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Saturday’s clash at the King Power Stadium is the tale of two newly-promoted sides enjoying very different fortunes. Leicester City , unbeaten at home, are 12 in the table after a string of stirring performances. Perhaps most promisingly, Nigel Pearson’s side took four points from matches against Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United, holding the Gunners to a hard-fought 1-1 draw before a famous 5-3 victory over United. Dave Nugent has never managed to replicate his free-scoring Championship form at the top level, but will hope to add this season’s solitary strike against Burnley – the striker has scored in each of the sides’ last four meetings.
The Clarets, on the other hand, are yet to win this season and are bottom of the table, although a win could see them claw their way out of a congested relegation zone. Like Leicester, their most promising display came against Manchester United, when they held Louis van Gaal’s side to a 0-0 draw at Turf Moor. Goals, however, remain a real problem – Sean Dyche’s team have not scored since their 3-1 opening day defeat to Chelsea.
KICK-OFF: Saturday, 3.00pm
Burnley were beaten 4-0 by West Brom in their last outing (GETTY IMAGES)
PAST THREE MEETINGS…
Burnley 0 Leicester 2 (Nugent, Wood), Championship, March 2014
Leicester 1 (Nugent) Burnley 1(Ings), Championship, November 2013
Burnley 0 Leicester 1 (Nugent), Championship, March 2013
STATS…
Burnely haven’t scored in 616 minutes of football in all competitions. When Scott Arfield scored their only goal after just 14 minutes of the season, he presumably didn’t think that would be enough to keep him the side’s top scorer until October.
Burnley have not beaten Leicester in any of their last seven meetings.
Leicester’s Leonardo Ulloa has scored five in his first six league appearances since moving to the club for £8 million from Brighton. He is the second-highest scorer in the Premier League after Diego Costa.
Leicester’s 5-3 victory over Manchester United was the first time United have conceded five in the league since Alex Ferguson’s final match in charge against West Brom ended in a 5-5 draw in May 2013.
Show all 126 1 /126Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 2 Southampton 0 Matty James is taken off after a nasty-looking injury
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 2 Southampton 0 Leonardo Ulloa watches on as Leicester take the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 2 Southampton 0 Esteban Cambiasso celebrates with Riyad Mahrez after the Algerian's opener
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Hull 0 Nikica Jelevic of Hull City shoots past Jeffrey Schlupp
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Hull 0 Mark Schwarzer punches the ball clear
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Hull 0 Tom Huddlestone was shown a red card but there were no goals at the King Power Stadium
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 2 Leicester 0 Vincent Kompany sits among the subs after being dropped
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 2 Leicester 0 David Silva puts Manchester City in the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 2 Leicester 0 David Silva celebrates his goal
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 2 Leicester 0 Wilfred Bony in action for Manchester City
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 2 Leicester 0 James Milner celebrates his goal
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Arsenal 2 Leicester 1 Theo Walcott celebrates his effort
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Arsenal 2 Leicester 1 Laurent Koscielny (right) opens the scoring and celebrates with Mesut Ozil
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 1 Joe Ledley rises highest to head Crystal Palace into the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 1 Nigel Pearson and Palace's James McArthur were involved in an altercation on the touchline (Getty)
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 1 The Leicester City manager, Nigel Pearson, tangles with the Crystal Palace midfielder James McArthur on Saturday
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 1 Nigel Pearson and James McArthur were involved in an altercation
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 1 David Nugent attempts to control the ball under the attentions of Joe Ledley and Martin Kelly.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 0 Stoke 1 A corner comes into the box at the King Power Stadium
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 0 Stoke 1 Jeffrey Schlupp attempts to cross the ball under pressure from Danny Higginbotham
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 0 Stoke 1 Bojan is croded out by Danny Simpson
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 0 Stoke 1 Marcin Wasilweski is booked for a heavy tackle
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 0 Stoke 1 Bojan produced a piece of magic to score the winner for the away side
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 0 Stoke 1 Steven N'Zonzi has a late effort at goal
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Aston Villa 0 Ciaran Clark is shown a red card after picking up his second booking
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Aston Villa 0 Matty James is shown a red card for his part in the fracas between the two teams
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Aston Villa 0 The incident quickly becomes a shoving match between all players from both teams
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Aston Villa 0 Matty James and Ciaran Clark square up after the latters rash challenge on Jores Akore
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Aston Villa 0 Leonardo Ulloa slides in on Ashley Westwood
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Aston Villa 0 Marcin Wasilewski catches Gabriel Agbonlahor with a challenge
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 1 Newcastle 0 John Carver and Steve Stone watch the action unfold at the King Power Stadium
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 1 Newcastle 0 Leonardo Ulloa heads in the winner - his eighth goal of the season
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 1 Newcastle 0 Leicester players celebrate with the striker
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 1 Newcastle 0 Jak Alnwick made a number of good saves for Newcastle
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 1 Newcastle 0 Remy Cabella tries to get the visitors on the attack
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 1 Newcastle 0 Cheick Tiote puts in a tackle on Leicester striker Jamie Vardy
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Liverpool 2 Leicester 2 Leicester City defender Wes Morgan is pictured conceding a penalty with a 'handball' for the first of two controversial Liverpool penalties
