Leicester City vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Leicester City face Aston Villa in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
The warm-ups are complete and the players have emerged from the tunnel ready for kick-off.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Aston Villa have won just two of their 13 Premier League away games against Leicester City (D5 L6), winning 5-0 in January 2004 and 1-0 in October 2020.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
As for Villa, Emery makes just one change to the side that beat Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge at the weekend. Bailey replaces Boubacer Kamara and starts in attack alongside Ollie Watkins, who is set to make his 100th Premier League appearance.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Adam Sadler has made two changes to his first line-up in temporary charge. He brings Vardy back into the side for his first league start since January, while Mendy is also handed a start. Tete and Daka drop to the bench.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
ASTON VILLA SUBS: Robin Olsen, Viljami Sinisalo, Diego Carlos, Calum Chambers, Lucas Digne, Sebastian Revan, Leander Dendoncker, Bertrand Traore, Jhon Duran
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
ASTON VILLA (4-4-2): Emiliano Martinez; Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Alex Moreno; John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Emiliano Buendia, Jacob Ramsey; Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
LEICESTER SUBS: Danny Ward, Daniel Amartey, Ricardo Pereira, Luke Thomas, Dennis Praet, Boubakary Soumare, Kelechi Iheanacho, Patson Daka, Tete
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
LEICESTER (4-2-3-1): Daniel Iversen; Timothy Castagne, Harry Souttar, Wout Faes, Victor Kristiansen; Nampalys Mendy, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall; Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes; Jamie Vardy
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Leicester are in action for the first time since parting ways with manager Brendan Rodgers, and are in desperate need of a win as they look to escape the relegation zone. They come up against an in-form Villa side that haven’t lost in their last five Premier League outings. However, three points for the Foxes would lift them to a much healthier-looking 14th place in the table, while Unai Emery’s side continue their quest for European football, and could climb as high as sixth with a victory at King Power Stadium.
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