Match Day

Leicester City vs Arsenal | Premier League | Gameweek 25 - Feb 15, 2025

After a surprisingly rough return from Dubai, Arsenal will play their first Premier League match in ten days on Saturday lunchtime against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

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Match Details:

NAME: Leicester City vs Arsenal
DATE: Feb 15, 2025
TIME: 12.30pm UK
VENUE: King Power Stadium

When is Leicester City vs Arsenal?

Leicester City vs Arsenal is scheduled for an 12:30pm UK kick-off on Saturday, Feb15, 2025.

How to watch?

Hotstar in India, discovery+, discovery+ App in UK, fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports App, UNIVERSO NOW, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Network, UNIVERSO in US & fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports Network Canada in Canada will all be airing live coverage of the event.

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Leicester City vs Arsenal Team News

Leicester City Team News

Jamie Vardy, whose 11 Premier League goals against the Gunners are only behind Wayne Rooney's 12 and Harry Kane's 14, should bounce back from a minor injury in time to lead the line, but Arsenal cannot expect much sympathy from Leicester regarding attacking issues.

Victor Kristiansen (knock) and Jannik Vestergaard (knock) are in the same situation, but Abdul Fatawu, a chronic knee injury, will not play this season, and Ricardo Pereira (thigh) will miss another few weeks.

After playing his way into Van Nistelrooy's good graces, Stephy Mavididi, a former Arsenal youth product, should not be allowed to start against his former team because of Decordova-Reid's goal at Old Trafford.

Arsenal Team News

In addition to Havertz's injury, Arsenal also lost Gabriel Martinelli to a hamstring strain during the second-leg defeat to Newcastle; although his problem is not as serious, the Brazil international is not anticipated to return to action for a few more weeks.

Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard, and Raheem Sterling will be Arteta's main offensive options unless Nathan Butler-Oyedeji makes an unexpected appearance. Gabriel Jesus (ACL) and Bukayo Saka (hamstring) are both out for the long term.

Ben White trained thoroughly in Dubai and may have a chance to join Arsenal's squad for the first time since November, despite concerns that unfortunate defender Takehiro Tomiyasu may need to have knee surgery soon.

Leicester City vs Arsenal Match Summary

Highlights - Leicester City vs Arsenal

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While the Foxes were controversially defeated by Manchester United in the FA Cup last Friday, the Gunners have not played since losing to Newcastle United in the EFL Cup semi-finals.

Given their pathetic performance against Newcastle in the second leg of their EFL Cup semi-final, Mikel Arteta's Arsenal could have been forgiven for wanting to board a plane to the Middle East immediately after their 5-1 thumping of Manchester City. Their minds were already in Dubai when they arrived at St James' Park.

The Newcastle team led by Alexander Isak unsettled David Raya, William Saliba, and Gabriel Magalhaes in a manner that the Gooners have never seen before, and Arteta's team failed to build on their victory over the champions.

Arsenal would normally be coming home from their traditional mid-season break with a spring in their step, but the news of Kai Havertz's season-ending hamstring injury has put an end to any lingering hope. Right now, Arsenal is only competing for Premier League and Champions League glory between now and the spring.

Although Liverpool was denied victory in Wednesday's Merseyside derby against Everton under extraordinary circumstances, the Gunners now find themselves seven points worse off on the same number of games after the board's refusal to approve a short-term or even long-term attacking signing in January has completely backfired.

However, Arteta's team has a fantastic undefeated Premier League record to fall back on, having won all 14 of their previous games; they haven't had a longer winning streak in the top division since the Arsene Wenger era of 2010–11.

As his team was unfairly eliminated from the FA Cup last Friday, Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy made an astonishingly quick return to the Old Trafford dugouts, albeit sitting in the unfamiliar away dugout this time. He also created the new footballing term "offside time" to compete with the classic "Fergie time."

Harry Maguire, a former Foxes center-back, peeled away from his marker to nod in a last-minute free kick with extra time imminent after goals from Bobby Decordova-Reid and Joshua Zirkzee. However, replays made it clear that the £80 million player was offside.

Van Nistelrooy, who is trying to get his team's attention back on the Premier League relegation dogfight, was understandably disappointed that the linesman's error was final and that Leicester's efforts went unrewarded because there was no VAR in place.

The Foxes are currently in 18th place in the Premier League table, two points outside of safety. Their current situation is undoubtedly the result of a terrible run of home performances, as they have lost all four of their Premier League games at the King Power, giving up nine goals while failing to score any.

Leicester's heartbreaking 4-2 loss at the Emirates in September made it six straight losses against Arsenal in the top division. Only one Premier League team, Norwich City's doomed 2019–20 crop, has ever lost five home games in a row without scoring in any of them.

Predicted starting lineup

Leicester City possible starting lineup:

Hermansen; Justin, Okoli, Faes, Thomas; Ndidi, Soumare; Decordova-Reid, El Khannouss, Ayew; Vardy

Arsenal possible starting lineup:

Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Nwaneri, Trossard, Sterling

Leicester City vs Arsenal