
FA Cup Semi-finals Preview: Leicester vs Southampton
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Event Details
Home Team: Leicester City (led by Brendan Rodgers) Away Team: Southampton (led by Ralph Hasenhüttl) Stadium: Wembley, London Event Date & Time: Sunday 18th April 18:30 Event: FA Cup Semi-finals Broadcaster: BT Sport Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England) Weather forecast: Partly sunny
Leicester City will face Southampton,on Sunday 18th April 18:30 hours. The match will be played at Wembley located at London. This fixture makes up the semi-finals of the current Barclays FA Cup campaign.
Current Team Form
The side led by Brendan Rodgers have lost with a score of 3-2 against West Ham United. Prior to this game, they got a lost against Manchester City last Saturday (0-2)
Leicester City Recent Games
Date | Goals Scored | Goals against | Opponent | Played | Result |
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2021-04-11 | 2 | 3 | West Ham United | away | lost |
2021-04-03 | 0 | 2 | Manchester City | home | lost |
2021-03-21 | 3 | 1 | Manchester United | home | win |
2021-03-14 | 5 | 0 | Sheffield United | home | win |
2021-03-06 | 2 | 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | away | win |
The side led by Ralph Hasenhüttl have lost with a score of 3-0 against West Bromwich Albion. Prior to this game, they won against Burnley last Sunday (3-2)
Southampton Recent Games
Date | Goals Scored | Goals against | Opponent | Played | Result |
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2021-04-12 | 0 | 3 | West Bromwich Albion | away | lost |
2021-04-04 | 3 | 2 | Burnley | home | win |
2021-03-20 | 3 | 0 | AFC Bournemouth | away | win |
2021-03-14 | 1 | 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | home | lost |
2021-03-10 | 2 | 5 | Manchester City | away | lost |
Head to Head
Tuesday’s fixture will be the 93rd meeting between the two teams over the course of English Football history.
Leicester City played last against Southampton on Saturday 16th January 2021 which ended with the result of 2-0, won by Leicester City. Out ofc92 games played, Leicester City won 30, drawn 28 and lost 34 games against Southampton.
Previous Meeting
In the previous meeting on Saturday 16th January, Leicester City won with a score of 2-0 at King Power Stadium.
Injury News
Leicester City have the following players injured at the moment:
Injury | Player name |
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Back injury | Wes Morgan |
Cruciate ligament injury | James Justin |
Knee injury | Harvey Barnes |
Thigh injury | Cengiz Ünder |
COVID-19 | Caglar Söyüncü |
Disciplinary action by club | Ayoze Pérez Gutiérrez |
Disciplinary action by club | Hamza Choudhury |
Disciplinary action by club | James Maddison |
Suspended: none |
Southampton have the following players injured at the moment:
Injury | Player name |
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Muscle injury | Michael Obafemi |
Cruciate ligament injury | William Smallbone |
Ankle injury | Oriol Romeu Vidal |
Suspended: none |
Potential line-up and Formation
Leicester City probable XI:
Kasper Schmeichel – Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Ricardo Pereira – Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, Dennis Praet – Timothy Castagne, Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho.Southampton probable XI:
Fraser Forster- Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand – Theo Walcott, James Ward-Prowse, Ibrahima Diallo – Stuart Armstrong, Che Adams, Danny Ings.
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