Two Leicester City stars vow to outwit each other in huge head-to-head

Leicester City stars go face to face on Friday night in a huge encounter.

Kelechi Iheanacho will be aiming to outwit team-mate Daniel Amartey as Nigeria and Ghana play the first leg of their World Cup play-off, with the victor over two matches booking a place in Qatar at the end of the year.

Both players should go into the game in a confident mood given their club form. Amartey is enjoying his best-ever season at City, and has been a regular in the defence, while Iheanacho, when given opportunities, has managed to have a big impact, the striker currently on a combined 15 goals and assists.

Just five days after they both helped City beat Brentford, they now go up against each other, with the match a hot topic in the changing room over recent weeks.

Previewing the game, Iheanacho told Fifa: “He (Amartey) has told me how he’s going to mark me, stop me, and I’ve told him how I’m going to help us score goals against them. But it’s just banter. It's a good rivalry.

“I’m 100 per cent confident that we will go through. Obviously they have a strong team, a strong squad, good players, and they really want to win as well, so it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to be a fight.

“We have to work really hard and want it more than them. But I have so much confidence in this Nigeria team and the group of lads we have here. I’m very confident we will be at the World Cup.”

Also in the Nigeria group is Ademola Lookman, City’s on-loan winger potentially making his debut for the Super Eagles after switching allegiances from England. Wilfred Ndidi is not there though after he suffered a potentially season-ending knee injury.

Iheanacho will go into the game as one of Nigeria’s leading stars, helped by his brilliant end to last season,