Team News: Claudio Ranieri keeps faith with same Leicester City starting lineup

Claudio Ranieri has kept faith with the same Leicester City starting XI for the sixth Premier League match on the bounce.

It means that leading goalscorer Jamie Vardy will once again spearhead the attack, with the likes of Shinji Okazaki, Marc Albrighton and Riyad Mahrez providing the support.

Further back, Robert Huth and Wes Morgan will continue their partnership at the heart of the Leicester defence.

As for visiting West Ham United, manager Slaven Bilic has opted to drop Andy Carroll down to the substitutes' bench.

His place up front has gone to Emmanuel Emenike, while Pedro Obiang, Victor Moses and Winston Reid have also been restored to the lineup.

Leicester City: Schmeichel; Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs; Albrighton, Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez; Okazaki, Vardy Subs: Schwarzer, King, Amartey, Schlupp, Gray, Ulloa, Wasilewski

West Ham United: Adrian; Antonio, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Obiang, Kouyate, Noble, Moses, Payet; Emenike Subs: Randolph, Byram, Tomkins, Collins, Lanzini, Valencia, Carroll

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