City’s Spartak Trip – All You Need To Know

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City’s Spartak Trip – All You Need To Know

Leicester City resume UEFA Europa League duties on Wednesday as the Foxes take on Spartak Moscow at Otkrytie Bank Arena.

2021-10-19T10:11:00.000Z

by Sam Jones

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19 Oct, 2021

City’s Spartak Trip – All You Need To Know

Leicester City resume UEFA Europa League duties on Wednesday as the Foxes take on Spartak Moscow at Otkrytie Bank Arena.

Sam Jones

2021-10-19T10:11:00.000Z

City’s Spartak Trip – All You Need To Know

Leicester City resume UEFA Europa League duties on Wednesday as the Foxes take on Spartak Moscow at Otkrytie Bank Arena.

Sam Jones

2021-10-19T10:11:00.000Z

City’s Spartak Trip – All You Need To Know

Leicester City resume UEFA Europa League duties on Wednesday as the Foxes take on Spartak Moscow at Otkrytie Bank Arena.

Sam Jones

2021-10-19T10:11:00.000Z

City’s Spartak Trip – All You Need To Know

Leicester City resume UEFA Europa League duties on Wednesday as the Foxes take on Spartak Moscow at Otkrytie Bank Arena.

Sam Jones

2021-10-19T10:11:00.000Z

The Foxes have so far collected one point from their opening two group fixtures, but could leapfrog Spartak, who defeated Napoli 3-2 last time out, into second place with a victory in Moscow.

Ahead of the 3:30pm kick-off, LCFC.com provides everything you need to know about the Group C encounter...

Who's starring on LCFC TV?

From 2pm on Wednesday, the live coverage begins, with presenter Dan Bates set to be joined by Matt Elliott and Tony Cottee for 90 minutes of pre-match discussion, alongside former team-mate Gerry Taggart.

With around 10 minutes to go until kick-off, we'll hand over to commentator John Dunn who, with Taggart, will talk the Blue Army through all the action at Otkrytie Bank Arena.

Afterwards, meanwhile, Elliott, Cottee and Taggart will be on hand for another 30 minutes of reaction and analysis to conclude over four hours of broadcasting. All pre and post-match coverage will be available on @LCFC social media, while LCFC.com is the place to find free match commentary.

What’s the officiating team?

The officials all reside from Greece with referee Tasos Sidiropoulos set to be assisted by Polychronis Kostaras and Lazaros Dimitriadis. The fourth official, is Aristotelis Diamantopoulos, while VAR will be overseen by Ioannis Papadopoulos and Agelos Evangelou.

When does everything happen?

Use our guide of the day’s events to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the action…

Event

Time

Matchday Live starts on LCFC TV

2pm

Team news confirmed on @LCFC social media

2:30pm approx

BT Sport coverage begins*

3pm

Commentary starts on LCFC Radio

3:20pm

Kick-off

3:30pm

Full-time

5:15pm approx

Two-minute goals video on LCFC TV

12am (Friday)

Full highlights on LCFC TV

12am (Saturday)

* UK only.

What happened last time?

This is the first-ever meeting between the two sides and Leicester’s maiden competitive trip to Russia, ahead of the return fixture at Leicester City Stadium on Thursday 4 November (8pm kick-off).

Spartak have previously faced seven other English clubs, triumphing in nine of their 19 matches, though they are winless in eight matches against Premier League sides in a run stretching back to 2000.

When can I catch match highlights?

At midnight on Friday, supporters will be available to access a short highlights package video on LCFC TV.

Digital Members will be able to watch the highlights free via the Club's official website (free sign-up), while from midnight (12am) on Saturday, extended highlights will also be published on LCFC TV.

Check out @LCFC social channels, where the goals will be posted from Monday.

All times BST unless stated otherwise.

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