How Leicester City line up at the EV Charger Points Stadium as their FA Cup campaign begins
11:01, 10 Jan 2026Updated 11:03, 10 Jan 2026
Bade Aluko in action for Leicester City during their friendly against FC Koln in pre-season(Image: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)
Louis Page, Bade Aluko and Silko Thomas have all been handed rare starts for Leicester City with eight changes made for the FA Cup tie at Cheltenham.
Seventeen-year-old Page comes in for his first start since August after recent impressive performances off the bench.
Meanwhile, Aluko and Silko Thomas make just their second-ever starts for City, but both in different positions to their full debuts.
Aluko, who was sent off when playing as a left-back at Southampton, will be at right-back, while Silko Thomas, who played up front at Sheffield United, will be ahead of him on the right wing.
Alongside Aluko in the defence will be Jannik Vestergaard, Ben Nelson and Luke Thomas, with Nelson one of three players to keep their place in the team.
They will play in front of Asmir Begovic, with Marti Cifuentes choosing to change his goalkeeper.
In midfield, Page is joined by two other players keeping their places from the win over West Brom, with Hamza Choudhury moving from left-back into a deeper midfield role, and with Oliver Skipp pushing into Jordan James’ number eight position.
That means Page will play as an attacking midfielder behind the front three, where it’s all change. As well as Silko Thomas, Patson Daka and Stephy Mavididi come in.
Abdul Fatawu nor Jakub Stolarczyk are in the squad, with Jake Evans and Fran Vieites coming in. Harry Winks and Wout Faes are again left out.
City (4-3-3): Begovic; Aluko, Nelson, Vestergaard, L Thomas; Choudhury, Skipp, Page; S Thomas, Daka, Mavididi. Subs: Vieites, Okoli, Ricardo, James, De Cordova-Reid, Marcal, Monga, Evans, Ayew.