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Image: Pearson: Leading Leicester's title tilt

Leicester will be looking to keep pace at the top of League One this weekend when they host Northampton.

Can the Cobblers stop the Foxes?

Leicester will be looking to keep pace at the top of League One this weekend when they host Northampton. The Foxes are currently two points off the summit with a game in hand, having lost just once in the league this season. Their opponents have been in decent form of late, though, winning three of their last four to climb away from trouble.

Leicester team news

Leicester's on-loan defender Kerrea Gilbert is set to miss Saturday's encounter. The Arsenal youngster suffered a hamstring injury in the 2-2 draw against Walsall in midweek. Foxes manager Nigel Pearson said: "Kerrea has picked up a hamstring injury. It is difficult to put a timescale on it, but while he will be out on Saturday, we would hope he will be back sooner rather than later." James Wesolowski has returned from his loan spell at Cheltenham after suffering a fractured ankle in the Robins' defeat at Tranmere on Tuesday. It is not yet known how long the Australian will be out. Fellow midfielder Stephen Clemence (heel) and strikers Ashley Chambers (broken leg), DJ Campbell (groin) and Paul Dickov (back) remain unavailable.
Northampton team news
Northampton manager Stuart Gray is set to recall Adebayo Akinfenwa and Giles Coke to his starting line-up for the trip to the Walkers Stadium. Akinfenwa was left on the bench for the midweek defeat at Swindon as he struggles to complete two games a week due to a shin injury while Coke came on and scored to put himself in the frame. On-loan Wolves defender Mark Little remains out with the knee injury he picked up against Yeovil last weekend and Gray hopes to discover the extent of the damage early next week. He said: "The swelling hasn't gone down on Mark's knee yet but I think Wolves are hoping to get that scanned in the next few days." Forward Colin Larkin is out with a thigh injury while left-back Liam Davis is sidelined for a month with a stress fracture. Goalkeeper Chris Dunn dislocated a finger against Reading in the midweek reserve defeat but should be on the bench as cover for Frank Fielding.

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