Since that result, the Foxes saw a slight dip in form, losing back-to-back games to Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League, but have recovered with wins in each of their last three games. For their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, the Aston Villa manager will be without six first-team players. Ezri Konsa, Kortney Hause and Tyrone Mings will form the back three, looking to use the numbers to their advantage to snuff out the danger posed by the Leicester attack. Leicester City have joined the race to sign Brentford full-back Rico Henry this summer, according to reports. Leicester City reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup by beating Everton on penalties in the Last 8 stage, following a thrilling 2-2 draw in regulation time. Villa started brightly and was first to threaten, winning an early free-kick wide on the left. It was also no coincidence that the Foxes’ first league win since January 22 came with Wilfred Ndidi’s return from injury. However, the good news is that Jamie Vardy is fit and available after missing the last three games due to a minor calf complaint.

Barnes won the race and poked the ball past the advancing goalkeeper, who was 15 yards outside his penalty area, before maintaining his composure to guide a shot between the covering Tyrone Mings and Matt Targett and into the net. Jamie Vardy is set to return. s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); Handball and VAR get an absolute shoeing from John Nicholson. From the resulting corner, Reina kept out Jonny Evans’ header and Barnes nodded the follow up over the crossbar from inside the six-yard box after Evans headed his rebound back across goal. Marc Albrighton did well to pick out Barnes’ run in behind the Villa defence down the left but the Leicester winger still had plenty to do - until Reina decided he could beat Barnes to the ball.

The Villa defender pleaded his innocence, claiming the ball had struck him on the shoulder, but VAR agreed with referee Michael Oliver’s decision to award the spot-kick. More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports, Leicester's Jonny Evans, left, and James Maddison applaud the supporters at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium, in Leicester, England, Monday, March 9, 2020. Raging River Trading (Pty) Ltd (2011/134505/07) Powered by Betway South Africa, is licensed and regulated by the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board.

Apart from Morgan, Rodgers will also be without the services of Filip Benkovic, Matty James and Daniel Amartey. Premier League winners and losers has the same old most-hated club. Probable Lineup (3-4-3): Nyland; Konsa, Mings, Hause; Guilbert, Luiz, Hourihane, Taylor; Trezeguet, Kodjia, Grealish, Aston Villa’s key man. Henry has been a target of a number of Premier League clubs this window. However, the beauty of cup games is that league positions go out of the window, and an upset can never be ruled out. Expect a comfortable evening for Brendan Rodgers’s men, with Aston Villa struggling to pose much of a threat. The 23-year-old signed for Brentford from Walsall in August 2016, after being named in the 2015/16 PFA League One Team of the Year. The heavy defeat sees Villa stay 19th and in the relegation zone, two points adrift of safety with 10 league games to play this season. Premier League Direct commenté Leicester City v Aston Villa du 9 mars 2020, incluant les statistiques du match complet et les moments clés, mis à jour instantanément.

Leicester City could look to move for the Aston Villa defender Matt Targett this summer. Leicester City and Aston Villa met in the League Cup semi-final the last time the Foxes reached this stage in 1999-00, with Leicester winning 1-0 on aggregate and going on to lift the trophy. On top of Ndidi managing 83 minutes, leaving the field to a standing ovation when substituted with the game already won, Vardy also returned from injury and ended his nine-game goal drought with a double between Barnes’ two goals.

Smith experimented with a 3-4-3 formation in the 2-1 win over Burnley last week and the success of the system could see him revert to it when Villa take on Leicester. Probable Lineup (4-1-4-1): Schmeichel; Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell; Ndidi; Perez, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes; Vardy. '//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=' + cx; He is awful angry. The Villans have blown hot and cold since then, winning two of their last five fixtures, with their latest result seeing them bow out of the FA Cup at the hands of Fulham. This is Aston Villa’s 15th League Cup semi-final tie and their first since 2012-13, when they lost 4-3 on aggregate to Bradford City. The handball farce is the fault of the Premier League, not IFAB. Barnes picked him out in the box and, when his attempted return was blocked, Vardy reacted quickest to drilled a half-volley passed Reina. It is no wonder why so many clubs are keen to sign Henry this summer. The report adds that Brentford are looking for around £7m if they are to sell Henry. On Wednesday, the Leicester City boss will be without four first-team players, with club captain Wes Morgan the latest to be sidelined, having picked up a groin injury in the Foxes’ 2-0 win over Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup. LEICESTER, England (AP) — Jamie Vardy came off the bench to score twice as Leicester beat Aston Villa 4-0 at King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Monday. Ahead of the latest meeting between the two sides, The Hard Tackle takes a closer look at the encounter.