{"id":2780,"date":"2021-12-16T04:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/leicester-have-nine-players-out-vs-tottenham-no-senior-centre-backs-available\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T04:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:26:52","slug":"leicester-have-nine-players-out-vs-tottenham-no-senior-centre-backs-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/leicester-have-nine-players-out-vs-tottenham-no-senior-centre-backs-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester have nine players out vs Tottenham &amp; no senior centre-backs available"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Leicester City have a large number of players out for their meeting with Tottenham.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Leicester vs Tottenham<\/h2>\n<p>Leicester are set to take on Tottenham in a Premier League clash on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>After picking up a much-needed win vs Newcastle last time out, Leicester have moved up to 8<sup>th<\/sup> in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>However, they are still three points behind their upcoming opponents Spurs, who also have two games in hand on them.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, a win is very much needed by Brendan Rodgers and co. this week.<\/p>\n<h2>Leicester have nine players out vs Tottenham<\/h2>\n<p>However, ahead of the game, Leicester have been dealt some very concerning news on the personnel front.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that they have a total of nine players unavailable either due to covid or other issues:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve still got a number of players out. In total, we\u2019ve got nine players unavailable through COVID and other medical issues. In terms of the COVID side of things, we\u2019re still where we were.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere will be opportunities for our younger players to get involved, getting experiences being in and around the Premier League. Kasey McAteer got some game time, and it will really help his development.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThere will be opportunities for our younger players to get involved, getting experiences being in and around the Premier League. Kasey McAteer got some game time, and it will really help his development.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTnaGMPgOk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kTnaGMPgOk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leicester City (@LCFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCFC\/status\/1471120906219143174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nRodgers also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballdaily\/status\/1471122562906210311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated<\/a> that Leicester wanted the Premier League to look at possibly postponing Thursday\u2019s game, but they refused.<\/p>\n<p>And, as reported elsewhere, all of Leicester\u2019s three senior centre-backs are out through injury:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This might help Rob.<\/p>\n<p>? Table: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cckOHhGs0b\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/cckOHhGs0b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDinnery\/status\/1471122475857715206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/liverpool-vs-newcastle-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Liverpool vs Newcastle United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/crystal-palace-vs-southampton-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Crystal Palace vs Southampton betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City have a large number of players out for their meeting with Tottenham. Leicester vs Tottenham Leicester are set to take on Tottenham in a Premier League clash on Thursday. After picking up a much-needed win vs Newcastle last time out, Leicester have moved up to 8th in the Premier League table. However, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-2780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}