Nottingham Forest could start Arsenal youngster Aaron Ramsey and Marcus Tudgay, who have both signed on loan.
Dexter Blackstock is out with knee ligament damage, while Paul McKenna, Brendan Maloney and Paul Anderson are all rated doubtful.
MATCH PREVIEW
Leicester are looking to bounce back after last weekend's 2-0 loss against Bristol City, which was only their second defeat in nine Championship matches.
A return to winning ways would mean a fourth victory in six games for the Foxes, who are unbeaten in five home matches since losing at the Walkers Stadium to QPR shortly before the appointment of Sven-Goran Eriksson as Foxes boss.
Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, are unbeaten in four games, have lost only one of their last seven, and their victory at second-placed Cardiff last weekend underlined their emergence as promotion candidates.
The Reds will not be short of confidence - and they are not short of battling qualities either. Of their 27 points, 10 have been salvaged in matches in which they were behind.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Leicester and Forest have each won 37 of the 96 previous matches between these clubs.
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• Forest have won one of their last five away matches against City.
Leicester
• Leicester have won four, drawn two and lost three matches since Sven-Goran Eriksson took over as manager.
• The Foxes have either scored or conceded two goals in each of their last four games.
• Jack Hobbs standing by for his 100th league start for Leicester.
Nottingham Forest
• Three-quarters of the league goals Forest have let in this season have been conceded in the first half of games (12 of 16).
• Forest are yet to have a player sent off this term.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport