Preview: Shrewsbury Town vs. Leicester City – prediction, team news, lineups

After a short but successful stopover in France, Leicester City they strive to go two-for-two in the preseason when tackling Town of Shrewsbury at New Meadow on Saturday night.

Steve Cooper He got off to a winning start on the Foxes bench on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Villarreal as their hosts slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Birmingham City at the weekend.

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Three different Leicester players found the back of the net on Saturday as Cooper took charge of his inaugural non-competitive game for the Foxes in French town Evian-les-Bains, where Villarreal will provide a stern test in unforgiving temperatures.

While Harry Souttar scored an unfortunate own goal, his blushes spared by two strikers at opposite ends of the experience scale as Jamie Vardy and Stephy Mavididi recorded in two 60 minute matches to get the Foxes going.

With weeks to go before Leicester make their long-awaited return to the Premier League, Cooper’s side are now back on British shores for meetings with Shrewsbury and Italian outfit Palermo, although it won’t be long before they board the next flight.

Indeed, Cooper’s side head to Germany for a clash with FC Augsburg on August 3, seven days before they make a quick return to France and face Ligue 1 upstarts Lens in the final friendly of the pre -season.

Tottenham Hotspur then look to test Leicester’s Premier League mettle – and that of former Nottingham Forest boss Cooper – in their first game for a long time, making Tuesday’s friendly perhaps the most winnable game the Foxes will have for about a month.

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Gearing up for a 10th consecutive season of League One football, Shrewsbury will be aiming to make it third time lucky in terms of pre-season friendlies, having only won a draw and a defeat in their opening two battles from pre-season so far.

A week after a 1-1 draw with Brackley Town – where only an own goal saved them from blushes against the National League North outfit – Paul HurstHis men were condemned to a 2-0 defeat against Birmingham on July 20 as their new third-tier rivals struck either side of the half. Jordan James and Lukas Jutkiewicz.

However, the score did not tell the whole story as the Shrewsbury duo Jordan Shipley and George Lloyd both had shots ruled out for offside, but Hurst’s men are now just one defeat away from a 10-match winless run in competitive and friendly matches combined.

Leicester’s visit is the second of three consecutive games Shrewsbury will play in front of the New Meadow crowd as the hosts also take on Derby County on July 27 before a two-match trip to meet AFC Telford United ( July 30). ) and Oldham Athletic (3 August).

Regular opponents since the 1980s – when they both plied their trade in League Division Two – Leicester and Shrewsbury did not meet in a competitive 2014-15 EFL Cup Second Round fixture where Riyad Mahrez was part of a Foxes side that suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the King Power Stadium.

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Team news

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A quartet of Leicester players who featured for their countries at Euro 2024 will not be in action at Meadow Lane again, including Mads Hermansen and Jannik Vestergaard (both Denmark), Wout Faes (Belgium) and Yunus Akgun (Turkey).

With Hermansen still enjoying his vacation, Danny Ward guarded the sticks of Villarreal, where Harry winks – who lost his former midfield partner Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – also appeared.

The new signing Caleb Okoli will probably be nodded in defense once more but Bobby Decordova-Reid should not make his debut yet after his involvement in Jamaica’s Copa America campaign.

As for Shrewsbury’s availability, the left-back is out of luck George Nurse – who has suffered two ACL injuries in the past two years – is finally on the mend and completed 68 minutes of the defeat at Birmingham at the weekend.

Harrison BigginsLloyd, Toto Nsiala and Tommy O’Reilly were among the new recruits who also started that two-goal defeat, but with Toby Savin – the only goalkeeper in the group – lacking fitness, two trilists rotated between the sticks.

Savin won’t be able to face Leicester either, Hurst confirmed, and it remains to be seen if he is an experienced striker John Marquis is ready for his debut following his recent arrival from Bristol City.

Shrewsbury Town possible starting lineup:
Trialist; Hoole, Feeney, Nsiala, Pierre; Thompson-McKenzie, Perry; O’Reilly, Bloxham, Shipley; Lloyd

Leicester City possible starting lineup:
Ward; Cover, Souttar, Okoli, Justin; Ndidi, Winks; Fatawu, Marcal, Mavididi; Vardy

We say: Shrewsbury Town 0-3 Leicester City

With such a thin squad at his disposal, Shrewsbury boss Hurst will have no choice but to put some gelatinous legs on him on Tuesday night, not to mention an unknown tester between the posts.

As a result, the hosts could be picked off by their Premier League visitors, and a straightforward success at Leicester is the only conceivable outcome.

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