West Ham vs Leicester preview

Team news, stats and prediction ahead of West Ham vs Leicester in the Premier League on Saturday (kick-off 5.30pm).

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West Ham will welcome back defender Ryan Fredericks from suspension for the visit of Leicester in the Premier League, but now have fellow full-back Aaron Cresswell unavailable.

Left-back Cresswell received his fifth yellow card of the campaign in the 2-1 defeat away to Crystal Palace on Boxing Day and joins Jack Wilshere (groin) and Winston Reid, who is lacking match fitness, on the sidelines.

Manuel Pellegrini could stick with Roberto in goal, despite Lukasz Fabianski and David Martin (both thigh) closing in on a return, but Manuel Lanzini is back again and featured off the bench in the clash at Selhurst Park.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has vowed to make changes for Saturday's fixture at West Ham. Although Rodgers' side emerged unscathed from the 4-0 Boxing Day defeat to Liverpool at the King Power Stadium, his frustration with the congested fixture list means he will freshen things up against the Hammers.

It could mean starts for Marc Albrighton, Ayoze Perez, Hamza Choudhury, James Justin and Kelechi Iheanacho.

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• West Ham have won just one of their last nine Premier League meetings with Leicester (D4 L4), with their 2-0 victory in May 2018 also their only clean sheet against the Foxes in this run.
• Leicester are unbeaten in their last four away Premier League games against West Ham (W2 D2), having lost seven of their previous eight in the competition (W1).
• Leicester lost their final league games in both 2017 (1-2 vs Liverpool) and 2018 (0-1 vs Cardiff). They last lost their final league game in three consecutive years between 2004-2006.
• Leicester are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games in London (W1 D2) - they've never gone four games without defeat in the capital in the competition. Having beaten Crystal Palace 2-0 in their last such game, they're looking to secure back-to-back league wins in London for the first time since 2015-16 (vs West Ham and Spurs).
• West Ham have lost their last three Premier League home games, last losing four in a row at home in the competition back in January 2006.

Charlie's prediction

This should be one where Leicester get back to winning ways. I was ever so disappointed with them in both of those games against Manchester City and Liverpool.

They went in front against City and did not look brave enough on the ball afterwards. They started to knock it into Jamie Vardy to chase but nobody could get up the pitch to support. Liverpool were magical against Leicester, but they were so poor.

James Maddison and Dennis Praet were disappointing, Ben Chilwell never got forward whereas Ricardo Pereira did. Brendan Rodgers has a small squad and doesn't have much room for manoeuvre, but now is not the time to be resting players.

Are we going to get energy and drive from West Ham? I think we might. It's for that reason why I find this the hardest result to select. Which West Ham will turn up? If it is an aggressive one, I think it is one which will turn Leicester over.

CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-1 (12/1 with Sky Bet)

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