90+5 The full-time whistle goes and City take the three points which guarantees them top spot at Christmas.
90+3 Great chance to finish things off for Leicester as Okazaki breaks and finds Ulloa, who takes too long to get his shot away, which is saved well by Howard.
90+2 A free-kick straight from the training ground falls to Barkley whose effort is blocked and falls straight into Schmeichel's arms.
89' GOAL TO EVERTON! A shot from Lukaku is blocked and falls to Barkley, and with a neat backheel finds Mirallas who buries it in the bottom left.
71' A long ball finds Lukaku in space but his right-footed effort flies into the stands.
69' GOAL TO LEICESTER! A clearance is blocked by Albrighton and the ball falls to Vardy. Vardy plays in his striking partner, Okazaki, who takes a touch and sweeps the ball to the left of Howard.
65' GOAL TO LEICESTER! Mahrez sends Howard the wrong way and buries it in the bottom right corner.
64' PENALTY TO LEICESTER AGAIN! Mahrez cuts inside and plays in Vardy, who knocks it by the oncoming Howard, who cuts him down.
61' City break in numbers and Fuchs slides in a low ball to Okazaki, who is beaten to the ball by the Everton defence.
58' Vardy given space to run at Stones from the halfway line. Tries to bend his effort into the bottom right corner, but it goes just wide.
45+3 The half-time whistle blows here at Goodison.
43' Inswinging corner from Albrighton goes right across goal. Any touch from incoming Wasilewski would have surely angled it in.
32' GOAL TO EVERTON! Goalmouth scramble as two efforts from Barkley are blocked by the Foxes defence, but Lukaku is in just hte right place to volley home a rebound.
29' Ball into the area from Deulofeu where Lukaku meets it on the volley with his right foot but sends it into orbit.
27' GOAL TO LEICESTER! Mahrez steps up ahead of Vardy to strike to the bottom left. Howard guessed the right way, but the accuracy in the strike was immaculate.
27' PENALTY! Very little notable points so far until now. Okazaki brought down by Funes Mori in the area.
10' The resulting corner finally leads to Albrighton to swing a low cross to the near post where Okazaki meets it and knocks it a few yards wide.
10' Decent chance for City as Fuchs swings in a deep cross only for it to be headed away by Funes Mori.
1' And we're off here at Goodison Park!
TEAM NEWS:
Everton Starting XI:
Howard, Baines, Funes Mori, Stones, Coleman, Barry, Cleverley, Kone, Barkley, Deulofeu, Lukaku.
Leicester Starting XI:
Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Wasilewski, Fuchs, Mahrez, King, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.
Join us again at 2pm for the team sheets as soon as they are released. Here at VAVEL UK, we look forward to you joining us for what should be an entertaining fixture, and we'll be bringing you minute-by-minute updates of all the things you need to know.
The Toffees' box will be challenged throughout the game: Leicester are the league's top scorers with 34 goals, although all of them have come from inside the area.
Everton are currently on a six-game unbeaten run, but having drawn the last three, they'll be wanting to get back to winning ways. The Foxes have also not lost an away game since a 4-3 defeat at the hands of Tottenham.
A Leicester win will guarantee being top of the table at Christmas - a complete contrast to last season, with the club sitting bottom of the league. However, Everton have only lost once in the last 20 meetings between the sides.
As seen against the Premier League champions earlier in the season, Everton are always capable of putting on an entertaining game against the teams challenging for the top four. Leicester City want to reach 40 points as soon as possible, 100% of teams with Leicester's points (35) at this stage of the season have finished in the top four - a mouthwatering prospect for the Leicester faithful.
Foxes legend, Gary Lineker, this week mentioned the inspired signing of midfielder N'Golo Kante. Even without his trusty sidekick Danny Drinkwater in the middle of the park on Monday for the majority of the match after he was substituted because of an early injury, he still put in a sterling display against the champions. He can be the man to minimalise the midfield dominance of the home team with his aggression, interceptions and reading of the game. Keeping a man whose work is most praised when he is not on the ball quiet will be a difficult task for Roberto Martinez's men.
Another duo is on hand to end Everton's party however, and start a party of their own, as Vardy and Mahrez have became the most lethal partnership in the league. The pair have scored 26 goals between them this season which is some feat, especially when considering that is more than the whole of 81 teams out of 95 in Europe's top five leagues. Even away from home, Mahrez and Vardy are not often kept quiet, and so Everton have a job on their hands trying to contain them.
There's no doubt that Everton's man in form this season has been front-man, Romelu Lukaku, with 10 goals to his name. With Robert Huth banned for the fixture, Lukaku has a fortunate opportunity to add to his goalscoring record. With six goals in six games, he comes up against the current holder for the record of 11 goals in as many games, Jamie Vardy. With Deulofeu on hand to assist him, their combination could be crucial is they are to take the three points with them.
The Foxes continued their terrific run of form this season with a win over champions Chelsea on Monday night, ultimately leading to Jose Mourinho's sacking on Thursday afternoon. Everton, on the other hand, will be looking to improve after throwing away a lead to leave Carrow Road last weekend with only a point.
Hello and welcome to VAVEL UK’s live minute-by-minute text commentary of today’s Premier League fixture between Everton and Leicester City. Kick-off is set for 3PM but stick with us as we preview the game and get team news prior to kick-off.
