Sat 18 July 2020, 17:35
Tottenham HotspurOn Sunday afternoon, Leicester City are our visitors for our final home match of the Premier League season (4pm kick-off).
The game will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, but supporters can catch all the build-up from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in our pre-match show, N17 Live. This weekend, joining host Ben Haines will be Ledley King and actor Himesh Patel – star of the 2019 smash-hit film Yesterday and BBC One’s The Luminaries.
And don't forget to tune in after the game as we go live once again to watch the players show their appreciation for the fantastic support of our fans around the globe during this challenging campaign. Our end-of-season awards will also be presented.
Look out for our final digital matchday programme of the season as well - dedicated to our fans and available for free on Sunday morning from 9am.
Team news
Leicester will be without a number of defensive options for our meeting in north London. Ben Chilwell (thigh), Christian Fuchs (groin) and Ricardo Pereira (ACL) all remain out injured while Çağlar Söyüncü is suspended. Midfield duo Marc Albrighton and James Maddison will also miss the clash.
Leicester’s form
The Foxes have excelled this season under Brendan Rodgers, but have endured a tough run of form since the Premier League’s restart in June. The final game before the season was suspended involved Leicester, and the result of that clash that demonstrated just how strong they have been this season. On 9 March, they defeated Aston Villa 4-0 at the King Power Stadium – a commanding victory that kept them third in the league and comfortably within the top four as eight points separated them from fifth.
However, they have picked up just two wins since the action resumed just under a month ago and that has left them with a fight on their hands if they are to secure a place in the Champions League. They now sit fourth and level on points with fifth-placed Manchester United.
One to watch
Jamie Vardy leads the Premier League goalscoring charts this season with 23 strikes to his name so far – including four goals in his last four games. The former England international now has 103 goals to his name since his top-flight debut back in 2014 - only Harry Kane (137 goals) and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero (128) have scored more in that time. The 33-year-old has also scored five goals in 10 league appearances against us - four of them coming in our last four meetings.
Last five meetings
21 September, 2019 – Leicester 2-1 Spurs – Premier League
10 February 2019 – Spurs 3-1 Leicester – Premier League
8 December 2018 – Leicester 0-2 Spurs – Premier League
13 May 2018 – Spurs 5-4 Leicester – Premier League
28 November 2017 – Leicester 2-1 Spurs – Premier League
The numbers game
0 – Jose Mourinho is unbeaten in six meetings with Brendan Rodgers as a manager.
7 – Jose has also won seven of his nine games as a manager against Leicester City.
12 – Harry Kane has 12 goals in just nine Premier League meetings with the Foxes.
5 – Jamie Vardy has been involved in five goals in just seven appearances against teams managed by Jose Mourinho.
6 – Having lost three of his first four games against us, Brendan Rodgers has won his last six meetings with us in a row.
Played for both
Signing for us in the winter of 1998, Steffen Freund became a firm fans' favourite at White Hart Lane during five seasons at the Club.
Having won the European Championship with Germany in 1996 and the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund – as well as a couple of Bundesliga crowns with the Die Borussen – he quickly found a place in the hearts of all Spurs fans with his talent and dedication in a Lilywhite shirt. Silverware also came his way in north London as he helped us to lift the League Cup in 1999.
He left N17 four years later, returning to Germany to join Kaiserslautern before joining Leicester on loan in 2004. Retiring soon after, he moved into coaching. Steffen started with the German national team’s youth system but later returned to north London in 2012 to work under Andre Villas-Boas. He is now a seasoned pundit in his homeland.
Quick quiz on Leicester
- Which of the following players did not score his first Spurs goal versus Leicester City?
- Davinson Sanchez
- Dele
- Heung-Min Son
- Who was the last Spurs player to make his debut against Leicester City?
- Filip Lesniak
- Josh Onomah
- Kyle Walker-Peters
- In which year did Mbulelo Mabizela score against Leicester on his Spurs debut?
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- We last faced Leicester City in our final home game of a season in the 2017/18 campaign – what was the final scoreline that day at Wembley?
- 3-1
- 5-4
- 4-2
- Harry Kane scored his first Premier League hat-trick against Leicester City – in which year?
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
Find the answers at the bottom of the page.
Pictures from the past - 1961 FA Cup Final
Match data
Venue – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Opposition colours – Blue shirts, white shorts, blue socks.
Referee – Anthony Taylor.
Weather – Light rain, 19 degrees.
Quiz answers: 1 – Heung-Min Son; 2 - Filip Lesniak; 3 – 2003; 4 – 5-4; 5 – 2015.
