Puel: Ndidi Is Leicester's Most Consistent Player

Leicester vs Bournemouth PS

Leicester vs Bournemouth PS

Claude Puel, Leicester City coach, says Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is the most consistent player in his squad.

The 21-year-old joined the King Power Stadium outfit in January 2017 and has grown into a pivotal part of the team.

Leicester are eighth in the standings but without a win in their last four league matches, including a 1-1 draw at home to strugglers Swansea City and Stoke City.

"Since the beginning of the season, Wilfred is the most consistent player because he plays well, he recovers a lot of ball", Puel told Leicester Mercury.

"Perhaps in his last game (against Stoke), like his team-mates, he was not fantastic". He can recover a lot of balls, he is strong in the duels and now, when he plays simple with quality, he can give a good start in our play.

Bournemouth usually bring goals with them wherever they go and it's unlikely to be any different here.

"It's a big game again and we need to win that one".

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Leicester hope to have Shinji Okazaki back in contention for the visit of Bournemouth.

Okazaki resumed training this week and is the only injury concern for Leicester. The Japan worldwide striker will be assessed, having missed the last three games with a knee problem. The last two renewals between the two have also ended in deadlock - 1-1 here in the final game of last season (Leicester missed a pen) and 0-0 at Dean Court in September and given Leicester lost 1-0 to the Cherries in December 2016, Bournemouth are starting to look like something of a bogey team for the Foxes.

They put an embarrassing showing against Huddersfield behind them last time when coming from behind to draw against Newcastle, they've made something out of a party trick of doing that this season. "They've also never lost to Leicester in the Premier League".

Eddie Howe has won only one of his 11 league matches as a manager against Leicester (D5, L5).

The five Premier League games between these sides have produced just five goals, with Jamie Vardy scoring both of Leicester's.

Ndidi will make his 29th English Premier League appearance of the season against Bournemouth on Saturday at the King Power Stadium.

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