Hello and welcome to today’s crucial Premier League liveblog.
It’s a huge day for the fairytale that Leicester’s season has become. But fairytales always have happy endings, right?
So without the suspended Jamie Vardy can the Foxes get the job done against Swansea City today and move eight points clear ahead of Spurs with three rounds of matches to play?
That would also leave them needing just five points from their remaining three games to become Premier League champions.
Who would have thought at the start of the season that this fixture would be so important in the title race ….
Spurs are in action against West Brom tomorrow night, their second of three successive Monday-night fixtures.
In team news — I can tell you that Leonardo Ulloa and Jeffrey Schlupp replace Marc Albrighton and the suspended Vardy.
Leon Britton and Wayne Routledge come into the Swansea side in place of Alberto Paloschi and Jefferson Montero.
Time to get your predictions in, or forever hold you peace.
Just 15 minutes to kick off, and this one is live on Sky Sports 1.
A classic Leicester montage from Sky Sports to get the blood pumping.
Kasabian, vox pops with the fans, and a clip of the Jester from Leicester himself, Mark Selby.
What more would you want?
Crystal Palace have gone ahead in their FA Cup semi-final against Watford. Yannick Bolasie was on target after just six minutes.
And we’re under way …
The King Power stadium is buzzing at the moment. Only minutes away from kick off.
But the important question is how many syllables Martin Tyler will pull out of Ulloa when he gets on the scoresheet?
Game number 600 for Leicester skipper Wes Morgan today.
A fairly cagey start from both sides.
The atmosphere is something else though.
No early drama, just plenty of passing around the middle of the park so far.
Leicester 1 Swansea 0 (Mahrez ’11)
Just when I was about to tell you how tentative it had been, how neither side had been given a sniff, Ashley Williams goes and gift-wraps a delicious assist for Mahrez.
The Swansea centre-back and captain made a mess of a simple pass, the ball went straight to Mahrez, and the Algerian showed his composure, took a touch, assessed his options and rolled it into the corner with his left foot.
What a start for the Foxes.
Swansea have responded well to the concession of the goal. They’ve been keeping the ball a bit better and have got into some more dangerous areas.
Routledge and Sigurdsson have looked the most likely to cause problems for Leicester. They’ve been linking up well.
A great free-kick from Sigurdsson finds Fernandez rising highest in the box but the Swansea player is pinged for being offside. His header cleared the bar at any rate.
Leicester have been very wasteful in possession since going in front. It may not be their strength but they’ve been very sloppy at times.
Wes Morgan and Ashley Williams are marking each other for the set-pieces. That battle ain’t for the faint-hearted.
Leicester clearly miss the speed of Vardy up top. Luckily the genius of Mahrez can matches on its own.
He goes on a mazy run and earns a corner which leads to a chance for Fuchs, but it comes to nothing.
It’s been a better spell from Leicester, they’re starting to boss this game now.
Leicester 2 Swansea (Ulloa ’30)
Drinkwater whips in a smashing free-kick and Ulloa, the man in the side in place of the suspended Vardy, nods the ball into the corner.
The small man did well to win the header, it looked like a nudge on Ashley Williams got him the half-yard he needed.
What a start for the league leaders.
CHANCE for Swansea — A Sigurdsson free-kick is only narrowly headed over by Fernandez. That was a decent chance.
Schlupp has looked lively down the left flank for Ranieri’s side. Both Leicester changes in fact are making a big impact on this game.
Swansea centre-back Fernandez has caught the eye in this too — looks a footballer of serious quality.
SAVE – Schmeichel makes a stop from a Sigurdsson free-kick. It was a comfortable save in fairness as the Iceland international was about 35 yards out and the ball bounced well before reaching the goal. Two minutes plus additional time left in this first half.
That couldn’t have gone much better for the league leaders.
A gift from Williams to Mahrez got them off to the perfect start before Ulloa tagged on a second.
Swansea have threatened at time but they haven’t shown enough to suggest they will get back into this.
HT: Leicester 2 Swansea 0
Swansea are making two changes — Paloschi and Montero are coming on for Routledge and Fer.
And we’re back under way.
I can also tell you that Troy Deeney has equalised for Watford in their FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace.
Leicester have started this half at great speed. Ulloa is looking threatening.
You can only imagine how hard this is to watch for Spurs fans — Swansea really don’t look like getting back into this.
Leicester 3 Swansea 0 (Ulloa ’60)
A typical Leicester goal that all began at the feet of Schmeichel. He sent it out wide to Schlupp around halfway and the left winger did well to control it and hare towards goal.
It looked like he had made a mess of it but he eventually scrambled it across goal for Ulloa to prod home his second of the day.
Cruise control now.
Leicester are just toying with Swansea now, they’re creating chances at will.
Gray on for Okazaki.
Swansea making their final change now – Ki on for Sigurdsson.
Leicester are making another change — a grimacing Ulloa is leaving the field with what looks like a sore back. Andy King is on in his place.
Ten minutes of normal time remaining at the King Power Stadium.
Two chances in quick succession for King but his first is well saved and he sends his second well over the bar.
Leicester 4 Swansea 0 (Albrighton ’85)
“We’re going to win the league…” — it’s certainly looking that way
A goal made by the Leicester substitutes — Gray breaks down the right and finds King in the box.
King’s header is way off target but Swansea can’t clear their lines and it falls at the feet of the recently-introduced Albrighton. And he duly sweeps it to the net.
Party time in Leicester.
That was Albrighton’s first goal since the opening day of the season too.
Nerves? Not a chance – this has been all too easy.
FT: Leicester 4 Swansea 0
Well, that was pretty much drama free. Just when you expect Leicester to hit a couple of speedbumps they cruise through another game relatively untested.
In truth, Swansea offered very little. But a Leicester side without top scorer Vardy still scored four and kept yet another clean sheet.
Five points from the next three games for Ranieri’s side and they can’t be caught. The gap is back to eight points with Spurs hosting Stoke tomorrow.
Thanks for joining us for the liveblog, report and reaction to follow.
