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Swansea City vs. Leicester City: lineups, team news, and

Tuesday night’s match between Leicester City and Swansea City at the King Power

Stadium marks their return to Championship action after drastically different outcomes in the FA Cup’s fourth round.

After a subpar first half, the Foxes defeated Birmingham City by three goals, while the Swans were humiliated by Bournemouth in the Premier League.

In the FA Cup on Saturday afternoon, Leicester City played Tony Mowbray’s

Birmingham team in an uncharacteristically poor first half. Enzo Maresca labeled the first half as a

disaster during his half-time debriefing, but a few changes made at the break helped the Foxes win the match.

After James Justin and Ricardo Pereira were introduced, the hosts were able to maintain control of the game and book

their spot in the fifth round. Jamie Vardy, Yunus Akgun, and Denis Praet all scored goals to secure their place in the

tournament. The leaders of the second division were unable to control the match in the first period.

After losing the M69 derby against Coventry City and splitting the results with Ipswich Town last Monday,

Leicester is going through a two-game losing streak in the Championship for just the second time this season. Despite

this, Maresca’s team is still atop the standings, seven points ahead of Kieran McKenna’s Tractor Boys in second place.

The first-choice midfield for the Foxes, which includes Wilfred Ndidi, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and Harry Winks, has

the experience to compete in the Premier League. However, with the latter expected to miss some time due to injury,

Maresca is eager to sign fellow Italian Stefano Sensi from Inter Milan during the January transfer window.

This season, Stephy Mavididi’s signature runs off the left flank, followed by a

curling finish, have wrecked havoc for most second-tier defenses. The 25-year-

old is thriving in a team that is expected to return to the top flight right away, having contributed 13 goals in 28 game

After losing 5-0 to Southampton and Bournemouth in the previous month,

Swansea fans will be tired of seeing the South Coast after the Welsh team’s

humiliation at the hands of the Premier League Cherries on Thursday night in the FA Cup fourth round.

broke through Andrew Fisher’s net during the first half of Andoni Iraola’s

team’s rampant attack, which lasted 90 minutes at Vitality Stadium and resulted in zero saves.

After Michael Duff was fired as manager of Notts County in December, Luke

Williams took over as manager of Swansea. The former manager won his FA Cup debut against Morecambe before

collecting just one second-tier point from matches against Russell Martin’s Saints and Birmingham City.

With just two victories in their last eight league games, the Swans’ current

standing in the Championship is 16th, 10 points behind sixth-place Coventry City.

As such, a push for a playoff spot in the final months of the season seems a little unrealistic