Everton vs Leicester City: Preview, Predicted Line Ups As Alex Iwobi Faces Off With Kelechi Iheanacho

Everton vs Leicester City: Preview, Predicted Line Ups As Alex Iwobi Faces Off With Kelechi Iheanacho

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:00 PM
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  • Everton vs Leicester City will go down at the Goodison Park on Wednesday evening as both teams battle in the Premier League
  • The die is cast and the battle is drawn as Nigerian stars Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho will play against each other
  • Everton are yet to confirm their place in next season’s Premier League and they know anything short of victory will not be acceptable by the home fans

The Goodison Park will come to life on Wednesday evening when Everton host Leicester City in a mouthwatering English Premier League fixture.

Frank Lampard’s side enjoyed the weekend without being in action and must have had enough rest to prepare for the showdown against the Foxes.

Everton have been struggling throughout this season and are still in danger of relegation, but they know victory against Leicester will be crucial.

Everton vs Leicester City, EPL, Preview, Predicted Line Ups
Everton vs Leicester City is expected to light up Goodson Park on Wednesday night. Photo: Tony McArdle
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They put up a brilliant performance to defeat Manchester United in their last game to improve their chances of survival, though they remain in 17th position, three points ahead of Burnley, and have a game in hand.

However, they still have plenty of work to do before breathing a sigh of relief.

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Everton will need to get all the points in the encounter as they have bigger games ahead including matches against Liverpool and Arsenal yet to be played for the Merseysiders.

Leicester City, on the other hand, have been impressive in recent times until last weekend’s game against Newcastle United.

But Brendan Rodgers has to be wary of his side’s fitness level as this will be their fifth game in the last 12 days.

Predicted line ups

Everton 4-3-3): Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Godfrey, Mykolenko; Allan, Delph, Iwobi; Gordon, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison.

Leicester City (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel; Justin, Soyuncu, Evans, Castagne; Tielemans, Mendy; Maddison, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes; Iheanacho.

Salah scores twice as Liverpool beat Man Utd 4-0

Sports Brief earlier reported that Liverpool stormed to the top of the Premier League thanks to a comprehensive performance against a desperate Manchester United on Tuesday, April 19.

Mohammed Salah scored twice as the Reds thrashed their opponents 4-0 at Anfield in a game where United were lucky not to have conceded any more.

Notably, United were without Cristiano Ronaldo, who was inevitably given compassionate leave following the death of his newborn son.

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Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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