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Liverpool 2 Leicester 2 Steven Gerrard of Liverpool celebrates his goal from the spot making it 1-0
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Liverpool 2 Leicester 2 Gerrard scored a second goal from the penalty spot
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Liverpool 2 Leicester 2 David Nugent of Leicester City celebrates scoring to make it 2-1
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Liverpool 2 Leicester 2 Jeffrey Schlupp then scored an equaliser for the visitors
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Hull 0 Leicester 1 Riyad Mahrez of Leicester scores the only goal of the game
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Hull 0 Leicester 1 Nigel Pearson, manager of Leicester, congratulates Mahrez for scoring a goal that provided a first win for Leicester since they beat Manchester United in September
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Hull 0 Leicester 1 Steve Bruce sees his team lose to Leicester
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Tottenham 2 Harry Kane scored his 15th goal of the season inside a minute
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Tottenham 2 Kane silences the crowd at the King Power Stadium
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Tottenham 2 Danny Rose battles with Danny Simpson on Tottenham's left wing
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Tottenham 2 Leonardo Ulloa heads Leicester level early in the second-half
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Tottenham 2 Ulloa salutes the crowd after his equalising goal
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Tottenham 2 Spurs played mob Eriksen after his brilliant free-kick handed them all three points
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures West Ham 2 Leicester 0 Jamie Vardy puts a tackle in on West Ham midfielder Alex Song
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures West Ham 2 Leicester 0 Diafra Sakho challenges Leicester defender Marcin Wasilewski
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures West Ham 2 Leicester 0 Andy Carroll dinks the ball over goalkeeper Ben Hamer to put the Hammers in the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures West Ham 2 Leicester 0 Carroll takes the applause after scoring his third goal of the season
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures West Ham 2 Leicester 0 Stewart Downing was also on target for the Hammers, who remain in third
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures West Ham 2 Leicester 0 Nigel Pearson is now 12 matches without a win
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1 Leonardo Ulloa put Leicester in front after Brad Guzan spilled a shot
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1 Ciaran Clark headed home the equaliser from a free-kick
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1 Ashley Westwood is carried off on a stretcher after picking up a first-half injury
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1 Alan Hutton fires home his first goal for Aston Villa and what would turn out to be the match-winner
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1 Leicester left-back Paul Konchesky was sent off after clashing with Hutton
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1 Paul Lambert's team are now unbeaten in five but Nigel Pearson has not won in 10
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Liverpool 3 Leonardo Ulloa's shot cannoned back off the post to hit Simon Mignolet and go in off his head
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Liverpool 3 Adam Lallana fired in a left-footed equaliser, beating Kasper Schmeichel at the near post
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Liverpool 3 Steven Gerrard, who was dropped to the bench at the weekend, celebrates after putting the Reds in front at the King Power Stadium
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Liverpool 3 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers watches the action
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Liverpool 3 Wes Morgan was sent off after bringing down Rickie Lambert when he was the last man
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 1 Liverpool 3 Jordan Henderson puts the icing on the cake after a Schmeichel error
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Esteban Cambiasso shields the ball from Eduardo Vargas
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Leroy Fer nets QPR's second
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Kasper Schmeichel celebrates a Leicester goal
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Joey Barton soars to win a header
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Esteban Cambiasso celebrates scoring the opener
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Charlie Austin challenges Esteban Cambiasso
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Sunderland 0 Sunderland take a short corner at the King Power Stadium
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Sunderland 0 Reyad Mehraz tries to work an opportunity for the Foxes
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Sunderland 0 Anthony Reveillere wins the ball from Jamie Vardy
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Sunderland 0 Leonard Ulloa holds off the ball from Steven Fletcher
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Sunderland 0 Steven Fletcher wins a header under pressure from Richie De Laet
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 Sunderland 0 Ulloa reflects on a late chance that went begging
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 West Brom 1 Chris Brunt celebrates after Esteban Cambiasso's own-goal gives West Brom the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 West Brom 1 Saido Berahino celebrates Esteban Cambiasso's own goal that gave West Brom the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester 0 West Brom 1 Wes Morgan heads the ball that deflects off Esteban Cambiasso and into the back of the net
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Swansea 2 Leicester 0 Wilfried Bony of Swansea celebrates after scoring the opening goal
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Swansea 2 Leicester 0 Ashley Williams of Swansea City tackles David Nugent of Leicester City
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Swansea 2 Leicester 0 Leicester player Ritchie De Laet (l) has a shot blocked by Neil Taylor
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Swansea 2 Leicester 0 Wilfried Bony of Swansea City celebrates scoring their second goal to end a five game winless streak
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 Gabriel Obertan celebrates his goal with his team mates
