Leicester City predicted line-up vs Roma as Brendan Rodgers faces selection dilemmas

Leicester City’s right-wing and left-back roles are the most contentious selection issues ahead of their Europa Conference League semi-final second leg.

City have close to everybody available for the tie at Roma, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Maddison both declared fit on Wednesday. That relieves any problems manager Brendan Rodgers might have had in the centre of the park, but he still has decisions to make out wide.

While Timothy Castagne started both legs against PSV Eindhoven as well as the home game against Roma, a 90-minute run-out at Spurs suggests he may be left out at the Stadio Olimpico. He only lasted 20 minutes of last week’s first leg, the Belgian withdrawn following a dizzy spell, and James Justin was praised by Rodgers for his performance after coming on at left-back.

Both Justin and right-back Ricardo Pereira are well-rested, with neither featuring in the 3-1 loss in North London on Sunday, and so they could get the nod in the back four. They would flank a centre-back pairing of Wesley Fofana and Jonny Evans, who are likely to reform the partnership that has seen City concede just twice in their past three European games.

The other big decision for Rodgers is on the right wing. Last week, he made the surprise call to leave Harvey Barnes on the bench, instead starting with Ademola Lookman on the left and Marc Albrighton on the right. He changed it around on the hour, introducing Barnes, with Lookman switching sides.

They then combined for the equaliser, Barnes crossing and Lookman forcing Gianluca Mancini to turn the ball into his own net. With Albrighton starting at Tottenham, with Lookman and Barnes both rested, and with City looking more of a threat when the latter two were on the pitch last