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Leicester City facing significant double-blow ahead of Leeds United visit

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Leicester City could be without star players Jamie vardy and Wilfred Ndidi when Leeds United travel to the King Power Stadium at the weekend.

A lot has happened at Leeds since the Foxes rolled up to Elland Road and taught us a lesson in the harsh realities of the Premier League.

Despite Leeds dominating possession, the visitors came away from West Yorkshire with a 4-1 win as Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes and Jamie Vardy cut us apart on the counter.

The Whites still find themselves comfortably in mid-table while Brendan Rodgers’ side are well in the mix for a Champions League spot.

With Leeds still contending with injury issues, the back four is set to be reshuffled again after Diego Llorente hobbled off early on against Newcastle on Tuesday.

However, we won’t be alone as Leicester will be without Jamie Vardy for the clash on Sunday.

On top of that, it has been revealed that holding midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and centre-back Jonny Evans are doubts for the game.

Brendan Rodgers has been speaking about the defensive pair following their draw with Everton Wednesday.

“It just tightened up.” He said, via the Yorkshire Evening Post.

“He doesn’t think he’s over stretched it or tore it but we will just have to assess that.

“He felt it tighten in a certain part of his hamstring so we couldn’t risk it any more.

“Jonny [Evans] just had blurred vision in one eye from when he went up for a header once so we think he will be okay.”

Both Ndidi and Evans were forced off at Goodison Park on Wednesday night after sustaining these injuries.

The Foxes have more than enough in their squad to contend with minor injuries here and there.

However, losing Vardy is a blow and something that will be music to the ears of Liam Cooper and co.

He caused us serious problems at Elland Road and his absence should give our defence a better night’s sleep.

He’s the type of striker that most teams would hate playing against, but allowing counter-attacks plays right into his hands, which we did last time out.

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Leeds United season ticket holder since 2013/14, currently situated in the middle of the FA5 noise. From Pablo Hernandez to 5-1 drubbings, I've seen it all at Elland Road.