Leicester City vs Swansea City team news: Claudio Ranieri fills void left by Nampalys Mendy with Daniel Amartey
Leicester City vs Swansea City: Today's team news from the King Power Stadium
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Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri continues to experiment with his central midfield positions with Daniel Amartey preferred over Andy King in the spot previously occupied by N'Golo Kante.
The Frenchman left the Premier League champions to join Chelsea in a £32m deal this summer with Ranieri signing Nampalys Mendy for a then club-record fee of £12m from Nice.
With Mendy suffering an ankle injury during the stalemate with Arsenal, Ranieri has trusted Amartey in the middle of the midfield quagmire for the visit of Swansea City this afternoon.
Leicester knocked seven goals in total past the Swans without return last season en route to the title but Francesco Guidolin, the Welsh club's manager, has warned there will be no repeat this time around.
Japanese international Shinji Okazaki keeps the place he resumed last week after missing out to Ahmed Musa for the opening weekend defeat by Hull City while Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton occupy the flanks for the Foxes.
Guidolin, meanwhile, keeps the faith with the starting line-up which succumbed to the Tigers last weekend with Fernando Llorente leading the line for the visitors.
Former Leicester loanee Kyle Naughton, whose performance was a slim ray of light at the Liberty Stadium a week ago, continues at full-back with Angel Rangel on the opposite side.
Jefferson Montero is likely to provide the champions with something to think about should he emerge from the bench but Ranieri, who names Musa and Leonardo Ulloa among his substitutes, also boasts significant firepower of his own.
Today's teams:
Leicester City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Mahrez, Amartey, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.
Subs: Zieler, Hernandez, Chilwell, King, Musa, Ulloa.
Swansea City: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Amat, Kinsgley, Cork, Fer, Sigurdsson, Barrow, Routledge, Llorente.
Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Van der Hoorn, Ki Sung-Yueng, Fulton, Montero, McBurnie.
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