Leicester City team news v Tottenham as Bobby De Cordova-Reid handed rare start
Bobby De Cordova-Reid has been handed his first Premier League start since August as Ruud van Nistelrooy makes one change to his Leicester City side for the fixture at Tottenham.
The Jamaican forward replaces Stephy Mavididi on the left wing, earning a place in City's Premier League 11 for the first time since the loss to Fulham in the second game of the campaign. Under van Nistelrooy, De Cordova-Reid has come on as a substitute in seven of his 10 matches in charge, scoring the late equaliser against Brighton last month.
With just one change made, it means new signing Woyo Coulibaly will have to make his debut from the bench. James Justin stays in the team at right-back.
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Wout Faes and Jannik Vestergaard continue at centre-back as the club look for their first clean sheet since October, with Victor Kristiansen at left-back. Harry Winks and Boubakary Soumare again sit in midfield, with Bilal El Khannouss and Jordan Ayew joining De Cordova-Reid in supporting Jamie Vardy.
It means Facundo Buonanotte is again only on the bench. But that is not too great of a surprise following reports of a heated exchange between the Argentinian and van Nistelrooy following last weekend’s loss to Fulham.
There’s no Hamza Choudhury in the matchday squad ahead of his imminent move to Sheffield United. Coulibaly’s inclusion on the bench means Luke Thomas misses out on the matchday squad.
City (4-2-3-1): Stolarczyk; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Winks, Soumare; Ayew, El Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid; Vardy. Subs: Iversen, Coulibaly, Coady, Okoli, Skipp, Buonanotte, McAteer, Mavididi, Daka.