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Leicester City host Tottenham Hotspur at the King Power Stadium tonight as the Foxes begin their bid to ensure Premier League survival against a Spurs side aiming to regain their Champions League status.
Leicester lost manager Enzo Maresca to Chelsea at the end of last season, replacing the Italian with former Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper, and the club have made a string of summer signings as they look to avoid relegation. They begin the season without strikers Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka, though, leaving Cooper short of forward options.
Ange Postecoglou is meanwhile looking to build on a solid first season in charge of Tottenham, having just missed out on Champions League qualification. Striker Dominic Solanke has been secured for a club record fee of £65m off the back of a 19-goal season for Bournemouth as Spurs seek to compete with the rest of the Premier League’s biggest clubs for a top four finish.
Follow the latest score and match updates below as Leicester take on Tottenham in the Premier League.
Leicester 0-1 Tottenham, 45 minutes
Just the one additional minute to be played.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:46
Leicester 0-1 Tottenham, 44 minutes
Into the final few moments of the half, Tottenham’s back four having largely set up camp on the white line through the centre of the King Power Stadium surface.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:45
Leicester 0-1 Tottenham, 41 minutes
Harry Winks overhits a diagonal dead ball, his free kick floaty and enveloped by Guglielmo Vicario in relative comfort. Jannik Vestergaard gives the goalkeeper a little nudge, frustrated not to have been found by his teammate.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:43
Leicester 0-1 Tottenham, 38 minutes
Spurs’ midfield has functioned well so far. It might have been that Yves Bissouma would have been part of their defensive two if not for his off-field misdemeanours, but Rodrigo Bentancur and Pape Sarr have offered good balance, both able to get forward and show passing range while maintaining their defensive discipline.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:40
Leicester 0-1 Tottenham, 36 minutes
A half-chance for Bobby Decordova-Reid, latching on to a bouncing ball after Guglielmo Vicario had salmoned a header away some way off his line. The goal is left vacant as the Italian goalkeeper sprawls to the floor, but the Leicester forward can’t find it, slicing his effort closer to the corner.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:37
Leicester 0-1 Tottenham, 35 minutes
Leicester can’t afford to simply fold here. They will have a bright period at some point, but a second or third Spurs goal before half time would surely leave them too much to do.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:36
Leicester 0-1 Tottenham, 32 minutes
James Maddison has been outstanding so far. He’s looked at it from the word go against his former club, favouring the left and causing old colleagues all manner of problems. He very nearly creates a second soon after Pedro Porro’s opener, clipping to Brennan Johnson as the forward is left vacant at the far stick – and though the ball is dropping, Johnson might have liked to have hit his volleyed finish rather better.
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Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:34
GOAL! Leicester 0-1 TOTTENHAM (Pedro Porro, 29 minutes)
But finally Tottenham have their goal!
To say it has been coming would be to understate Spurs’ command and class in this first 30 minutes. James Maddison is the architect, sketching from a withdrawn position on the inside left, and Pedro Porro follows the job through, the marauding right-back’s connection off his shoulder perhaps not as planned but good enough to ensure a devilish delivery ends up buried in the bottom corne.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:30
Leicester 0-0 Tottenham, 26 minutes
The rain appears to have relented a touch, Victor Kristiansen’s blonde curtains drawn back towards the finials on either side of his forehead. The left-back is doing a decent enough job of combatting Brennan Johnson, but James Justin is struggling rather more with Heung-min Son and James Maddison on the opposite side.
Harry Latham-Coyle19 August 2024 20:28