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Leicester handed triple injury boost ahead of Sheffield United clash

:Headline: Leicester handed triple injury boost ahead of Sheffield United clash:
There was no positive update regarding James Maddison, who has missed the last three matches due to a hip problem.
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Brendan Rodgers has reported a boost on the injury front for Leicester with Jonny Evans, Dennis Praet and Ayoze Perez expected to be available for Sunday's home clash with Sheffield United.

Defender Evans was absent for the last two games due to a calf problem, midfielder Praet has been out since January because of a hamstring issue and forward Perez was sidelined after picking up a knee injury against Liverpool on February 13.

Boss Rodgers, who had eight players unavailable for the 2-1 win at Brighton last weekend, told a press conference on Friday: "We've got real good news with Jonny Evans back and he should be available.

"Dennis Praet has been training this week as well, so he should be available, and Ayoze Perez. I will check with all of those three before we select the team but it's good to have those back."

James Maddison has missed the last three matches due to a hip problem.

And when asked for the latest on the England international, Rodgers said: "No update. I said the other week we're probably looking at seeing where he is at after the international break.

"Day on day he is getting better. There is no sort of timeline on it. It's just really about how he's going to feel. There's a little bit of soreness there, but he's working with the medical team very hard.

"He's as frustrated as us all really. He's such a big player for us. But hopefully he'll play a real part for us in the closing games."

Rodgers added: "It's just waiting and seeing how he reacts to some of the work he's doing. It's in the same area, but it's not the same injury that was repaired before. There's obviously a reaction there in the tendon and we need to see how that develops but hopefully, fingers crossed, he'll be back sooner rather than later."

Leicester also have Harvey Barnes (knee), Cengiz Under (thigh), James Justin (knee) and Wes Morgan (back) out of action.

Rodgers was also asked for his thoughts on VAR after it was reported the Premier League was set to send surveys to its clubs to request feedback on ways to improve the use of the system.

He said: "I don't think it's VAR, it's the implementation, it's who is operating it.

"We had an incident last week at Brighton which could have cost us a penalty, which looked a clear penalty. You can see the defender catching Vards (Jamie Vardy) when he goes into the box.

"When it goes to the VAR, and it is slowed down and you look at the different angles, you can see clearly that it was a penalty. So for that not to be given, it is frustrating.

"And you see the incident with Phil Foden – and people talk about honesty of players and staying up, but that's what happens. He stays on his feet and he doesn't get a penalty. If he goes down, he'll get a penalty.

"It will always be about interpretation. VAR has been great but it's obviously the application of the rules... that will always be up for debate."

Rodgers was referring to the fact no penalty was given when Foden was challenged by Alex McCarthy in the box in Manchester City's 5-2 win over Southampton on Wednesday – an incident Maddison tweeted about that evening.

He wrote: "Being honest and getting straight back up to try and score like Phil did is punished... where's the incentive to stay on your feet?"

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Ipswich TownIpswich432611685533289
2Leicester CityLeicester422841079384188
3Leeds UnitedLeeds43269876344287
4Southampton42259884543084
5West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom4320121166422472
6Norwich CityNorwich432181476601671
7Hull City421811136254865
8Coventry CityCoventry4217121366521463
9Middlesbrough43189166156563
10Preston North EndPreston43189165660-463
11Cardiff CityCardiff43185204860-1259
12Bristol City431610175046458
13Sunderland43168195250256
14Swansea CitySwansea431411185362-953
15Watford431216155958152
16Millwall431311194255-1350
17Blackburn RoversBlackburn431310205771-1449
18Plymouth ArgylePlymouth431212195866-848
19Queens Park RangersQPR431211204057-1747
20Stoke CityStoke431211204160-1947
21Birmingham CityBirmingham43129224864-1645
22Huddersfield TownHuddersfield43917174770-2344
23Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds43128233667-3144
RRotherham UnitedRotherham43411283285-5323
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