Stoke v Leicester Team News: Shinji Okazaki Starts For The Foxes

Stoke v Leicester Team News: Shinji Okazaki Starts For The Foxes
11:45, 04 Nov 2017

Stoke and Leicester kick-off Saturday's Premier League action when they lock horns at the Britannia Stadium at 12.30pm, live on Sky Sports 1.

It may not be one of the league's glamour games, but it promises to be a competitive encounter between two teams separated by just a single point in the table.

Leicester (11th) head into the match in cracking form having taken eight points from their last four games, which includes a debut win for new boss Claude Puel, who oversaw a 2-0 victory over struggling Everton last weekend. If the Foxes avoid defeat this afternoon then they will enter into the top-half of the table, whereas a third win on the spin would ping them up to 8th.

Hosts Stoke (14th) bagged a much-needed win away to Watford to ease the pressure on under-fire boss Mark Hughes, who has named an unchanged line-up today as the Potters bid to record back-to-back league victories since their opening two games of 2017. If Hughes' men to end the match victorious they will propel up into the top-10.

Meanwhile, Puel has made one change to the team that beat the Toffees as Shinji Okazaki comes in for the injured Ben Chilwell, who is out with a knee problem.

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