Watching Leicester in their recent outing vs. Watford shows the challenge. The Leicester midfield struggles to function properly. This happens when they play against a 4-4-2 set up. Many teams in the Championship have this structure. They play with a more battling style and do not rely much on flair.

Today we also see Gary Rowett pushing Jordan James into that offensive role, being often described as the 10. In the old days the 10 was one playing alongside the 9, in an attacking duo up front. Today we do feel Jordan James was lost. He does not look good as a 10. He was also giving Marti Cifuentes headaches when that was tried earlier on. To avoid that to happen you have to change the pivot and play with two 8 and a 6. If you don’t, the opponent will create an overload. They will break you down on every possible chance to gain momentum.

Bilal El Khannouss in the starting line-up for Stuttgart. They were defeated 0-2 away to Porto in the Europa League knock out stages.

Harvey Barnes in the starting line-up for Newcastle in their 2-7 struggle vs. Barcelona at Camp Neu. Trey Nyoni coming on for Liverpool in their 4-0 home win vs. Galatasaray. Yunus Akgun was also entering the field in this game at Anfield. Akgun came on in the 60th minute.