U23 Preview: Albion looking to hunt down the Foxes

Albion’s under-23s will be looking to build on their winning start to 2020 when they host Leicester City tonight at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, kick-off 7pm.

Alex Stedman

2020-01-13T10:00:00Z

Albion under-23s host Leicester City tonight.

Simon Rusk’s men were 2-1 winners over Blackburn Rovers seven days ago, as goals from Peter Gwargis and Danny Cashman sealed an impressive comeback victory at the Leyland County Ground.

It was a third goal in as many games for Swedish midfielder Gwargis after goals against Wolves and Arsenal last month, and the result means Albion sit fifth in the table ahead of tonight’s match.

Tonight’s opposition come into the game off the back of an impressive 5-1 win over Wolves, and lie in third place ahead of this evening’s contest – three points ahead of Rusk’s men.

Our last fixture…

Blackburn 1Vale (3)

Albion 2Gwargis (10)Cashman (67)

Albion line-up: McGill (GK); Yapi (Radulovic 70), Baluta, O’Hora, Cochrane; Gwargis, Jenks (Roberts 62), Crofts, Richards (Freestone 80); J.Davies (S/O 88), Cashman.

Subs not used: Keto (GK), Tolaj.

Danny Cashman celebrates his winner last Monday evening.

Not at the game?

Fans can follow updates of tonight’s game on the Match Centre and can keep up to date with all the key incidents over on the club’s official Twitter account.

A full match report and reaction will be available shortly after the final whistle, both on here and across all of our social channels.