Ranieri should give these 3 Leicester players a chance against Man United

Shinji Okazaki

With Islam Slimani a doubt and Jamie Vardy having not scored in 2017, Ranieri could give Shinji Okazaki a chance to end a long scoring drought of his own against United.

The Japanese forward has failed to net in any of his last ten appearances for Leicester, albeit only five of those have been starts.

Nonetheless, his relentless energy and work-rate may be what Ranieri wants from his forwards on Sunday, especially as United will likely have more of the ball, so it’ll be up to the forward players to lead from the front by closing down and pressing the United backline.

There aren’t many better at doing that than Okazaki, so a partnership with the equally-energetic Vardy may be ideal for the Foxes on Sunday.