Jonny Evans ruled out of Leicester’s clash with Leeds

Posted Thursday, October 20, 2022 by PA

Jonny Evans will miss Leicester’s clash with Leeds on Thursday.

The defender sat out last weekend’s draw against Crystal Palace with a calf injury and has not yet recovered, while fellow centre-back Caglar Soyuncu is a major doubt because of a knee problem.

The Foxes will also be without key man James Maddison, who serves a one-match ban having been booked for the fifth time this season.

Leeds defender Junior Firpo will make his first appearance of the season after recovering from a knee injury.

Firpo will replace the injured Pascal Struijk at left-back, while striker Patrick Bamford is expected to return to the starting line-up.

Boss Jesse Marsch has no other new injury concerns, but Stuart Dallas (fractured femur), Adam Forshaw (ankle) Leo Hjelde (appendix) and Archie Gray (toe) are still out.

Leicester provisional squad: Ward, Iversen, Smithies, Vestergaard, Faes, Amartey, Justin, Thomas, Castagne, Soumare, Dewsbury-Hall, Tielemans, Barnes, Albrighton, Praet, Vardy, Daka, Iheanacho, Perez.

Leeds provisional squad: Meslier, Klaesson, Koch, Llorente, Firpo, Kristensen, Ayling, Cooper, Drameh, Roca, Harrison, Sinisterra, Adams, Aaronson, Klich, Gyabi, Summerville, Rodrigo, Bamford, Gelhardt, Gnonto, Greenwood.