Leicester City will be desperate to preserve their unbeaten league and cup record against an Arsenal side who are fresh from their win over Tottenham.
After a successful Capital One Cup third round result for both sides, they go into the match with every chance of taking all three points. Leicester, who are occupying the final Champions League spot, beat West Ham 2-1 after Andy King's 116th minute headed winner. Arsenal, sitting one place below Leicester in 5th, beat North London rivals, Tottenham, 2-1 after an unlikely Mathieu Flamini brace.
French Registas
Arsene Wenger is spoilt for choice in the holding midfield area of his team; his two choices come in the shape of Francis Coquelin and Mathieu Flamini, respectively. Until Wedensday night's game against Tottenham, there would be no doubt that he would choose 24-year-old Coquelin but Flamini's performance has left the Arsenal boss with a selection dilemma.
Leicester have a French holding midfielder of their own, a certain N'Golo Kanté. He has made an instant positive impact in front of the Leicester faithful after his tiresome performances in the centre of midfield. The Foxes' fans will be massively encouraged by the start he has made, making an endless amount of tackles, interceptions and ball recoveries. The Frenchman has been played out wide on a few times due to his pace and determination.
The Droughts
Arsenal are struggling to find a striker who can hit the back of the net at the minute, with Olivier Giroud's confidence on the floor and Theo Walcott's inability to finish the chances thrown his way. The lack of firepower for Arsenal is probably the main reason for the Gunners' failure to show title-winning credentials so far this season.
Arsenal's problems this season have all been in the attacking section of the side. When Giroud plays he misses a hatful of chances, and Walcott does everything right except for his finishing. It might only take one goal for either of them to re-gain their confidence, but it's hard to see where that'll come from.
Shinji Okazaki is almost having a mini-drought himself, after failing to score in his last four Premier League games. His play style means that nobody is really talking about his failure to score, paired with the fact that Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez can't stop scoring; Mahrez is the joint-top goal scorer and Vardy joint-second for the entire league.
Possibly the best part of Okazaki's game is his unselfish nature and his ability to create chances. In the last few games he hasn't quite lived up to his electrifying start and, if it weren't for Vardy and Mahrez knocking the goals in, there might be a bit more pressure on the shoulders of the Japanese international.
The Welshmen
Leicester's Andy King and Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey know plenty about each other after representing their native Wales on several occasions together. Both players have had contrasting seasons so far. King has exceeded expectation massively, whilst Aaron Ramsey is playing well below his consistent very high standards.
The central midfielders have been instrumental in Wales' outstanding Euro 2016 qualifying campaign and will be hoping to lead their side to victory in the clash at the King Power. Andy King's confidence will be on a high after captaining his side and scoring the winner to send Leicester into the next round of the League Cup.
On the other hand, Aaron Ramsey was rested as he watched Arsenal narrowly edge the North London Derby. Both players will be itching to face each other on Saturday and will be hoping to exploit the weaknesses they know about each other.
Andy King should feature alongside Danny Drinkwater in the middle of the park, while Ramsey could play with one of several midfield choices for Arsenal. With strong central performances for both teams, we'll be in for a great game as the midfield pairings will be look set to cancel each other out.