Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Leicester's home clash with Brighton...

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion (King Power Stadium) 

Team news

Leicester

Kelechi Iheanacho continues to struggle with a toe complaint as Leicester prepare to get their home Premier League campaign under way against Brighton.

The striker, a summer signing from Manchester City, sustained the injury towards the end of pre-season and is still experiencing enough discomfort to have to visit a specialist. A late decision will be made on his fitness.

Kelechi Iheanacho made his Leicester City debut in the opening day defeat at Arsenal

Danny Drinkwater (thigh), Vicente Iborra (groin), Robert Huth (ankle) and Nampalys Mendy (ankle) are all making progress but are not yet ready for first team involvement.

Provisional squad: Schmeichel, Jakupovic, Hamer, Simpson, Fuchs, Chilwell, Maguire, Morgan, Wasilewski, Benalouane, Ndidi, Amartey, Gray, Albrighton, Thomas, Mahrez, Musa, Vardy, Ulloa, Slimani, Okazaki, Iheanacho.

Brighton

Izzy Brown is Brighton's only new injury absentee for the Premier League trip to Leicester.

The on-loan Chelsea midfielder has temporarily returned to his parent club for assessment after suffering a hamstring problem in the opening weekend defeat by Manchester City.

Izzy Brown (left) was forced off injured in Brighton's opening day defeat by Manchester City

Record signing Jose Izquierdo has not trained with his new team yet and will not be involved against the Foxes, while midfielder Beram Kayal (broken leg) and forward Sam Baldock (knee) remain sidelined with long-term injuries.

Provisional squad: Ryan, Maenpaa, Bruno, Dunk, Duffy, Rosenior, Hunemeier, Suttner, Bong, Stephens, Gross, Propper, Knockaert, Sidwell, Skalak, March, Gross, Murphy, Hemed, Murray.

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

These two sides last met in the 2013-14 season in which Leicester won the Championship, with the Foxes losing both clashes, equating to a third of their total defeats in that campaign.

Indeed, Brighton also won home and away in their last encounters with Leicester in the top-flight in 1980-81.

Brighton & Hove Albion scored four times on their last away visit to Leicester, as many as in their previous 11 trips combined (all competitions).

Leicester are unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League home fixtures against newly-promoted sides, winning seven and drawing five since a 0-5 loss by Bolton in August 2001.

Leicester won five of their seven Premier League home games under Craig Shakespeare last season (D1 L1), but did end the season without a win in their last two, including a 1-6 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.

Since the start of the 2014-15 season, only one Englishman (James Milner, 21) has provided more Premier League assists than Jamie Vardy (19).

Brighton and Leicester will meet in the top flight for the first time since 1981

Brighton summer signing Pascal Gross covered more distance on MD1 than any other Premier League player (12.8 KM).

Andy King scored the winning goal the last time Leicester City beat Brighton at home in October 2012, whilst both teams were in the Championship.

Brighton forward Anthony Knockaert made 109 competitive appearances for Leicester, scoring 16 goals overall. He failed to score in any of his nine Premier League apps for the Foxes, however.

Jamie Vardy was one of four players to register a brace on the Premier League’s opening weekend, however he was the only one to do so with a 100 per cent shot conversion rate (two shots, two goals).