Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of Aston Villa vs Leicester City. The Foxes are making the short trip the West Midlands off the back of a frustrating goalless draw in the Europa League, while Villa will want to build on their consecutive clean sheets as they push for a Champions League spot. All the team new, stats and facts to follow with kick off at 14:05 GMT
Premier League / Matchday 25
Villa Park / 21.02.2021
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- B. Traoré(48')
- J. Maddison(19')
- H. Barnes(23')
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Updated 21/02/2021 at 16:01 GMT
11'
Maddison works the corner well, with the ball coming to Pereira who tries again from range, but his shot deflects for another corner
10'
Chance! Barnes sees his shot blocked, but his driving run is pushing Villa onto the back foot. Corner for Leicester
9'
Villa finally seeing decent spell of possession as they drag Leicester left to right, trying to work an opening
8'
A real midfield battle is taking place today with Douglas Luiz doing his best to stamp his authority while Tielemans is looking to pull the strings for Leicester
4'
Maddison delivers another corner, but Villa get the ball away
3'
Maddison whips the ball into the box from the corner, it's cleared away, but not far enough as the Foxes win another corner
3'
Castagne sends in a dangerous cross, but it's turned out for a corner
2'
Leicester have started well as they pile on the pressure with a high press pinning back Villa
1'
An early shot on target for Leicester as Pereira takes aim from the edge of the box, but Martínez was equal to it
1'
Villa get the game started
14:03
Both sides make their way out on to the pitch as the game is just moments away
13:57
Kick off is less than 10 minutes away and with West Ham winning against Spurs, the Foxes know they will need all three points
13:50
Villa Park is showing signs that it's becoming a bit of a fortress with Dean Smith's side having won three of their past four home league matches
13:45
Last season Leicester came out 4-1 winners at Villa Park. They have never won successive away league games against Villa.
13:40
With Grealish missing from the squad Barkley will have to step up to the plate to fill the void left by their talismanic captain who has been involved with over 16 goals this season
13:35
The Villa defence will have to be at their best today as Maddison has been involved in eight goals in his past nine league appearances, scoring four and setting up four.
13:30
Record breaker Vardy will be on prowl again today as the striker only needs another goal or assist to ensure that he becomes only the sixth player to be directly involved in 100 Premier League goals since turning 30 years old. He has 81 goals and 18 assists
13:25
Although the performances of late have been far from brilliant for Villa, they can still boast a record of 12 clean sheets in their first 22 Premier League games this season, which is the most shutouts they've ever kept in the first 22 games of a league season in their history
13:20
With Caglar Soyuncu back to full fitness it's no coincidence that Brendan Rodgers' side have conceded just one goal in their last five games, it just goes to show how important he is to the side
13:15
And this is squad that Brendan Rodgers has selected:
Harvey Barnes, James Maddison and Jamie Vardy all start and will all be keen to add to the goals they grabbed against Liverpool last weekend
13:10
Here is how Villa line up today:
Ahmed Elmohamady replaces Matty Cash who will be out for three to four weeks. The Egyptian has big boots to fill as Cash has been in fine form this season starting all but one of Villa's 22 league matches