Preview: Aston Villa v Leicester

Vardy on verge of joining elite 100-goal club

18 Feb 2021
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Dean Smith revealed he expects Matty Cash to be out for three to four weeks with a hamstring injury.

Kortney Hause and Wesley are still sidelined for Aston Villa.

Leicester City have Ricardo Pereira and Timothy Castagne available again while Brendan Rodgers says that James Justin's knee operation on Thursday went "very well".

Did you know?

Aston Villa have kept 12 clean sheets this season, the most they have recorded from the opening 22 fixtures of a league campaign.

Villa are looking to complete their first league double over Leicester since the 2003/04 campaign, following their 1-0 win at the King Power Stadium earlier this season.

Leicester's Brendan Rodgers has won all five of his PL matches at Aston Villa as a manager, his best such 100 per cent record versus an opponent in the competition.

Jamie Vardy has been directly involved in 99 PL goals since turning 30 (81 goals, 18 assists). Only five players have registered 100+ goal involvements aged 30+ (Teddy Sheringham, Ian Wright, Frank Lampard, Alan Shearer, and Gianfranco Zola).

Match officials

Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett. Fourth official: Robert Jones. VAR: David Coote. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.

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