The latest When You're Smiling podcast has landed.
The Foxes are preparing to face Wolves at King Power Stadium and Owynn Palmer-Atkin is joined by The Athletic's Rob Tanner to preview the bottom of the table clash.
Plus hear from manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, who provides updates on Mads Hermansen's injury and Harry Winks' availability.
Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.
For week 17, he takes on Reverend & the Makers singer Jon McClure.
Sutton's prediction: 1-1
Wolves have just appointed Vitor Pereira as Gary O'Neil's replacement but they could be without their best attacking player, Matheus Cunha, through suspension, and he would be a huge miss.
They will be hoping for the same bounce in results that Leicester got when they appointed Ruud van Nistelrooy as manager a few weeks back but I think the Foxes were quite fortunate in some of those games.
Leicester have shown some spirit under Van Nistelrooy, but they are still heavily reliant on Jamie Vardy up front and still leaking goals too.
Wolves have even bigger problems at the back so Pereira might come in and try to shut up shop, but I don't know if they are capable of doing that - they are still the same players that conceded so many goals under O'Neil.
McClure's prediction: 1-1
Wolves have got enough quality to nab a draw here.
Josh Lobley
BBC Sport Journalist
Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Wolves (kick-off 14:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Van Nistelrooy says it's a "possibility" that Mads Hermansen will be involved this weekend after he picked up an injury against Newcastle.
Elsewhere in the squad he confirmed Harry Winks is available for selection, however Wilfried Ndidi is still out.
On the challenges of facing a Wolves side who have recently hired a new manager: "You can do some research on what he's done in Saudi and the teams he has managed before. You can look on how Wolves have been playing in the last few months. Will it be big changes or minor? We have to deal with it in the moment itself."
He spoke about what the team have worked on in training this week: "We had some good meetings. Set-pieces was a big part of that so I'm expecting an improvement there. We worked on decision making and structure on the ball. We have to protect ourselves better on the ball to prevent counter-attacks."
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe six Premier League meetings between Leicester City and Wolves at the King Power Stadium have seen just seven goals scored, compared to 21 in the six meetings between the sides at Molineux.
Leicester City, Crystal Palace and Wolves are all interested in signing 30-year-old Newcastle United and Paraguay forward Miguel Almiron on loan in January. (Sun), external
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for one thing - good or bad - that nobody is talking about at Leicester City.
Here are some of your comments:
Martyn: Our Foxes are desperately short of Premier League experience. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is not going to get into Chelsea's first team, so let's get him back on loan at least. As Ruud van Nistelrooy has a good relationship with Enzo Maresca, let's give Ben Chilwell a chance to regain his England place by taking him out of exile and on loan, if necessary.
Jeremy: Bring back Dewsbury-Hall - with a reduction in his salary. Chelsea will want to offload players in January.
Dave: We have no real "lock picker" in midfield to play a ball through to the forwards. And we need another forward to alternate and to play alongside Jamie Vardy.
Ash: Marcus Rashford is out of favour at Manchester United, so we should be going after him. Under Ruud, he could be immense and just what we need.
Gumley: When Ruud was PSV manager, they scored a lot and conceded a lot. The manager of Leicester City needs to get our defence organised, and I'm worried he is not the man. No-one can do everything and maybe a decent defensive coach is needed in his backroom staff, but we are a fortnight in now and he has brought nobody with him. This is needed right now.
Frederick: Why did the Foxes sign Harry Souttar on a five-year contract to not play the Australia international and loan him out? He has never got a chance and he could have made a difference.
Matt: James Justin is so completely out of form, but nobody seems to notice.
Bob: Things might look glum at the moment but remember Christmas 2015, when Leicester City were bottom of the Premier League and hot favourites for relegation! In the New Year, they went on to win seven, draw one and lose one - and we all know what happened the following season!
After a strong start under Ruud van Nistelrooy, Leicester fans told us "the truth was hammered home" by a thumping defeat at Newcastle on Saturday.
The Foxes remain outside the relegation zone but the struggle against the drop is likely to continue.
