Trossard up top! Injury-hit Arsenal name starting XI for Leicester trip | OneFootball

The starting line-ups are from the King Power Stadium where Leicester City host Arsenal for the first Premier League fixture of the day.

Already plagued by an injury crisis, Mikel Arteta's plans worsened further this week with the confirmation that Kai Havertz will miss the rest of the campaign with a hamstring problem.

As a result, he has opted for Leandro Trossard to lead the line at Leicester, flanked by Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri.

For the Foxes, Jamie Vardy is back after recent fitness issues and is straight back into the starting line-up.

Leicester: Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumaré; De Cordova-Reid, El Khannous, Ayew; Vardy.

Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Partey, Ødegaard, Rice; Nwaneri, Trossard, Sterling.

The Gunners can cut the gap on top-of-the-table Liverpool to four points with a victory.

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