Preview: Everton v Leicester

Maddison can emulate Vardy feat with another strike

24 Jan 2021
James Maddison
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Everton have Lucas Digne and Alex Iwobi available for the visit of Leicester City after they missed the FA Cup win against Sheffield Wednesday.

But Abdoulaye Doucoure serves a one-match suspension, while Allan, Fabian Delph, Jean-Philippe Gbamin and Niels Nkounkou are all sidelined.

Leicester City's Dennis Praet (thigh) and Wes Morgan (back) continue to be monitored but are the only likely absentees along with Jamie Vardy (hernia), who continues his rehabilitation following minor surgery.

Did you know?

Everton are looking to win a third straight Premier League match against Leicester City for the first time.

The Toffees have lost only two of their 14 PL home matches against Leicester (W5 D7), and won this fixture 2-1 last season.

Leicester have won seven of their nine PL away matches this season. They have only won more on the road in the competition in their title-winning 2015/16 season, with 11 victories.

James Maddison has been directly involved in seven goals in his last eight PL appearances, and has scored in his last three outings. He could become only the second Leicester player to score in four in a row, after Jamie Vardy, who has done so four times.

Match officials

Referee: Mike Dean. Assistants: Darren Cann, Mark Scholes. Fourth official: Tony Harrington. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Stephen Child.

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