Leicester welcome Southampton to the King Power Stadium in the Championship on Tuesday, as two of last season’s relegated Premier League sides come head-to-head once again in a game between the division’s underperformers.

Having been a top-flight fixture last term, neither side’s return to England’s second division has been a fruitful one, with both their campaigns involving managerial sackings, with Will Still and Marti Cifuentes given the axe.

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After being handed a six-point deduction by the EFL last week for financial rule breaches, the Midlands club have been cast into a relegation battle, as they sit 21st in the second tier, precariously looking over their shoulder.

Andy King's men fell to their third consecutive defeat on Saturday at a rain-drenched St Andrew's, as Birmingham City clinched local bragging rights after a Jay Stansfield winner, after Bobby De Cordova-Reid saw red mist descend to leave the visitors playing over an hour with 10 men.

Currently on a run of three consecutive defeats, Leicester will be eager to bounce back in front of an increasingly hostile home faithful, with many fans protesting the mismanagement of the club’s hierarchy.

Despite netting 41 goals in the Championship this season, defensive lapses have been Leicester’s undoing, having shipped...