Leicester City vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from King Power Stadium
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
Both teams can win from here - it’s a matter of who wants it more. Leicester are in desperate need of what would be a precious three points in their fight for survival, and although Villa have been hard to beat in recent times under Emery, the Foxes did find a way to get the better of their opponents back in February at Villa Park. An intriguing 45 minutes ahead!
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
It's been a really good 45 minutes of football at King Power Stadium. Aston Villa deservedly took the lead through Watkins. Buendia was pulling the strings throughout the first half and found Watkins on more than one occasion, but the determined England international finally made one count. A moment of real quality from Barnes cancelled out Watkins' strike as the momentum began to shift in Leicester’s favour. The Foxes threatened Villa's goal a handful of times towards the end of the half.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Konsa looks to hook away a loose ball and Dewsbury-Hall catches him with a high boot. Villa have a free-kick in their own half and that should be that for the first half.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
There will be two additional minutes to be played at the end of the first half.
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