{"id":820,"date":"2026-03-13T10:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=820"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:26:33","slug":"u21s-preview-arsenal-v-leicester-city-pre-match-report-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=820","title":{"rendered":"U21s preview: Arsenal v Leicester City | Pre-Match Report | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Our young Gunners aim to return to winning ways in the Premier League 2 when they host Leicester City on Friday, March 13.<\/p>\n

The match will take place at Mangata Developments Stadium, with kick-off scheduled for 7pm (UK time). The game will be available to stream on The Arsenal app and on Arsenal.com. <\/p>\n

Our under-21s enjoyed a strong start to 2026, with four wins from six games, but have since gone without victory in their last two outings. A narrow 1-0 defeat to Ipswich Town was followed by a 2-2 draw with Norwich City a week ago, pegged back late on in Norfolk.<\/p>\n

The floodgates opened after the interval at the Canaries’ Colney Training Centre, when Ceadach O’Neill and Sebastian Ferdinand had twice given us the lead, but for a stoppage-time equaliser to cancel out our hard work.<\/p>\n

We currently sit 10th in the table, with 26 points from 16 games, and on track to qualify for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n

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the opposition<\/h2>\n

Like us, the Foxes have endured a season of mixed results. After opening 2026 with two wins, they have managed just one victory from their last six, which came in a 2-1 triumph over Norwich at the start of February.<\/p>\n

Monday’s 2-2 draw with Newcastle United leaves them a place below us in the PL2 table, a point fewer despite having played a game extra.<\/p>\n

In other competitions, the East Midlands outfit exited the group stages of both the domestic and international Premier League cups.<\/p>\n

We last faced Leicester in August 2023, when a rifled finish from James Lannin-Sweet, accompanied by an incredible hat-trick by Ethan Nwaneri, secured a 4-1 rout in north London.<\/p>\n

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how to follow<\/h2>\n

You can watch our game against Norwich live for free on The Arsenal app and on Arsenal.com<\/a>with coverage starting at 6.55pm (UK time) for a 7pm kick-off.<\/p>\n

Live updates will be available throughout the match on our academy’s official X account<\/a>. Post-match, don’t miss interviews with under-21s head coach Max Porter and one of our young Gunners, as well as highlights of all the key action from Mangata Developments Stadium. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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