What TV channel is Leicester vs Liverpool on, what time is kick off and what is the latest team news?
All the latest info as Jurgen Klopp takes his team to the Premier League's crisis club
LIVERPOOL will hope to capitalise on the chaos at Leicester when they visit the crisis-hit club in the Premier League on Monday night.
Jurgen Klopp's team are just emerging from their own dark spell, with a 2-0 win over Tottenham ending a sequence of one win in 10 games.
Last year's champions Leicester are rocking after the sacking of manager Claudio Ranieri following a terrible title defence that sees them just one point above the drop zone .
Keep up to date with ALL the Leicester news, gossip, transfers and goals on our club page plus fixtures, results and live match commentary
When is Leicester v Liverpool?
The match at the King Power Stadium kicks off at 8pm on Monday February 27.
Where can I watch it?
It will be shown live on Sky Sports 1, with coverage starting at 7pm.
The goals will be available to watch on the Sun Football app as they go in.
You can also keep up to date on the SunSports live blog, or on the radio with TalkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 Live.
What is the latest Leicester team news?
Interim manager Craig Shakespeare will assess the fitness of strikers Islam Slimani (groin) and Leonardo Ulloa (thigh) ahead of the match.
Both players have returned to training but Shakespeare will analyse their sharpness after several weeks out.
What is the latest Liverpool team news?
Daniel Sturridge and Dejan Lovren are on the road to recovery but neither is expected to start Monday's match.
England striker Sturridge was sent home from the team's warm weather training camp in La Manga because of a virus and was expected to return to the club on Friday afternoon after a week off.
Croatia defender Lovren, who missed the last two matches with a knee problem, is further ahead. He should return to full training on Saturday after being helped by a specialist in Germany during the week.
Dutch midfielder Gini Wijnaldum is fit to play despite suffering a heavy blow to the calf in training earlier in the week.
Forward Danny Ings is out for the season after undergoing knee surgery in November.
Keep up to date with ALL the Liverpool news, gossip, transfers and goals on our club page plus fixtures, results and live match commentary
Form
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Liverpool: WLDLD
SunSport prediction
Will the shock of Ranieri's exit and the prospect of a new manager to impress galvanise Leicester's players? Maybe, but Liverpool have found their feet and with Sadio Mané, Adam Lallana and Georginio Wijnaldum in fine form, they should have too much for their hosts. 2-1 Liverpool
Match stats
- Leicester won this exact fixture last season thanks to brace from Jamie Vardy (2-0). They’ve not won back-to-back home league games against Liverpool since August 1972.
- The Reds won the previous encounter 4-1 in September, but they haven’t beaten Leicester home and away in the same season since 2001-02.
- The Foxes’ last three Premier League goals against Liverpool have all been scored by Jamie Vardy. He’s the only Leicester player to score against Liverpool at the King Power Stadium.
- However, Vardy has scored in just one of his last 18 Premier League games (a hat-trick v Manchester City in December).
- Liverpool have won more away games against reigning Premier League champions than any other side (8), including at Stamford Bridge in 2015-16. The Reds are also the only side to have done so in consecutive seasons (2000-01 and 2001-02 vs Man Utd).
- Leicester could become the first reigning top-flight champion to lose 15 league games within a season since Leeds United in 1992/93.
- The Foxes have lost their last five league games – the only other reigning top-flight champion to lose six on the bounce are Everton in 1928/29 (final six games of the season).
- Sadio Mané has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than any other Liverpool player this season (15 - 11 goals, four assists).
- Claudio Ranieri has won four of his previous five home games against Liverpool as a Premier League manager, losing the other in January 2004 while at Chelsea.
- Georginio Wijnaldum has had a hand in three of Liverpool’s last four Premier League goals, scoring one and assisting two.
- Jordan Henderson is the only Premier League player to attempt more than 2000 passes this season (2059), whilst he’s also run the furthest (286.2km).