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Leicester City will be looking to make it three Premier League wins in succession when they face East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest at the King Power on Friday night.

After battling to a 1-0 win over Bournemouth before the international break, the Foxes pulled off a stunning second-half comeback to defeat Southampton 3-2 at St Mary’s last Saturday.

That triumph has lifted Leicester up to 14th place in the table and provided them with some breathing space over the three sides currently in the relegation zone.

Seeking to move into the top half of the standings, Steve Cooper will now look to steer his side to another three points when former club Nottingham Forest come calling.

The Tricky Trees kept up their impressive start to the season by claiming a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Monday night, in a game that brought up one of my City Ground selections.

That means Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have lost just one of their opening eight league games of the season, and another success here would send them to the lofty heights of fifth place.

How the bookies view it: Forest to thwart Foxes

Despite winning their last two Premier League games, Leicester head into this clash as 7/4 outsiders with Betano, while Forest are 29/20 favourites with the same firm.

Each of Nottingham Forest’s last two Premier League away games have ended all square and the same outcome at the King Power on Friday night has been priced up at 23/10 (Betano).

Head to head: Honours even in East Midlands

Quite remarkably, these two old foes each have 41 wins to their name in this fixture, while the spoils have been shared on 27 occasions.

The corresponding fixture two seasons ago saw Leicester cruise to a 4-0 victory – the same scoreline on Friday night pays a whopping 90/1 with William Hill.