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The Essentials: Leicester's Trip To St. Mary's Stadium

Leicester City's next Premier League task is an encounter with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium on Friday (8pm kick-off).

2021-04-28T17:18:00.000Z

The Essentials: Leicester's Trip To St. Mary's Stadium

Leicester City's next Premier League task is an encounter with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium on Friday (8pm kick-off).

2021-04-28T17:18:00.000Z

The Essentials: Leicester's Trip To St. Mary's Stadium

Leicester City's next Premier League task is an encounter with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium on Friday (8pm kick-off).

2021-04-28T17:18:00.000Z

The Essentials: Leicester's Trip To St. Mary's Stadium

Leicester City's next Premier League task is an encounter with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium on Friday (8pm kick-off).

2021-04-28T17:18:00.000Z

The Essentials: Leicester's Trip To St. Mary's Stadium

Leicester City's next Premier League task is an encounter with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium on Friday (8pm kick-off).

2021-04-28T17:18:00.000Z

The Foxes, who have defeated the Saints both in the league and the Emirates FA Cup this term, will be hoping to make it three wins over Ralph Hasenhüttl's men in 2020/21 and three in a row more recently in the Premier League.

Ahead of Friday's clash on the South Coast, here's everything you need to know...

How can I watch the game?

Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League will provide live coverage of the fixture in the United Kingdom from 7:30pm on Friday.

Elsewhere around the world, meanwhile, international Foxes fans can use the following stations...

Country

Channel

Local time

Australia

Optus Sport

6am (Saturday)

Belgium

Voo & Play Sports

9pm

Brazil

ESPN

4pm

Canada

DAZN

2pm

China

Tencent Sports

3am (Saturday)

Denmark

Xee

9pm

Egypt

beIN Sports

9pm

Germany

Sky Sports

9pm

Hong Kong

NOW

4am (Saturday)

India

Disney+ Hotstar & Select

12:30am (Saturday)

Italy

Sky Sports

9pm

Japan

DAZN

4am (Saturday)

Mexico

Sky Sports

1pm

New Zealand

Spark Sports

8am (Saturday)

South Africa

Super Sport

9pm

Thailand

truevisions

2am (Saturday)

United States

peacock

3pm

Can't see your country? Click HERE for more broadcast schedules.

Who's starring on LCFC TV?

Joining presenter Dan Bates in the LCFC TV studio, former Foxes Paul Dickov and Gerry Taggart will share their pre-match thoughts from 6:30pm during a one-and-a-half hour discussion, which will include team news, previews and interviews with key figures from both camps.

City's 2000 League Cup winner Matt Elliott will also join the discussion remotely from the press box at St. Mary's, before providing live commentary alongside Chris Parrott from approximately 7:50pm.

LCFC Radio's commentary can be accessed exclusively via the LCFC.com Match Centre - free for Digital Members - where the Blue Army will also find in-depth updates, match photography and a plethora of #SouLei-related content.

What's the officiating team?

Robert Jones is the man in the middle at St. Mary's, assisted by Darren Cann and Mark Scholes, while the fourth official is Andre Marriner. Jonathan Moss is in charge of VAR, assisted by Gary Beswick.

When does everything happen?

The Foxes make their first visit to the home of Southampton since October 2019 - and here's when everything happens...

Event

Time

Matchday Live begins on LCFC TV

6:30pm

Team news confirmed on LCFC.com Match Centre

7pm

Sky Sports coverage commences*

7:30pm

Commentary starts on LCFC Radio

7:50pm

Kick-off

8pm

Full-time

9:45pm approx

Short highlights on LCFC TV

11:45pm approx

Full highlights on LCFC TV

12am (Saturday)

Match of the Day on BBC One

10:20pm (Saturday)

*UK only.

What's the injury news?

"There’s nothing new, other than the same squad being available," Brendan Rodgers told the media at LCFC Training Ground on Wednesday. "We’ve had a slight setback with Harvey [Barnes]. He’s just gone in to have a second, minor operation, just to clear up some of the damage in his knee.

"It will probably rule him out for the rest of the season, but the plan is really to get him through this second little operation and then he’ll be back for pre-season and fit and ready for next season."

What happened last time?

Leicester took all three points from the last Premier League meeting between the two sides, at King Power Stadium in January 2021. James Maddison's first-half opener was followed by Harvey Barnes' late second, to wrap up a 2-0 victory for the Foxes.

Brendan Rodgers' side also came out on top in the Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final meeting at Wembley Stadium on 18 April as Kelechi Iheanacho scored the only goal of the game to seal progression into the final.

When can I catch match highlights?

A two-minute highlights package will be available for supporters to access on LCFC TV approximately two hours after full-time, which is available for free to Digital Members on the Club's official website (free sign-up).

A full highlights video will be published on LCFC.com at midnight following the fixture.

Please note that in the interests of safety, Leicester City’s fixtures will continue to be played behind closed doors. To ensure matches can still go ahead and to help control the spread of COVID-19, the Football Club kindly asks its supporters to continue to follow their team from home and not to gather at any stadia.

All times BST unless stated otherwise.

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