Nigel Pearson happy with Leicester City squad depth

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has said that his squad is deep enough to cover any injuries as they close in on automatic promotion to the Premier League.

The Foxes go into tonight's East Midlands derby against Nottingham Forest with a seven-point lead at the top of the table and the chance to extend it to double figures.

Last season, Leicester's automatic-promotion ambitions tailed off with just one win in their last 14 matches to scrape into the playoffs in sixth. Pearson is confident that the same won't happen again.

"With the balance of the squad, I'm confident that if we have any setbacks, we will deal with them," he told The Sun.

"We want to achieve promotion - and we still have 16 games left the see the job through."

Leicester have been out of the top flight since they were relegated 10 years ago.