Team news
Leicester City goalkeeper Mads Hermansen has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a groin injury that needs surgery, so Jakub Stolarczyk will deputise.
Ricardo Pereira, Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Facundo Buonanotte, who all came off with injuries in last weekend's defeat by Wolves, will also miss out.
Southampton forward Paul Onuachu has recovered from the ankle injury that caused him to miss last weekend's defeat by Fulham.
Saints have no fresh injury problems so interim manager Simon Rusk has a full squad at his disposal.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Leicester could earn a fourth consecutive win over Southampton for the first time.
The Foxes are looking to complete a first Premier League double over Saints for 25 years. They did beat Southampton home and away in last season's Championship, scoring nine goals and conceding one.
Leicester City
Leicester have lost 17 of their past 19 Premier League matches.
They have suffered a record nine consecutive top-flight home defeats without scoring.
The Foxes have earned just eight points from 21 games under Ruud van Nistelrooy and accrued 14 of their 18 points before 8 December.
Leicester have failed to score in a league-high 16 fixtures this season.
Van Nistelrooy's side have had fewer shots (299), fewer shots on target (98) and a lower xG tally (29.2) than any other side in the Premier League this season.
They have gone 27 matches without a clean sheet, their longest run since a streak of 37 between February and December 1957.
Leicester have conceded first in 29 of their 34 Premier League games this season – the most ever by a side in a 38-game campaign in the competition.
Southampton
Defeat for Southampton would confirm they will finish bottom of the Premier League for a record-equalling third time, after 2004-05 and 2022-23.
Southampton are winless in their last 11 matches in all competitions (D2, L9).
They still need a point to surpass the lowest tally in Premier League history: 11, set by Derby in 2008-09.
They've conceded 11 goals after the 90th minute in the league this season, the joint most by any side in a Premier League campaign alongside Burnley in 2018-19.
Saints have scored just 25 league goals this season, the fewest in the top four English divisions.
They have conceded 80 league goals, last conceding more in 1967-68 when they shipped 83.
Southampton have dropped 28 points from winning positions in this season's Premier League, more than any other team.
