A new era begins for Leicester City under Ruud van Nistelrooy when they clash with West Ham on Tuesday, December 3 (12/3/2024) at King Power Stadium for Premier League matchday 14.
Fans can watch the match with a free trial of fuboTV or DirecTV Stream.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: Premier League, Matchday 14
Who: Leicester City vs. West Ham
When: Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
Time: 3:15 p.m. ET
Where: King Power Stadium, Leicester, England
TV: USA Network
Channel finder:DirecTV, Verizon Fios, Cox, Xfinity, Spectrum, Optimum
Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), Sling (half off first month), Hulu + Live TV
Here’s a recent soccer story via The Associated Press:
LEICESTER, England (AP) — Nine years later, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Jamie Vardy have cleared the air.
It was Vardy who broke Van Nistelrooy’s record for scoring in consecutive Premier League games when he achieved 11 in a row for Leicester in 2015.
That was the obvious topic of conversation when the two met on Van Nistelrooy’s first day as Leicester manager.
“It’s a problem, of course, that he broke my record,” Van Nistelrooy said with a smile on Monday. “That’s what I told him straight away – ‘Listen, we have a big issue that we’ve got to get out of the way before we can start together.’
“That was the first thing I actually said to him. I think I just beat him commenting on it.”
When Vardy scored the goal against Manchester United — Van Nistelrooy’s former club — to break the record, Van Nistelrooy posted a tweet to the striker: “You’re number one now and you deserved it.”
That appears to be the last time they were in contact. Van Nistelrooy was hired by Leicester nine years and a day later and will be relying on the 37-year-old Vardy to score the goals to get the team out of relegation danger in the Premier League.
His first match in charge is at home to West Ham on Tuesday. Leicester is in 16th place in the 20-team league, one point above the relegation zone.
“He’s somebody who has had a career for a long time, performing in all these seasons,” Van Nistelrooy said of Vardy, who is tied as Leicester’s top scorer in the league this season with four goals. “He has been fit all along, producing and helping all the teams he played in. And he still is.
“I think he’s a great striker and great to have him in the squad.”
Van Nistelrooy was hired on Friday and watched in the stands as Leicester lost 4-1 at Brentford on Saturday.
What is fuboTV?
FuboTV is a live TV streaming service focused on live sports, including U.S. and international soccer, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and more. It also includes its own fubo Sports Networks with exclusive programming, and 35 regional sports networks such Bally Sports and YES Network. fuboTV carries 55,000 live sporting events annually, and offers 202 channels starting at $79.99, includes unlimited DVR, and streams on most devices. Right now you can try fuboTV free for 7 days, and for a limited time, get your first month for just $49.99.