Zambia national team forward Patson Daka is expected to lead the Leicester City this afternoon when they visit City Ground for their Emirates FA Cup fourth round tie against Nottingham Forest.
The Zambian international is enjoying some fine form with seven goal involvements in his last six starts for the Foxes.
Daka is also the only player in the English Premier League this season to average a goal and assist every 180️ minutes played.
The Kafue Celtic product has made 19 appearances in all competitions for Leicester since his switch from Redbull Salzburg scoring 9 goals and assisting 4 times with 5 goals coming in six UEFA Europa League matches.
The Zambian could be joined by Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho who is back from the Africa Cup of Nations.
Brendan Rogers could also line up Daka alongside Harvey Barnes and Ademola Lookman in a 4-3-3 formation.
An intense atmosphere awaits the 2017 CAF young player of the year with his Leicester teammates as they meet Steve Cooper’s Sky Bet Championship outfit in the fourth round of the Emirates FA Cup.
The Foxes are the competition holders and defeated Watford in the third round to reach this stage. Forest, meanwhile, dumped out competition’s record winners, Arsenal.
Kick off for the East Midlands derby is 18:00 CAT.
