Leicester and Southampton face off at Wembley this Sunday in quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Both teams have done really well to reach the final four of the historic tournament and will be determined to go all the way and claim silverware this season.
Leicester saw off Manchester United in the last round while Southampton beat Bournemouth to set up this tie.
The Foxes beat the Saints 2-0 in the Premier League earlier this season and infamously smashed them 9-0 last term.
Brendan Rodgers’ men have struggled in recent weeks and will not want their good campaign to fizzle out.
Southampton, meanwhile, are now seemingly safe in the league and can focus fully on extending their cup run.
Leicester v Southampton: How to listen
This match will get under way at 6:30pm on Sunday, April 18.
Full coverage from Wembley will be live on talkSPORT, with our pre-match build-up starting at 5pm.
Mark Saggers will be your host and commentary will come from Sam Matterface and Dean Ashton.
To tune in, click the radio player below or HERE for the live stream.
Here are the other ways to listen…
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Radio – talkSPORT is available across the United Kingdom via DAB digital radio and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
TV – Listen to talkSPORT through your TV on the following channels: Sky: Channel 0108 Virgin Media: Channel 927 Freeview: Channel 723 Freesat: Channel 731
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Leicester v Southampton: Team news
Leicester trio Hamza Choudhury, James Maddison and Ayoze Perez have all returned to the first-team fold.
The three players missed the club’s defeat to West Ham last Sunday after breaching Covid-19 protocols but are set to return.
Foxes will still be without long-term absentees James Justin and Harvey Barnes but have no further issues to contend with.
Oriol Romeu remains Southampton’s only injury problem with an ankle issue.
The Saints have a fully fit squad otherwise.
Leicester v Southampton: What has been said?
This will be Leicester’s first FA Cup semi final in 39 years and Brendan Rodgers has underlined the importance of keeping calm.
The Foxes boss said: “In these moments that ability to have that self control is very important.
“When it counts most is when you are under pressure.
“We want to get into the final and we can only do that with performing well. If you overthink it or get nervous it can immobilise you.
“You stay calm, give clarity to the team and then arrive and look to play your game.
“We can’t control what Southampton bring but we can control what we do.”
Leicester v Southampton: Match stats and facts
- Southampton have won their last two FA Cup meetings with Leicester, beating them 1-0 in January 2006 and 2-0 in January 2008.
- Leicester beat Southampton 2-0 in the Premier League earlier this season – they’ve not beaten the Saints twice in the same season since the 2011-12 Championship campaign.
- This is Leicester’s eighth FA Cup semi-final (W4 L3), and first since 1982 when they lost 2-0 to eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur.
- Having won two of their first three FA Cup semi-final ties between 1898 and 1902, Southampton have progressed from just two of their subsequent nine such matches (1976 and 2003).
- Leicester have lost all three of their matches at the new Wembley Stadium, with their last victory at Wembley coming in the 2000 League Cup final against Tranmere (2-1).
- Southampton are yet to concede a goal in this season’s FA Cup – they could become the first team to reach the final of the competition without conceding since Everton did so in 1965-66.
- Since winning the Football League Trophy final in 2010, Southampton have lost each of their last four games at Wembley Stadium, including an FA Cup semi-final defeat to Chelsea in 2018.
- Jamie Vardy has scored in all three of his appearances at Wembley Stadium for Leicester, with the striker responsible for four of the Foxes’ six goals scored at the ground since its reopening.
- Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho has scored more FA Cup goals than any other player (13), with the Nigerian scoring on average once every 78 minutes in the competition.
- Southampton’s Nathan Redmond has been involved in seven goals in his last six FA Cup appearances, scoring five and assisting two.
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