Leicester City v Everton: Premier League – live

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Kasper Schmeichel: “I really miss playing at Leicester. Its an amazing place.”

He describes Daniel Iversen as “very competent”.

Everton playing with a five in midfield tonight – Iwobi, Garner, Gueye, Doucoure, McNeil – which feels like a defensive shape. Not a lot of matchwinners on the bench, perhaps with the exception of Demarai Gray. Nobody has fewer than Everton’s six league wins this season. I’m sure most in the away end would take a 0-0 draw tonight.

James Maddison is very good at football, and seems like a nice enough chap, but there is something about him that slightly irks me. I think it might be the shorts/socks combo. Not enough knee on show, for me.

Where would Leicester be with a proper goalkeeper? Certainly a few more points better off. Danny Ward put in a series of shocking displays when he was between the sticks earlier this season, although he was far from the only culprit at the back. Iversen has been a small improvement since coming into the side but this will surely be a position that the club will look to bolster in the summer, provided they do avoid the drop.

I mention this because Kasper Schmeichel is Sky’s guest on MNF tonight. What a brilliant player he was for Leicester, and what a surprise it was to see him leave last summer, even if he did swap the east Midlands for the French Riviera. He’s not doing a bad job as a pundit, by the way, as he gives some in-depth analysis to some of the weekend’s goalkeeping. A poor choice of trainers to go with his very sharp suit.

“They were so good that some of the glory hunters near me in Birmingham, opted for the leftfield choice of supporting them when ALL the others went for Liverpool,” writes Antony Train in response to Paulo Biriani’s email. “Needless to say, by the early 90s, the glory days of both started to fade and most had seen sense and started supporting their local team, Villa! But what a team. Kevin Sheedy and that left foot. And that le Coq kit with the white top half and blue bottom half: WOOF.”

If you’re wondering why Amadou Onana is not in the starting Everton line-up, Sean Dyche has revealed the Senegalese has been ill for the past couple of days, while Ben Godfrey, who is not in the squad, has a groin injury.

“I do remember just how incredible their team was in the 80s,” emails Paulo Biriani. “God, they were good. And I remember reading about Dixie Dean and his genius when I wad a kid. It seemed an immutable law that Everton were not allowed to be relegated.”

Too good to go down? Looking at both XIs tonight, you’d probably say that was the case. But performances on the pitch have been collectively awful, and they deserve to be where they are. It’s also a credit to the three promoted teams – Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest. Two of the three are safe, and Forest have a great chance to stay up.

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The teams

Leicester: Iversen, Castagne, Faes, Soyuncu, Thomas, Soumare, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.
Subs: Ward, Souttar, Kristiansen, Amartey, Daka, Dewsbury-Hall, Mendy, Praet, Tete.

Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Doucoure, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin, McNeil.
Subs: Patterson, Onana, Gray, Mina, Begovic, Maupay, Davies, Coady,
Simms.

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

Preamble

What a gargantuan game this is, for two grand old clubs. Leicester and Everton start tonight’s match in the relegation zone, in 18th and 19th respectively, and this is the crucial game in hand. A win for either side would take them into 16th place, above Nottingham Forest and Leeds. Whatever happens, Forest will find themselves in the bottom three at the end of the evening.

It will be interesting to see how each team approaches the game. If it’s important to win, it’s vital not to lose. Both Leicester and Everton have mixed run ins. After tonight, these are the remaining fixtures.

Leicester
Fulham (a)
Liverpool (h)
Newcastle (a)
West Ham (h)

Everton
Brighton (a)
Manchester City (h)
Wolves (a)
Bournemouth (h)

I’m genuinely not sure which is better from that lot, and it really puts into perspective what an opportunity it is tonight for three points. It is, most definitely, ON!

Kick off: 8pm BST.