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5. (pm) (EDT) :

min: Ohhhh, the previously quite quiet Maddison plays Iheanacho right in front of goal but the striker makes a really poor touch and Villa are let off. That should have been 2-0, again.

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min: Scruffy stuff on the whole, really, as it was earlier. From Leicester’s perspective, though, every win puts them a big step closer to the holy grail.

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min:

A spot of Villa pressure, now, and Hourihane shoots well over. Better from them though.

5.) pm EDT :

min: Mings seemed to overstretch when running back to try and salvage that situation, but appears to be alright. Then Evans heads a free-kick not too far off target.

Updated at 5. pm EDT 5.) (PM EDT :

min: An early free-kick for Villa is delivered poorly by Hourihane. They need to make these situations count … but then so does Iheanacho, who is played through on goal after poor defending from Guilbert and sees Reina sort-of redeem himself by saving with a foot!

5.) (PM EDT : Peeeep! The second half is underway

Can Villa turn it all around?

4). (PM EDT :

Some customary excellence from Jonathan Liew for your delectation:

4) (pm) (EDT) : Gary Naylor (@ garynaylor 2398) Heard the sad news about Gordon Cowans @ NickAmes – all the very best to him and his family. He was the kind of Number 028 who was distrusted in the English game (just ten caps), but he won a Big Cup and charmed us all . A “Luca Modric” on bad pitches against ruthless defenders. (March 9,

Indeed. Cowans has, for those who may not know, been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease; we send him, his family and his friends, all the strength and positive vibes possible.

(4.) (pm) (EDT) : 73 Half-time: Leicester 1-0 Aston Villa

Hardly a classic here, but Villa have always looked willing to present Leicester with a goal and did so in quite spectacular fashion thanks to Reina’s rush of blood. Leicester probably deserve it because the away defense has been slipshod throughout the half. Villa began fairly well but faded badly and have it all to do.

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1 min:

Targett picks up a knock and takes treatment as we ready ourselves for the interval.

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min: Hourihane fouls Pereira and is booked. Villa have looked close to a meltdown whenever pressed here but probably did not expect one to come from their 57 – year-old keeper.

(4.) (pm EDT : Goal! Leicester 1-0 Aston Villa (Barnes 57)

Reina is not so wily there! Oh my goodness, this is really bad. Albrighton plays a fairly regulation ball for Barnes to run onto down the left and … hang on, what the heck is the keeper doing rushing out ?! Only he will know what he’s thinking, b ecause it’s an utterly bizarre decision and Barnes is always getting there first. He nips the ball past the veteran and, to be fair, still has a lot to do – finishing coolly into the empty net from yards, past the covering defenders. I repeat: what was Reina up to? It wasn’t as if Barnes was clean through or anything remotely similar!

Reina decides to run out to the wing , allowing Harvey Barnes an open goal. Photograph: Andrew Yates / Reuters
Reina appears dejected. Photograph: Nigel French / PA

Updated at 4. (pm EDT) 4. pm EDT 35:

min: now an opening for Leicester from open play as Luiz loses the ball to Praet, who plays Barnes in down the left. Barnes tries to measure one across Reina but the keeper is too wily for that and saves low to his left.

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min: Villa, since those early moments when Hourihane and Samatta lost their bearings, have been absent as an attacking force.

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min: another Leicester corner … and a third big Leicester chance! It goes short again and some way back to Pereira, whose deep cross finds a totally unmarked Iheanacho. He somehow heads wide from in front of goal when it seemed easier to score – that’s the best opportunity yet and Villa look terrible from set-pieces here.

Iheanacho heads just wide. Photograph: Andrew Yates / Reuters

Updated (at 4.) PM EDT (4) (pm) EDT 48

min: Something happens, for the first time in a long time, and Leicester win a corner. If they swing it straight in then maybe they’ll have another free header. But instead they work it short and inside to Barnes, who’s actually in quite a good position but checks inside unwisely and the opening goes. Soon they win another flag kick, though, and Maddison puts it straight in. Again Villa defend uncertainly but they scramble it away. (4) (pm) EDT : 47

(min: Villa will of course be pleased for as long as it stays like this; a point would be handy enough given they also have another game in hand on those above. (4.) PM EDT :

min: If I keep saying it’s not dull, I’m going to convince myself. The game is yet to really flow and Leicester, for all their possession, are yet to create from open play.

(4.) (pm) (EDT) :

(min: Ok, it’s still not dull but we have definitely hit a scrappy patch … until Guilbert stops Justin inside the area with an impeccably timed recovery tackle.

(4.) (pm) (EDT) :

(min: It’s not a dull game so far but quality has lacked. Leicester just exerting a little bit of control of late after that good Villa start. 4. pm EDT :

min: Grealish catches Ndidi on the follow-through and ends up in pain, but up he gets after a nervy moment or two for Villa fans.

4. pm EDT :

min: A strong run from Justin, which bodes well for him and Leicester, brings a corner. And it brings another free header for a Leicester center-back! This time it’s Soyuncu running round the back; he really has to score but plants it over! (4.) (PM EDT :

(min:) Mings is robbed by Iheanacho and then Reina screws one out of play. Villa’s worst enemy may well be themselves. (4.) (PM EDT

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(min:) It’s been a good opening and, apart from that Leicester flurry just then, Villa have been the more impressive.

