Leicester travel to Bristol City on Saturday, looking to continue their good form with a fourth consecutive win in all competitions.
But although the hosts are just one place and one point off the bottom of the Championship table, they do have a good record against Leicester, losing only twice in the last eight meetings.
Last week's 2-0 victory against Burton Albion in the FA Cup saw manager Nigel Pearson rest a few key players, and all are set to return for the trip to Ashton Gate.
David Nugent should partner Chris Wood up front, while Anthony Knockaert is also likely to start after his superb performance in the last league game against Huddersfield on New Years Day.
The Foxes could also welcome back Jamie Vardy. The striker has been absent with a heel injury sustained in the defeat to Cardiff before Christmas and is likely to have a place on the bench.
However, defenders Sean St Ledger (hamstring) and Zak Whitbread (calf) are still out, meaning Wes Morgan and Man United loanee Michael Keane are set to continue as a centre back partnership.
Bristol City welcome back striker Sam Baldock after missing the FA Cup tie against Blackburn last week with a knee injury.
Midfielder Liam Kelly could make his debut after signing from Kilmarnock on Thursday for £200,000, but winger Martyn Woolford has left the club, signing for Championship rivals Millwall.
Joe Bryan has recovered from a hip injury and could feature, but the Robins will be without Marvin Elliott (groin) and Albert Adomah who is at the African Nations Cup with Ghana.
Bristol City manager Derek McInnes: "When we last played them I felt they were one of the best sides in the league.
"If we allow them to get their tails up they can be a formidable team and they proved that when they dispatched Huddersfield last time out.
"We feel we can cause them problems, but we must make it difficult for them to play or we will have our work cut out."
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson: "It's another potential banana skin in that it's a game people will expect us to do well in, given the league positions of both sides.
"But it's not been too happy a place for us to go in recent years, so we’ll want to rectify that.
"We know that they are desperate to get results, certainly at home they're a different proposition and they've been involved in games with plenty of goals.
“We have players that are playing pretty well, good competition in the squad and it's important we go there with a positive mind-set and look to build on what we've done in the last couple of weeks.”
Match odds:
Bristol City (7/2) Draw (11/4) Leicester (8/11)
Bristol City to win 3-2 (33/1) 2-2 draw (12/1) Leicester to win 2-0 (8/1)
Sam Baldock to score first (7/1) Chris Wood to score a hat trick (25/1)
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