and Southampton in 2018.
Match officials
Referee: Lee Mason. Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Harry Lennard. Fourth official: Jonathan Moss. VAR: Darren England. Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton.