Plenty has been written and said about their problems in the past and how Van Nistelrooy is trying to attack them - but you know your club best.
So we need you to tell us, what is the one thing - good or bad - everyone seems to be missing about Leicester right now?
Have your say - and come back on Wednesday for a selection of replies
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Leicester striker Steve Howard spoke to the When You're Smiling podcast about Mads Hermansen's injury against Newcastle: "He is a vital part of the team. With the chances [we concede], you rely on your keeper. He's got to be on top form every game.
"With Danny Ward coming in, I think we'll be alright - but it's not his first-choice keeper. At the minute, we are relying too much on the keeper and It's a huge problem."
Leicester fan Tom Foyster added: "I think it would be massive [if it was a long term injury]. He's key to the way we play with possession football and I think he is a really good keeper across the board. I think it's that level of confidence that the defence have in him that stop them from making so many errors.
"It seems like we don't have that much confidence in some of the reserve keepers. It feeds this nervousness and we the create more mistakes than we would."
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Kate Blakemore
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesWell, the honeymoon period ended with a mere whimper this week as Ruud van Nistelrooy suffered the first defeat of his tenure.
Leicester were up against it going into the game with the midfield trio of Boubakary Soumare, Wilfred Ndidi and Harry Winks all missing though injury or suspension and, if our owners needed any convincing that the cheque book must be opened in January, then this was the performance that sealed it.
Replacements in Oliver Skipp and Hamza Choudhury fell well below the level required and the loss through injury of keeper Mads Hermansen at half-time saw a rusty Danny Ward bleed three goals in his opening 15 minutes.
Strength in depth is a huge problem as we head into the Christmas fixtures and it is something that has needed addressing for a while. Many argued that we had a Premier League squad in the Championship last season, but the reality is there is a lack of the quality needed to survive this unforgiving league.
PSR will of course be on the minds of the owners, with the EFL noose waiting should we get relegated. But many fans believe the approach should be to stay up, whatever it costs, to ensure survival and we will deal with PSR issues down the line.
Our season will not be defined by a loss at St James' Park, but it may well be defined by the point salvaged against Brighton last week, the win over West Ham or even the result of this Sunday's huge home fixture against Wolves.
The timing of the sacking of Gary O'Neil could not have been worse, but we can only hope that we have most of our starting XI back and that any potential new manager bounce for Wolves is delayed.
It will be a spectacle for sure, as the two worst defensive teams in the league go toe to toe.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Newcastle and Leicester City.
Here are some of your comments:
Newcastle fans:
Michael: Much better and Dan Burn was awesome! Sandro Tonali, Jacob Murphy, Lewis Hall and Bruno Guimaraes all got involved. Alexander Isak could have had a hat-trick but it is good to see him getting back to his best! Much-needed win for an under-pressure Eddie Howe.
Richard: I'm not sure if I expected us to win because the players would be out to support the manager after a poor show at Brentford or because losing was just unthinkable! Failing to win would have just been awful and thankfully we got the good NUFC and not the 'other' one. When we play well, we can give anyone a game. Consistency is the key. And well done Murph for proving the doubters wrong.
Johnny: A fantastic win and much better performance than others of late. Leicester were poor and there will be much harder games to come, but across the midfield our team seemed a lot more balanced than they have looked recently. If we'd been more clinical it could have been as comprehensive as six or seven nil. Hall and Tonali were my standouts.
Adam: Finally a result and a performance. Hopefully they can replicate this regularly and really kick on this season. There's so much disruption in the league like City floundering. A good run over the holiday period could lift us really high and set us up for a exciting finale.
Leicester fans:
Karl: Awful. Made a bang-average side look like Brazil 1970. Clutching at straws because we were abysmal - but Guimaraes shouldn't have been on the pitch. The referee was as bad as we were.
Ian: I felt at half-time that we were still in the game and could have challenged for at least a point in the second half. Then I switched back as the game had restarted, saw Danny Ward in goal, and knew we were in for a humiliation. I never want to see him in a Leicester shirt again. Ever. The amount of sheer bad luck this club has endured over the past four years or so is astonishing.
