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Leicester v Everton preview
- Updated: December 24, 2016
Jamie Vardy starts his three-match ban in Leicester’s Boxing Day game with Everton after the Foxes failed to get his red card overturned.
The England international was sent off for a tackle on Stoke forward Mame Biram Diouf last weekend and the FA rejected the reigning Premier League champions’ appeal.
Leicester fought back from two goals down with 10 men snatch 2-2 draw with the Potters and they will need to show similar resilience without their main striker as they go in pursuit of their first Boxing Day win in the top-flight since 1998.
Everton head to the King Power Stadium looking to atone for last season’s two defeats to the Foxes, while also looking to arrest a run of four consecutive away defeats.
The Toffees, who haven’t lost five in a row on the road since January 2015, have the added task of picking themselves up from their last-gasp Merseyside derby defeat to Liverpool on Monday night.
Team news
Robert Huth and Christian Fuchs are suspended for the champions as they collected their fifth bookings of the season against Stoke.
Danny Drinkwater could make his comeback after returning to training following a knee injury which has kept him out since he completed a three-game ban.
Everton midfielder James McCarthy will miss the trip to the King Power Stadium with a hamstring problem which is likely to sideline him for at …