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 Gabriel Obertan fires in to give Newcastle the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 Papiss Cisse misses a good chance
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 The match is delayed by an hour due to problems with a big screen coming dislodged by the wind
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Burnley 2 Ross Wallace can't hide his delight after securing an unlikely point at Leicester City in stoppage time.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Burnley 2 Riyad Mahrez resumed Leicester's lead just second after Burnley's equaliser.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Burnley 2 Michael Kightly scored only Burnley's second goal of the season to drag his side level.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Burnley 2 An unlikely goal scorer, Jeff Schlupp put the Foxes ahead after a period of pressure from the hosts.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Burnley 2 Despite a decent start from Sean Dyche's men, Leicester had the best chance of the opening exchanges with Wes Morgan's header forcing Ben Mee into a goal-line clearance.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Burnley 2 There was another 31,000 sell-out at the King Power Stadium for Leicester vs Burnley.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Crystal Palace 2 Leicester City 0 Crystal Palace cheerleaders The Crystals raise spirits at Selhurst Park
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Crystal Palace 2 Leicester City 0 Neil Warnock celebrated a second successive win after last week's impressive victory at Goodison Park
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Crystal Palace 2 Leicester City 0 Mile Jedinak then rose highest from a corner to secure a second successive win for Neil Warnock's men
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Crystal Palace 2 Leicester City 0 Leonardo Ulloa clashes with Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Crystal Palace 2 Leicester City 0 Fraizer Campbell followed up a goal at Everton last week to give Palace the lead against Leicester City
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 The remarkable comeback was complete after Leonardo Ulloa tucked in a penalty to make it 5-3. After Tyler Blackett had fouled Jamie Vardy in the box, getting sent off for his troubles, United's afternoon went from bad to worse.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Livewire striker Jamie Vardy, who only broke into the Stocksbridge first team at the age of 21, put Leicester ahead late on.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Despite Ander Herrera restoring United's three goal lead, Leicester just would not lie down. Following David Nugent's penalty, Esteban Cambiasso blasted City level.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Leonardo Ulloa, a sensation since joining the Foxes, got his side back in the clash almost straight away.
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Angel di Maria, following Robin van Persie's opener, appeared to have put the game beyond Leicester. Stunning, outrageous chip over Kasper Schmeichel.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Stoke City 0 Leicester City 1 Despite having to draw in plenty of pressure in the first half, it was Leicester who took the lead. Leonardo Ulloa, who had already scored against both Everton and Arsenal, got their winner.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Stoke City 0 Leicester City 1 Inter Milan legend Esteban Cambiasso made his debut for the Foxes after coming off the bench.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Stoke City 0 Leicester City 1 David Nugent has endured a slightly frustrating start to life back in the Premier League. He was isolated for large periods in the opening forty-five minutes.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Stoke City 0 Leicester City 1 The first-half, a fairly scrappy affair, saw Ryan Shawcross receive lengthy treatment for a head wound.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City Liam Moore, Jeff Schlupp and Paul Konchesky can't hide their dismay as Eden Hazard's brilliant strike doubles Chelsea's lead and puts the game beyond them.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City Diego Costa celebrates after finally breaking the deadlock after an hour of resistance by Leicester City. Tapping in from six yards, Kasper Schmeichel had no chance.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City David Nugent misses from a one-on-one showdown with Thibaut Courtois in a chance which could (and probably should) have put Leicester City ahead.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City Thibaut Courtois was again preferred in goal by Jose Mourinho as Petr Cech sat on the bench for the second game in a row.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City Kasper Schmeichel, the Leicester City goalkeeper, was in fine form for the Foxes as the Blues struggled to break the deadlock.
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City Jose Mourinho cut a frustrated figure in the first half as Chelsea failed to get a single shot on target against a stern Leicester City defence.
Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 The King Power Stadium was packed as Leicester City returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2003-04 season - Leicester came up as Champions with 102 points last season
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 Filbert Fox prepares for kick off as Leicester City returned to the top flight
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 Leicester's Anthony Knockaert battles with South African winger Steven Pienaar down the right hand side
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 Irish winger Aiden McGeady wraps his right foot around the ball to make it 1-0 to Everton after 20minutes
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 It was McGeady's first goal for his new club since moving to Merseyside in January from Spartak Moscow
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 £28m Everton striker Romelu Lukaku chases Riyad Mahrez on his first start for the club since making his move permanent
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 Steven Naismith celebrates after putting the visitors back in the lead
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 New Leicester striker Leonardo Ulloa, a £7m signing from Brighton, scored on his Premier League debut, firing past Tim Howard to make it 1-1
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Leicester City - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 2 Everton 2 Substitute Chris Wood came off the bench to score a late equaliser for newly promoted Leicester City
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ODDS…
Leicester to win: 1.73
Burnley to win: 4.75
Draw: 3.7
TV: Highlights on BBC1 at 10.30pm.
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