Carl: We are where we are. When you lose players like Riyad Mahrez, N'Golo Kante, Ben Chilwell, Danny Drinkwater, Harvey Barnes, Harry Maguire, Wesley Fofana, James Maddison, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kasper Schmeichel and then face long-term injuries to Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira, and only ever replace with £5-15 million players there is no surprise that we are struggling near the bottom of the table. It's going to be a long season!
Richard: The truth was hammered home here - no real team co-ordination developed at all. Also it is surely time to find another goalkeeper in place of Ward. Nobody wanted him in the summer but he cannot be allowed between the sticks in the Premier League. Get someone new or look to develop from the academy and let Ward's contact just run out.
On the latest episode of the When You're Smiling podcast, Former Leicester striker Matty Fryatt suggested that the Foxes may need to change their approach in some away matches: "I think they approached it in the way that Ruud van Nistelrooy wants his teams to go about it. They were on the front foot and went after Newcastle. There was not a lot in it in the first 20 minutes or so.
"By that manner, it took a lot out of Leicester's players. Sometimes with all the energy and intensity, you switch off when the ball goes out of play. That might be a part of it. Once the game wore on, it took everything out of Leicester from what they tried in the first 20 minutes. Newcastle took full advantage of the space that was afforded to them.
"It might be that they [should] sit in away from home and look to play on the counter, especially against the likes of Newcastle and teams of that Ilk."
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Leicester City are planning to bring midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall back to the club, having sold him to Chelsea in the summer. (Football Insider), external
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Highlights and analysis from Saturday's five Premier League fixtures.
If you missed Match of the Day, you can catch up now on BBC iPlayer.
Listen back to full match commentaries on BBC Sounds:
The latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast has landed.
Listen to post match analysis of the Foxes' 4-0 defeat at Newcastle with Matty Fryatt and hear Ruud Van Nistelrooy's thoughts on the loss.
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Matthew Howarth
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesAfter back-to-back home games against West Ham and Brighton, this was arguably Ruud Van Nistelrooy's biggest test of his brief Leicester reign so far – but the visitors fell short in every department at St James' Park.
The Dutchman was not helped by the absence of the injured Wilfred Ndidi and the suspended Boubakary Soumare, with Hamza Choudhury drafted into midfield for his first Premier League start in more than two and a half years.
He may, however, feel aggrieved at referee Thomas Bramall's decision not to book Guimaraes for going down too easily under Jannik Vestergaard's first-half challenge in the area, with the Brazilian then cautioned just moments later for a tackle on Stephy Mavididi.
Before half-time substitute stopper Ward had even touched the ball, Guimaraes had added to Jacob Murphy's first-half strike to make it 2-0.
Isak added a third three minutes later, with Murphy completing the scoring on the hour mark.
Whether Guimaraes should have been on the pitch or not, the manner of Leicester's second-half collapse will alarm Van Nistelrooy, who must now prepare his side for a crucial home game against fellow strugglers Wolves next weekend.
Image source, Getty ImagesLeicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has been speaking to Sky Sports following today's loss: "It was a big challenge to come here and if you give away the goals from set-pieces, we are not doing ourselves a favour. We could improve the structure in which we want to play with the ball. We are in a process of two weeks together. We had two positive results, but this one wasn't the best of afternoons for us.
"Against top teams in the league and we help them in their way with a couple of set-pieces in their favour and it was going to be a hard afternoon.
"I think it's development of the team as well. We need to learn form these games and how Newcastle outplayed us in counter-attacks. They were clever in the block and set-pieces. It is a long season. We move on, reflect and get better form this."
On their next match against Wolves: "Every game for us is huge. Everything has to be right to get results in the Premier League, and so will be the next one as well.
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There are five games in the Premier League on Saturday and we will bring you all the key moments.
Arsenal v Everton
Liverpool v Fulham - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Newcastle v Leicester
Wolves v Ipswich
Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa (17:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
All kick-off times 15:00 GMT unless stated
