The Essentials: Everything You Need To Know About Sunday's West Ham Encounter

Fans
03 Oct 2020
4 Minutes
Leicester City's 2020/21 Premier League campaign continues with a home game against West Ham United on Sunday (12pm kick-off).

The Foxes have won their first three fixtures and sit top of the table on nine points, while West Ham defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers last time out to move up to 11th in the early standings.

Ahead of this weekend's encounter at King Power Stadium, here's all you need to know...

How can I watch the game?

BT Sport are broadcasting the fixture live on Sunday, with their coverage getting underway at 11:30am.

The fixture will be broadcast on TV stations around the world, including on BT Sport 1 in the United Kingdom, with fans currently unable to attend.

Elsewhere in the world, you can follow the Foxes in action using the TV stations detailed below...

Country

Channel

Time

Belgium

Play Sports & Voo Sports

1pm

Brazil

ESPN

8am

Canada

DAZN

6am

Denmark

Xee

1pm

Egypt

beIN Sports

1pm

Germany

Sky Sport

1pm

Hong Kong

NOW TV/E

12pm

India

Star Sports & Disney+ Hotstar

4:30pm

Ireland

BT Sport

12pm

Italy

Sky Sport

1pm

Jamaica

RUSH

6am

Japan

DAZN

8pm

Mexico

Sky Sports

6am

Netherlands

Ziggo Sport

1pm

New Zealand

Spark Sport

12am (Monday)

South Africa

Super Sport

1pm

Sweden

ViaSat

1pm

Thailand

True Sport

6pm

United States

Peacock

7am


If you can't see your country of residence listed above, please click HERE to view the Premier League's comprehensive broadcast schedules.

Who's starring on LCFC TV?

Former Foxes captain Matt Elliott stars on Matchday Minus Two on LCFC TV.

Three Leicester City legends are scheduled to appear on the Club's official online TV station, LCFC TV, on Sunday.

From 10:30am, Matchday Live will provide build-up to the fixture, before in-game commentary is followed by post-match reaction from the City camp to complete four-hours of comprehensive coverage.

Former Foxes defenders Gerry Taggart and Steve Walsh will be on hand alongside presenter Dan Bates to preview and then analyse the match, while commentator John Dunn will be joined on the airwaves by 2000 League Cup hero and summariser Matt Elliott.

What about Fantasy Premier League?

After his hat-trick against Manchester City, no forward has scored more points than Jamie Vardy so far in Fantasy Premier League.

If you're one of those taking part in Fantasy Premier League this season, you have until 11am on Saturday morning to make any changes to your team.

That's 90 minutes before kick-off in the Premier League's opening game of the weekend between London rivals Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge (12:30pm kick-off).

Jamie Vardy is currently the highest-scoring FPL forward with 32 points, following his hat-trick against Manchester City.

What's the officiating team on Sunday?

Andy Madley will be the man in the middle for Wednesday's clash.

Referee Andy Madley will oversee the game at King Power Stadium, assisted by Eddie Smart and Adrian HolmesSimon Hooper is fourth official, alongside VAR (video assistant referee) Graham Scott and assistant VAR Marc Perry.

When does everything happen?

LCFC TV will have you covered throughout the day, starting with Matchday Live at 10:30am.

Get yourself ready for kick-off from home with this handy guide to proceedings...

Event

Time

Matchday Live begins on LCFC TV

10:30am

Team news is confirmed on @LCFC social media

11am

BT Sport coverage begins*

11:30am

LCFC Radio commentary starts

11:50am

Kick-off

12pm

Full-time

1:45pm approx

Short highlights on LCFC TV

3:45pm approx

Match of the Day 2 goes live*

10:30pm

Full highlights on LCFC TV

12am (Monday)


*Only available in the United Kingdom.

Who's in contention to play?

Northern Ireland international Jonny Evans started in Leicester's win over Manchester City last weekend.

Speaking to the national and international media in his pre-match press conference on Friday, manager Brendan Rodgers revealed that Jonny Evans and Jamie Vardy are both in contention to feature this weekend, while Dennis Praet's injury is not as bad as first thought.

"Jonny [Evans] is fine. Thankfully he just felt it a little tight but it was more having played his first game, so he was okay.

"And like I said afterwards, Jamie [Vardy] is absolutely fine. He has this little something in his hip which takes a few days to settle down and he's fine, he's okay.

"Dennis [Praet], we'll see how he is. He's trained but we just need to see what the reaction is for that. Obviously he came off but that wasn't as serious as what we thought."

What happened last time?

Spaniard Ayoze Pérez scored twice in City's last meeting with West Ham United.

City's most recent meeting with West Ham at King Power Stadium was a 4-1 victory on 22 January 2020, with goals from Harvey Barnes, Ricardo Pereira and a double from Ayoze Pérez.

That victory completed a league double over Sunday opponents, also winning 2-1 at London Stadium in December 2019.

When can I catch match highlights?

Highlights from the Foxes' encounter with West Ham will be made available to watch two hours after full-time.

Just two hours after full-time on Filbert Way, you can access a two-minute highlights package on LCFC TV - available for free to Digital Members on the Club's official website (free sign-up).

Short clips will also be available on Leicester City's official social media channels, while 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.