West Ham can take another step toward mid-table on Thursday at the London Stadium by further marooning Leicester City in the relegation zone.

What did Leicester City really expect from a man with sparse managerial experience and a career spent predominantly at the high echelons of the game?

Leicester paid Stoke £15m for the Australian’s services but after making 12 appearances as Leicester lost their fight for survival, he was deemed surplus to requirements under Enzo Maresca and then Cooper. Souttar returned to Leicester from his loan at Sheffield United after rupturing his Achilles on Boxing Day.

Leicester City have parted company with first-team coaches Ben Dawson and Danny Alcock. The pair joined the club at the start of the season as part of Steve Cooper's backroom staff, and they continued to work under Ruud van Nistelrooy.

West Ham United seek to secure three important points on Thursday when they welcome Leicester City in a Premier League fixture. The Hammers are coming off a stunning win on the road at Arsenal, and Graham Potter hopes his side can replicate that feat against a Leicester City side reeling and looking destined for relegation.

Leicester are 19th in the table, five points adrift of safety, with a trip to London Stadium to take on a buoyed West Ham United following their win at title chasers Arsenal up next

Analytics United use performance analysis and data to examine how the Foxes’ visit to London Stadium could play

Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams announces that Ashley Debra Neal, 30, has been found guilty by a jury on the burning of barns in Leicester.