The Essentials: Arsenal's Trip To King Power Stadium

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27 Feb 2021
4 Minutes
Leicester City's Premier League campaign resumes with a King Power Stadium clash against Arsenal on Sunday (12pm kick-off).

The Foxes, who have won their last two top-flight outings, welcome the Gunners to the East Midlands sitting third in the standings.

Ahead of the encounter with Mikel Arteta's north London outfit, here's everything you need to know...

How can I watch the game?

The BT Sport cameras will be at Old Trafford to bring Tuesday's match into the homes of the Blue Army.

Supporters based in the United Kingdom cane tune into live coverage on BT Sport 1 from 11:30am on Sunday morning. 

Elsewhere around the world, the following stations will also be broadcasting the fixture...

Country Channel Time
Australia  Optus Sport 11pm
Belgium Play Sports & Voo 1pm
Brazil DAZN & ESPN 9am
Canada DAZN 7am
China Tencent Sports 10pm
Denmark Xee 1pm
Egypt  beIN Sports 2pm
France Canal+ & RMC 1pm
Germany Sky Sports 1pm
Hong Kong NOW 8pm
India Disney+ Hotstar & Select 5:30pm
Italy Sky Sports 1pm
Jamaica RUSH 7am
Japan DAZN 9pm
Mexico Sky Sports 6am
New Zealand Spark Sports 1am
South Africa Super Sport 2pm
Thailand truevisions 9pm
United States NBC SN 7am


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

Who's starring on LCFC TV?

LCFC's official digital channels provide coverage of every first team fixture.

Three Foxes legends are set to deliver their views, with Gerry Taggart, Steve Walsh and Matt Elliott providing analysis on Matchday Live from 10:30am onwards.

They'll be in the company of LCFC TV presenter Dan Bates, and you can watch the broadcast from home by signing in on the Club's website, or alternatively via Twitter or Facebook.

Following one-and-a-half-hours of pre-match coverage, The Blue Army can listen to live and free LCFC Radio commentary of Saturday's clash.

Former Leicester captain Elliott will be on hand to join commentator John Dunn in the King Power Stadium press box, from approximately 11:50am.  

After the match, meanwhile, there's a further 30 minutes of discussion and debate with Taggart, Walsh and Elliott, as well as post-match interviews, should time allow.

What's the officiating team?

The referee on Saturday will be Paul Tierney.

Paul Tierney is the man with the whistle on Sunday, assisted by Dan Cook and Harry Lennard. The fourth official is Michael Oliver, while VAR is overseen by David Coote and assistant Nick Hopton.

When does everything happen?

Premier League football returns to Filbert Way on Sunday.

It's back to domestic responsibilities for the Foxes - and here's your matchday timings...

Event Time
Matchday Live begins on LCFC TV 10:30am
Team news confirmed on @LCFC social media 11am
BT Sport coverage commences* 11:30am
Commentary starts on LCFC Radio 11:50am
Kick-off 12pm
Full-time 1:45pm approx
Short highlights on LCFC TV 3:45pm approx
Match of the Day 2 starts on BBC One* 10:30pm
Full highlights on LCFC TV 12am (Monday)

*UK only.

What's the injury news?

James Maddison was substituted after netting his 11th goal in all competitions during last Sunday's Premier League win at Aston Villa.

"We’ve got the same squad available, so the likes of James Maddison, Ayo Pérez are still not available," Brendan Rodgers said on Friday afternoon. "They continue to be out, so it’s the same squad.

"Over the course of the next week or so, we’ll probably, more or less, be going with the same squad we have. Even though those boys will just be coming back, they’ll not be ready for the game situation, they’ll just be rejoining the training squad.

"It’s a little bit of frustration because a few weeks ago, the squad was pretty strong. Obviously we’ve added to the injuries we’ve had, but maybe over the next couple of weeks we’ll start to get them back again and then we can have a good lot of them back and available."

What happened last time?

The Foxes defeated Arsenal to climb to second in the Premier League in November 2019.

Jamie Vardy and James Maddison struck in the second half on Saturday 9 November, 2019 to secure a 2-0 victory over Arsenal at King Power Stadium.

Discussing the Foxes' victory, which put them second in the table after 12 games in 2019/20, Brendan Rodgers said: "We have thrown a hand grenade right into the middle of it all. We are working very, very well. We will just concentrate on our performance levels until 10 games to go and assess it then.

"I came here to make an impact and create something that we can hopefully sustain over a number of years."

When can I catch match highlights?

Harvey Barnes wheels away after netting Leicester's second goal of the afternoon at Aston Villa last Sunday.

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 and Leicester City's official social media channels will post short clips from the day's action.

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 GMT unless stated otherwise.