Leicester Metropolis will welcome Everton to the King Energy Stadium on September 21. Each groups squandered two-goal leads of their earlier Premier League fixture. Crystal Palace snatched a late equalizer towards the Foxes at Selhurst Park, whereas Everton misplaced to Aston Villa 3-2. 

Leicester at present sits fifteenth within the Premier League standings, with their opponents languishing on the backside. With each groups searching for their first league win of the season, it will likely be a captivating and hard-fought match. 

With disappointing performances for the Foxes, Steve Cooper should change issues up if he needs his workforce to stroll away with a win. Going through the bottom-placed workforce is the right alternative for the Foxes to document their first victory of the season. Everton are Leicester’s relegation rival, so three factors towards them is enormous.

Two seasons in the past, they had been concerned in a good relegation battle, with Leicester’s failure to defeat the Toffees late within the season dooming them to relegation. The Foxes should guarantee the identical doesn’t occur this yr. To take action, it’s time for Cooper to combine Ricardo Pereira into the beginning lineup going ahead.

Ricardo Pereira should begin towards Everton

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One of many star gamers from Leicester’s EFL Championship-winning workforce from final season, Pereira has discovered himself on the bench beneath Cooper. To date, the Foxes have lined up with James Justin and Victor Kristiansen as their beginning fullbacks. In possession, Kristiansen pushes up whereas Justin tucks in as an inverted fullback, forming a three-man defence alongside the 2 centre-backs.

Nonetheless, the Dane has not been profitable along with his attacking runs to this point. Cooper ought to flip to Pereira, with Justin slotting as an inverted left again. These two loved a superb partnership final season, permitting for extra tactical fluidity. With Justin tucking inside, Pereira can push up, both inverting into the midfield or making overlapping runs to help Abdul Fatawu on the wing. 

With Leicester anticipated to dominate proceedings towards Everton, Pereira additionally gives creativity and that little little bit of magic. The Portuguese has at all times been considered one of Leicester’s most technically gifted gamers and might show to be a game-changer.