Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest injury and suspension news ahead of Friday's Premier League clash between Leicester City and Newcastle United.

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By Matt Law, Football Editor | 06 May 2021

Leicester City will be attempting to consolidate their spot in the top four in the Premier League table when they welcome Newcastle United to the King Power Stadium on Friday evening.

The Foxes are currently third in the division, five points ahead of fifth-placed West Ham United on the same number of matches (34), while Newcastle sit 17th, nine points clear of 18th-placed Fulham, and here Sports Mole runs through the team news for the two sides ahead of what is a very important contest.

LEICESTER CITY vs. NEWCASTLE UNITED

LEICESTER CITY

Out: James Justin (knee), Harvey Barnes (knee)

Doubtful: Wes Morgan (back), Jonny Evans (back)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Schmeichel; Fofana, Evans, Soyuncu; Pereira, Ndidi, Tielemans, Castagne; Maddison; Iheanacho, Vardy

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Out: Isaac Hayden (knee), Karl Darlow (knee), Ryan Fraser (groin), Fabian Schar (suspended), Jamaal Lascelles (ankle)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Dubravka; Fernandez, Clark, Dummett; Murphy, Almiron, Shelvey, Longstaff, Ritchie; Wilson, Saint-Maximin

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	46	31	4	11	89	41	48	97
P	Ipswich Town Ipswich	46	28	12	6	92	57	35	96
3	Leeds United Leeds	46	27	9	10	81	43	38	90
4	Southampton	46	26	9	11	87	63	24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	21	12	13	70	47	23	75
6	Norwich City Norwich	46	21	10	15	79	64	15	73
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	8	70
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	9	69
9	Coventry City Coventry	46	17	13	16	70	59	11	64
10	Preston North End Preston	46	18	9	19	56	67	-11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	2	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	19	5	22	53	70	-17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	-10	59
14	Swansea City Swansea	46	15	12	19	59	65	-6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	-2	56
17	Stoke City Stoke	46	15	11	20	49	60	-11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	15	11	20	47	58	-11	56
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	14	11	21	60	74	-14	53
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	8	23	44	68	-24	53
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	13	12	21	59	70	-11	51
R	Birmingham City Birmingham	46	13	11	22	50	65	-15	50
R	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	46	9	18	19	48	77	-29	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	46	5	12	29	37	89	-52	27