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Under-23s Match Preview: Leicester City vs. Southampton

Read a full match preview of Leicester City Under-23s' match against Southampton in Premier League 2 at Holmes Park on Monday 6 February, 2017.

2017-02-05T20:00:00.000Z

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05 Feb, 2017

Under-23s Match Preview: Leicester City vs. Southampton

Read a full match preview of Leicester City Under-23s' match against Southampton in Premier League 2 at Holmes Park on Monday 6 February, 2017.

Leicester City

2017-02-05T20:00:00.000Z

Under-23s Match Preview: Leicester City vs. Southampton

Read a full match preview of Leicester City Under-23s' match against Southampton in Premier League 2 at Holmes Park on Monday 6 February, 2017.

Leicester City

2017-02-05T20:00:00.000Z

Under-23s Match Preview: Leicester City vs. Southampton

Read a full match preview of Leicester City Under-23s' match against Southampton in Premier League 2 at Holmes Park on Monday 6 February, 2017.

Leicester City

2017-02-05T20:00:00.000Z

Under-23s Match Preview: Leicester City vs. Southampton

Read a full match preview of Leicester City Under-23s' match against Southampton in Premier League 2 at Holmes Park on Monday 6 February, 2017.

Leicester City

2017-02-05T20:00:00.000Z

Leicester City’s Development Squad welcome Southampton to Holmes Park on Monday evening hoping to build upon the momentum created by the .

Steve Beaglehole’s men with a stirring second half comeback from two goals down to set up an intriguing clash with the Saints seven days later (7pm kick-off).

A 613-strong strong following from the Blue Army were in attendance for the enthralling meeting with Man City and to turn their Whetstone home into a fortress over the coming weeks.

Optimism is high in the camp after Admiral Muskwe and Raul Uche struck against the Premier League 2 title challengers before Layton Ndukwu’s penalty again restored parity and secured a point late on.

City travel to east London later in the week for the rearranged on Thursday but all focus is on defeating Southampton to further climb the Premier League 2 table.

Southampton travel to the East Midlands on the back of a demoralising 3-1 reverse to Tottenham Hotspur on Monday 30 January with Ryan Seager’s 58th minute penalty not enough to avoid defeat at the Lamex Stadium.

The Saints drew 2-2 with the Foxes earlier in the season and they’ll have 17-year-old Thomas O’Connor among their ranks yet again after he made his 20th start of the season for the Under-23s against Spurs last week.

Speaking to , the Republic of Ireland youngster said he is relishing being involved in Martin Hunter's set-up on the south coast: “It’s great to be playing with the Under-23s. It’s a step up from Under-18s as it is more physical and the tempo is much quicker – it’s good for me to improve my game."

Evaluating the 3-3 draw with Manchester City, Foxes Under-23s manager Steve Beaglehole said: “I’m delighted with the second half performance and with the fact that we didn’t get beat.

“They showed their quality but, as our first-team showed last year, if you get tight to people, you make them look not as good as they are.

“We really did that in the second half. All three goals were terrific. They were stunning strikes by Admiral, Uche and Layton. I think there were about 600 people here and we really appreciate that.”

Previewing the clash over at southamptonfc.com, Thomas O’Connor said: “We are all really looking forward to the game. We are expecting it to be obviously very tough.

They are a strong side and it will be a physical challenge. We played them earlier on in the season and it was a very close game, so we are expecting the same on Monday.

"Hopefully I can keep playing and training with them so that I can impress the coaches and show them what I can do."

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