West Ham vs Leicester
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: London Stadium
Date: Saturday, 20 April, 2019
Kick-off time: 3:00pm GMT
West Ham will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they host Leicester at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Following losses to Everton and Chelsea, Manuel Pellegrini's side performed well at Old Trafford last weekend and were perhaps unfortunate to slump to a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United as the result of two Paul Pogba penalties.
The Hammers have experienced such inconsistency all season and currently sit 11th on 42 points with only four matches left to play.
Five points ahead in seventh and leading the chase to be crowned as the Premier League's 'best of the rest' are Leicester, whose impressive four-game winning run under Brendan Rodgers was brought to an end last Friday.
Ayoze Perez's expert glancing header condemned the Foxes, still chasing a Europa League spot depending on the result of the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Watford, to a surprise 1-0 home loss to Newcastle.
West Ham vs Leicester team news and predicted line-ups
West Ham will welcome back Marko Arnautovic this weekend after illness prevented the Austrian forward from featuring against Manchester United.
However, Manuel Lanzini (groin) and Samir Nasri (calf) are both expected to miss out, while Javier Hernandez has an ear issue and Winston Reid, Andriy Yarmolenko and Andy Carroll are all long-term absentees.
Carlos Sanchez is back training with the first team however and Jack Wilshere could return to senior action shortly after stepping up his own injury comeback with the Under-23s.
Robert Snodgrass' one-match suspension is not currently active while the Scottish international considers an appeal and, as it stands, he is free to play.
Aaron Cresswell could also return after a knee injury.
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Anderson, Snodgrass, Antonio, Arnautovic
Leicester have very few injury worries to contend with at present, with Marc Albrighton fit again after a hamstring tear.
Only Daniel Amartey remains in the treatment room as he continues to recover from a broken ankle suffered against West Ham in the autumn.
Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Ndidi, Gray, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy
Score prediction: West Ham 2-2 Leicester
West Ham were unbeaten in six home matches before facing Everton a fortnight ago, though they have also been rather goal-shy on their own patch and rarely seem to keep clean sheets.
Leicester have won successive away games and were looking full of confidence under Rodgers before that slip-up against Newcastle.
The Foxes score plenty of goals on the road and should have enough about them to secure an entertaining point at least.
West Ham vs Leicester tickets
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Leicester have sold out their entire 3,000 allocation.
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Match odds
- West Ham to win: 9/4
- Leicester to win: 13/10
- Draw: 12/5
First goalscorer odds
- Jamie Vardy: 7/2
- Javier Hernandez: 9/2
- Kelechi Iheanacho: 5/1
- Marko Arnautovic: 5/1
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
As you can tell by the kick-off time, this fixture is not available to watch on television or online in the United Kingdom.
However, you can keep up to date with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
Head to Head history and results (h2h)
These two sides have met 23 times in the top-flight in the Premier League era, with West Ham boasting 11 wins to Leicester's seven, with five draws.
October's match at the King Power Stadium ended in a 1-1 draw after Wilfred Ndidi's 89th-minute equaliser cancelled out Fabian Balbuena's first-half header.
Mark Noble was sent off for a high challenge on Ndidi.