() Jonny Evans reacts after seeing his header saved . Photograph: Andrew Yates / Reuters

Updated at 4. PM EDT

4. (PM) EDT :

min :

Almost a self-inflicted piece of misery from Villa’s defense, as Engels tries to nod a long pass back to Reina with Iheanacho chasing but gets it all wrong and puts it only just wide of his own post. Then, from the corner, Evans has a free header on the run but allows Reina to parry! Both sides on the offensive so far here!

4. (PM) (EDT) :

8 min: Play is pulled back after a Villa move fizzles out, because Ndidi has fouled Samatta to the left of center. It’s a great position and a fine delivery too from Hourihane, who bends it to the far post and sees Samatta slide in but make a miscue of his own. That, too, was a decent opportunity.

Samatta misses a chance to score. Photograph: Andrew Boyers / Action Images via Reuters

Updated (at 4.) (PM EDT)

(4.) (pm) EDT :

6 min: Chance for Villa! Targett overlaps to the byline after fine work from Grealish and lays one across for Hourihane to convert … but he miskicks from yards and what a let-off that is for the hosts. (4.) (pm) (EDT)

4 min: Grealish goes on his first run into Leicester territory but Albrighton is back very diligently to nip that one in the bud. Suspect he’ll have a bit more of that to do. Albrighton and Grealish battle for the ball. Photograph: Nigel French / PA

Updated (at 4.) pm EDT (4.) pm EDT :

2 min: A slow start, with Iheanacho perhaps a bit unlucky to be pulled up for a free-kick when pressing strongly onto Mings.

(4.) (PM EDT

: Peeeeeeep! Off … we … go

Leicester, left to right, get us cracking on.

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The teams are coming out … game time will soon be upon us! 3. (PM EDT : tariq panja (@ tariqpanja) Wilfred Ndidi back so Leicester will almost certainly return to winning ways. So good at what he does. March 9,

There is an awful lot of truth in this.

(3.) (pm) EDT :

Brendan speaks!

“[Vardy] had trained the last few days but we want to make sure he’s fit not just for this game but for the rest of this season. It’s great to have him back, no doubt he’ll play a part.

“[James Justin, making his second Premier League start for Leicester at left-back] will be a player who is very important for us in the coming years and I’ve no qualms.

“We’ve been through a spell like most teams will do where you don’t pick up the results you want but we haven’t been negative, we’re focused and will do everything we can to get the three points. ”

So does Dean (Smith)!

“We can’t control other results, what it does is make our players realise it’s not about what other teams do. We’ve got two games in hand on the teams around us, so [need to] win them and that’s what we have to do. ”

(3.) (pm) EDT :

“The Foxes against the Villains at the King Power Stadium sounds like a teaser for a noir novel about palace intrigue. But let’s face it, tonight’s game will probably be low on genuine drama. My money is on Leicester winning 3-1 and Brendan getting back into the Champions League next year, ” predicts Justin Kavanagh.

() A Leicester fan with a plastic bag on his head as the rain falls. Photograph: Michael Regan / Getty Images

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3. 53 pm EDT : OptaJoe (@ OptaJoe) – Kasper Schmeichel is only the fourth Danish player to hit the 548 – game mark in the Premier League , after Thomas Sørensen (658), his father Peter Schmeichel ( () and Christian Eriksen ). Great. pic.twitter.com/VvUG2Kd0xi

(March 9,

Tillykke!

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For your ears only – it’s the brand new Football Weekly!

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No Ben Chilwell for Leicester, you’ll note, due to a hamstring injury. Jamie Vardy missed the defeat at Norwich but is, as trailed, among the subs. Villa look strong but this one is too soon for their talismanic and much-missed midfielder, John McGinn.

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Teams – Vardy back, but on the bench

Leicester: Schmeichel , Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Justin, Ndidi, Albrighton, Praet, Maddison, Barnes, Iheanacho. Subs: Morgan, Tielemans, Vardy, Ward, Perez, Mendy , Fuchs.

Aston Villa: Reina, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett, Douglas Luiz, Nakamba, Hourihane, Elmohamady, Samatta, Grealish. Subs:

Taylor, Drinkwater, Konsa, Trezeguet, El Ghazi, Nyland, Davis.

Referee: Michael Oliver

. (PM EDT : Hello

Leicester couldn’t … could they? That’s to say – they couldn’t mess this up, could they? Champions League qualification has seemed pretty much in the bag since Christmas but Brendan Rodgers’ men have been distinctly wobbly of late and, if we stick for now to the idea that it’ll take a top-four place to get there, are beginning to look vulnerable. Manchester United are among those lurking and what they need, after three straight league games without a goal, is a straightforward, old-fashioned home victory to clear their heads.

So how about it?

Villa won’t be too enamored with that thought and already have something of an Indian sign over today’s hosts, having dumped them out of the League Cup semis. They are on a stinky run of their own, with three straight top-flight defeats, and badly need points on the board now if they are to claw themselves away from the drop zone. They are only two off safety as things stand though, so if they win this then they will leap to th. Otherwise, it’s another week right in the mire.

Which is it to be?

Stay with us for the next few hours and find out. Emails, tweets, jokes, poems, pithy observations, shopping lists – anything really – all appreciated as we go.

Updated (at 2.) pm EDT

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