Stephy Mavididi scored three times for Leicester City against Birmingham City in the Championship two seasons ago
Stephy Mavididi of Leicester City
Leicester City manager Marti Cifuentes decided not to risk Stephy Mavididi against Charlton Athletic to give him the best chance of playing Birmingham City on Friday night.
Promotion favourites Leicester and Blues will do battle in a blockbuster Championship clash at the King Power Stadium this weekend.
Both teams have won two of their opening three fixtures but Blues sit a point above the Foxes in the standings due to their unbeaten start.
Leicester won the Championship title two seasons ago and are expected to be in the thick of the promotion shake-up once again and Mavididi will be a key player for them.
The 27-year-old winger provided 18 goal contributions and earned a spot on the Championship Team of the Year for 2023/24 and three of his goals came against Blues.
Mavididi bagged a brace in a 3-2 win for Leicester at St Andrew’s during Wayne Rooney’s troubled tenure as Blues boss before netting a late winner for the Foxes in the return fixture.
He courted controversy by celebrating one of his goals at St Andrew’s by climbing over the advertising boards to taunt Blues fans.
It looks as though Blues will come up against Mavididi again on Friday with Cifuentes making the pointed decision not to risk him in their 1-0 win at Charlton on Saturday.
“Stephy felt a small muscular feeling during the week and we were hoping he could make it,” Cifuentes told LeicestershireLive.
“But at this stage of the season, especially with one game left before the international break, we thought it was very important that he’s ready for the Birmingham game and hopefully that will be the case.”
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