Saturday Premier League stats and tips: Leicester City vs Arsenal

Matty Briggs
24 February 2023

Are Arsenal back in the box seat for the Premier League title, or will Leicester City throw up another tough hurdle to clear? Planet Sport checks out the team news, key stats and best bets.

Brendan Rodgers seems likely to stick with largely the same formation and starting line-up that he has used for the third game in a row, despite suffering a heavy 3-0 defeat to Manchester United last time out.

The only question marks are about the return of Youri Tielemens, who recovered from injury enough to make the bench against the Red Devils and could stake a claim for a place in the first team this weeked.

The other major issues surrounds the fitness of James Maddison, who faces a late fitness test to check on a lingering knee injury and it could be a spanner in Rodgers' plans if he is forced to sit out.

Rodgers has suggested Ryan Bertrand is edging closer to a return to action after more than a year out following knee surgery.

Defender Jonny Evans remains on the sidelines with the thigh injury sustained in November.

Mikel Arteta revealed Thomas Partey has been back in action and could be in line to make it back into the Arsenal team this weekend, although he did admit it has only been light training so far and the midfielder faces a late fitness test to see if he is ready.

One player who will definitely be missing out is Gabriel Jesus but Arteta revealed the Brazilian has been making good progress on his recovery from knee surgery.