Leicester have a near full-strength squad available as they aim to overturn a 2-1 deficit in their Champions League last-16 tie with Spanish side Sevilla.

French midfielder Nampalys Mendy will be missing after he suffered a knee injury during training.

The second leg represents the Foxes’ first home knockout game in Europe’s premier club competition.

They were outplayed in the first leg in Spain but were given hope thanks to Jamie Vardy’s second-half goal.

The first-leg defeat was Claudio Ranieri’s final match as City manager before he was sacked, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title.

Since then they have won both their Premier League matches 3-1 – againstLiverpool and Hull – under Craig Shakespeare, who has been appointed as boss until the end of the season.

Shakespeare says his players will approach the match with renewed self-belief thanks to their recent form.

“It will be a special occasion at the King Power,” he said. “The atmosphere will be electric. I’m expecting the team to take the momentum from the two results, to take the confidence they’ve gained from that and really play on the front foot.

“That’s not saying we’ll be open as we know Seville have some very, very world-class players. But it makes for a very interesting game because of the away goal.”

Asked whether Leicester could trump last season’s unlikely title win by winning the Champions League, Shakespeare replied: “Why not?

“We’re in it. There’s no free game in football. You have to try and win every game.

“You have to show that determination, that competitiveness, and we need to show that in abundance on Tuesday night.”

Jorge Sampaoli’s La Liga side have played four games since the first leg, drawing the last two 1-1, at Alaves and at home against struggling Leganes.

Head-to-head

• Sevilla claimed a 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture, the first time they had ever faced Leicester City in European competition.
• Leicester have never beaten Spanish opposition in European competition (D1 L4; also Atletico Madrid in 1961-62 Cup Winners Cup and 1997-98 Uefa Cup).
• Seven of the past nine times a side has lost 2-1 away from home in a Champions League first-leg knockout tie, they have failed to go through.

Leicester

• Leicester City are the first team since Malaga in 2012-13 to finish top of their group on their Champions League debut.
• The Foxes were one of only four teams to win all three of their 2016-17 Champions League home group games (Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich & Barcelona being the others).
• Of the sides still in the competition, Leicester have the lowest average share of possession this season in the Champions League (39.6%).
• Riyad Mahrez has been directly involved in three of the four goals Leicester have scored at home this season in the Champions League.

Sevilla

• Sevilla have reached the Champions League knockout stages in three of their four appearances. However, they have never gone past the last 16.
• No team has kept more clean sheets this season in the Champions League than Sevilla (five, same as Juventus).
• Sevilla are yet to lose on the road in the Champions League this season (W1 D2), keeping clean sheets in all three of those games.
• Sevilla’s Steven N’Zonzi has attempted more passes than any other player this campaign in the Champions League (610).
• Samir Nasri has only recorded one goal and one assist in 17 Champions League knockout games.

Source: bbc.co.uk

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