LEICESTER CITY
Premier League, King Power Stadium, Tuesday 3 December 2024, 8.15pm
Last time West Ham United visited King Power Stadium, on Sunday 28 May 2023, the Hammers were ten days away from one of the most-famous days in the Club’s history – the UEFA Europa Conference League final win over Fiorentina in Prague.
Hosts Leicester City, meanwhile, ended the day by being relegated to the EFL Championship, their 2-1 victory not enough to keep Dean Smith’s side up due to Everton’s 1-0 home win over AFC Bournemouth. Eighteen months later and the Foxes are back in the top-flight, having pipped Ipswich Town to the Championship title last term.
The man who led Leicester to promotion, Enzo Maresca, departed for Chelsea, with former Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper drafted in to replace the Italian. The Welshman lasted just 15 matches before departing on 24 November, with former Manchester United and Netherlands forward Ruud van Nistelrooy set to take charge of his first Foxes match as manager on Tuesday evening.
As always since it opened in 2002, King Power Stadium will be an atmospheric setting under the floodlights – an atmosphere that helped Leicester win the Premier League title in 2015/16, followed by FA Cup and FA Community Shield successes in 2021.