West Brom vs Leicester City preview, team news, kick-off, channel

Team news and stats ahead of Sunday's game between West Brom and Leicester City on the opening weekend of the Premier League season (kick-off 2pm).

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Kenneth Zohore and Conor Townsend are injury concerns for West Brom.

Both players have missed games during Albion's pre-season preparations - Zohore with a calf issue and Townsend due to an ankle problem. Zohore will not be fit for Sunday's opener but Townsend has been training this week and could be involved.

The Baggies expect to sign former Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic ahead of the match but the veteran is short of match fitness and will not figure against the Foxes.

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Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has a defensive hole to fill given the string of absentees he is dealing with. Jonny Evans' suspension is compounded by the absence of Wes Morgan and Filip Benkovic through injury, meaning Wilfred Ndidi could drop back to partner Caglar Soyuncu.

James Maddison and Christian Fuchs will be assessed after returning to training this week, while summer signing Timothy Castagne is pushing for his debut. Daniel Amartey and Ricardo Pereira are not ready to feature as they recover from long-term lay-offs.

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West Brom vs Leicester City will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Premier League from 1pm on Sunday; kick-off at 2pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.

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One hundred and forty-six Premier League games will be shown live on Sky Sports in the 2020/21 season, with an additional six matches added in September.

The Premier League has further increased the number of televised games this season from 200 to 231, with over half of the extra fixtures set to be shown live on Sky Sports.

Overall, Sky Sports will be showing 146 Premier League matches live throughout the 2020/21 season, continuing to bring you all the latest twists, turns and shocks at the home of the Premier League.

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There will also be two additional midweek programmes - one will be played across the weeks commencing January 11 and 18 and the second will be in the week commencing May 10. All of these games will be broadcast live.

You can also follow the action with our dedicated live blogs on the Sky Sports website and app, and watch free match highlights from every game shortly after full time on our digital platforms and YouTube channel.

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• West Bromwich Albion have lost their last four Premier League home games against Leicester City - their longest ever losing streak at home to the Foxes.
• Leicester City have never won five consecutive away Premier League games against a single opponent, with their four straight wins versus West Brom their joint-best such streak in the competition (also vs Newcastle in January 2020).
• The home side has never won in eight previous Premier League meetings between West Bromwich Albion and Leicester (D2 L6) - only Bournemouth v Watford (10) has been played more in the competition without the home side ever winning.
• West Brom and Leicester City have both lost six times on the opening weekend of a Premier League season, although the Baggies have won their last two such matches and the Foxes are winless in four (D1 L3).
• West Brom have won their opening league match of the season in three of the last four campaigns (L1), having won just twice in their previous 18 (D6 L10).
• Leicester have won their opening Premier League match of the season in just one of their last 11 attempts (D5 L5), though that win came in their title-winning season in 2015-16, (4-2 against Sunderland).

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