Dewsbury-Hall a Doubt For Town's Leicester Visit - Ipswich Town News
Leicester City could be without midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall when they face the Blues at the King Power Stadium in Monday’s live Sky game.
The 25-year-old suffered a knock in the incident which led to the Foxes’ penalty - which he converted to claim his ninth goal of the season - in last weekend’s 3-1 loss at Coventry City.
"The only one who is out since the Coventry game is Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, because of the foul he received for the penalty,” manager Enzo Maresca said at this afternoon’s press conference.
"He had a problem about that. He has not trained with us until today. We'll see for Monday's game. But at the moment he's out.”
Dewsbury-Hall could be one of six players absent for the Blues’ visit with Wilfred Ndidi sidelined until April with a serious muscle injury and Abdul Fatawu suspended having been red-carded against the Sky Blues.
Patson Daka and Kelechi Iheanacho are away at the Africa Cup of Nations, with Zambia and Nigeria respectively, and Harry Souttar is playing alongside Town’s Cameron Burgess for Australia at the Asian Cup.
Better news for Maresca, who will watch Monday’s game from the stands as he is subject to a touchline ban after picking up his third yellow card of the season last week, is that veteran striker Jamie Vardy is back in full training and could play a part against the Blues.
Leicester will certainly still be top when the teams meet on Monday but the Blues could have dropped to second with Southampton in action at Swansea City on Saturday afternoon.
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