Leicester City will welcome Spartak Moscow to the King Power Stadium in the Europa League matchday 4 on Thursday. The kick-off is at 22:00 CEST.

Preview

It's been two weeks since Leicester and Spartak played out a phenomenal 4-3 thriller in Moscow with the Foxes claiming all three points back then courtesy of four goals from Patson Daka. Brendan Rodgers' men have fared quite well since then, beating Brentford and Brighton in the Premier League and the EFL Cup while losing 2-0 to Arsenal in their domestic league over the weekend. Rui Vitoria's side, in turn, suffered their worst-ever league loss in the following game - a 7-1 thrashing at the hands of Zenit Saint Petersburg before drawing Rostov 1-1 in their most recent match on Saturday.

Team news

Wesley Fofana, James Justin, Nampalys Mendy and Marc Albrighton are all unavailable for the hosts due to injury while Georgi Melkadze, Pavel Maslov and Ezequiel Ponce won't travel to the UK as the Spartak trio remain on the sidelines.

Prediction

As things stand now, Leicester are third in the Group C table, level on points with second-placed Napoli (4), while the Russians are at the very bottom of the standings with three points. If the Foxes are to challenge unexpected group leaders Legia and the Parthenopeans for the competition's knock-out stages, they absolutely have to make it two out of two against Spartak on Thursday. Considering the latter's run in the Russian Premier League since the reverse fixture, we'd say that Rodgers' crop will have no problems taking all three points in this one.

Tip

Leicester City to win to nil at 2.26 with 1XBET.