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Follow the Europa League Football match between AEK Athens and Leicester City live with Eurosport The match will take place on 29 October 2020 and start at 18:55. Will coaches Massimo Carrera or Brendan Rodgers find the solution? to win in this match? Find out by following our live matchcast Find out the latest news from AEK Athens and Leicester City and find up-to-date football standings, results, top scorers and previous winners Football fans can find the latest football news, interviews , expert commentary and watch free reruns See detailed profiles of AEK Athens and Leicester City Catch all the upcoming competitions Make Eurosport your go-to source for online sports, from soccer and cycling to cycling. F1, winter sports and more Enjoy live streaming of this season’s main sporting competitions

Timothy Castagne was ruled out for injury until after international break, Rodgers confirms in pre-match interview with BT Sport Injuries start to pile up for Leicester Wilfred Ndidi and Caglar Soyuncu have been out for a long time, and Johnny Evans is also missing tonight with a back problem

Pre-match stats: Leicester have lost each of their last three away games in European competition, all in their only Champions League campaign in 2016-17

AEK boss Massimo Carrera at Leicester: “We are talking about a top team with great quality players. They always try to have their own style of play on the pitch, and the fact that they have played as they did against Manchester City speaks for itself »

Rodgers on AEK: « Luhansk played 4-4-2 and they were aggressive in their game AEK also plays 4-3-3 or 5-3-2 You expect a big test here Whatever the system used, it will be a big test for us « 

Pre-match statistics: This will be the first meeting between AEK Athens and Leicester City in European competition; AEK Athens have lost each of their last four games against England, most recently at home and away against Everton in the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2009-10

Cengiz Under get their first Leicester shirt start after coming off the bench to help Vardy winner on Sunday

Rodgers has a history with AEK Athens The last British team AEK faced in European competition were Celtic, led by the current Leicester boss, in 2018 Celtic lost 2-1 Scott Sinclair scored a late goal – but AEK held on to kick them out of the Champions League

AEK had Group G’s worst start to the campaign, losing 3-0 to Braga This loss extended their streak without a win to three – but they triumphed this weekend, beating Ioannina 1-0 Sunday The pressure is already on the Greek giants, who must avoid defeat tonight to raise hopes of qualifying for the round of 16 of the competition

The news is that Jamie Vardy starts after coming off the bench to score the Emirates winner on Sunday James Maddison is also there from the start, as Rodgers names a strong squad also containing Wesley Fofana in defense and Yuri Tielemans in the middle of ground

AEK Athens XI: Tsintotas, Bakakis, Svarnas, Nedelcearu, Insua, Shakhov, Krsticic, Livaja, Mantalos, Helder Lopes, Ansarifard submarines: Athanasiadis, Theocharis, Laci, Tankovic, Nelson Oliveira, Hnid, Mitaj, Sabanosadzovic, Machairop , Botos, Vasilantonopoulos /// Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Albrighton, Fofana, Morgan, Fuchs, Justin, Choudhury, Tielemans, Under, Maddison, Vardy subs: Ward, Jakupovic, Thomas, Mendy, Praet, Barnes, Perez, Iheanacho

Hello and welcome to Eurosport’s LIVE text commentary on Leicester City’s Europa League clash at AEK Athens Brendan Rodgers’ side entered the game after an impressive win at Arsenal in the Premier League , and after launching Group G with a win last week, the Foxes hope to continue their 100% victorious start in Europe

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